anti immflamatory diet

My doctor suggested an anti immflamatory diet...no wheat, no corn, no sugar, no dairy...HELP!

I would hope he or she gave you some information on diet or referred you to a nutritionist. I think some foods are 'inflammation busters': fish oil, grape skin & red wine has resveratrol (shown to improve blood vessel function & slow aging in rats), pomegrante juice (decreases atheosclerosis & Katie Curic recommends mixing it w/vodka to improve the taste :-), garlic improves blood vessel function in rats w/high blood pressure & curcumin, is an antioxidant chemical found in tumeric that fights ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis & pancreatitis in mice & has anti-cancer effects in animals. I'd look up that kind of diet on on line: google, ask or bing.com Maybe if you give details on the nature of your illness or why the dr. made the recommendation for modifying your diet, you'll find others with the same health problems here & can find out what they're eating. Also, I've seen the suggestion that when using garlic, you cut it, chop it or crush it & allow it to sit 10 min. before using in a recipe...it allows some chemical changes to maximize the healthy properties.

That leaves a lot of veggies although I've heard green beans are not good for arthritis. Maybe dried beans, tomatoes, onions, did they say no potatoes? Maybe there's something on the internet. My doctor told me the same thing but I'm not so bad so I just go lightly on the offenders. Hope someone can help you.

I wonder if your doctor was referring to the Floyd H. Chilton books, the first called Inflammation Nation, and the follow up to it?

 

I have had personal experience with this plan and it is a good one. I learned about it from my good friend, who is a PT. She also suffers from Thyroid disease.Her specialist had heard really good things about this book and started recommending it to his patients. When she saw him for a continuing problem with her medication, he recommended that she purchase this and read it. She went out and got the first edition, Inflammation Nation, which is what I have.  She wasn't sure about it initially because there are so many of these diets out there, but she started doing research on the topic and was really sold on the literature that talked about the impact of diet on inflammation in the body.

 

She waited until Christmas was over and then went on the recommended eating plan.  She struggled initially but once she got used to it, she found it easy to follow.  And most importantly, she started feeling so much better!  Her lab work started improving, her sluggish feeling left her and her aches in the morning went away. She also lost 30 pounds in the process!

 

That was over a year ago and she is still SOLD on the concept.  She now recommends the book to her clients that suffer from inflammation based illnesses and she is getting similar reports from those who actually try it and stay on it.  She feels that the plan is so healthy and beneficial that she put her whole family on it - husband and two teen sons - and they all are doing great on it!

 

Here is the Amazon link to the book:

http://www.amazon.com/Inflammation-Nation-Clinically-Nations-Epidemic/dp/B001GVJCDI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257287865&sr=8-1

 

This link is to an Amazon page that lists some other books that deal with inflammation diets:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=inflammation+nation

 

Back to the Chilton book, a bit more about it. It offers detailed information about the role of inflammation in disease processes, then it talks about the anti-inflammation diet;  it provides recipes; and a very helpful 28 day menu plan. 

 

For instance, on Day 1 --

 

Breakfast:

Scrambled egg substitute

English Muffin with Margarine and Jelly

Tomato Juice

 

Lunch

Cheesburger on Bun

Tossed Salad with Vinaigrette

Fresh Apple

 

 

Dinner

Lemon-Herb Mackerel

Brown Rice Pilaf

Broccoli Parmesan

Roll, with margarine

 

Snack
Peach Smoothie

 

It lists recipes for the suggested meals, and gives the entire day's nutritional values. In this case, if you ate all of this and fixed it according to their recipes, you would be consuming 2,006 calories, with 27.33 grams of fiber, etc. At 2,006 calories, you are not starving on this by any means, yet you lose weight!

 

I followed the diet for a while and felt so much better myself.  I let it lapse and have regretted it.  I plan on getting back on the plan soon.

 

Good luck to you!  Please let us know how it goes!