Joint Pain and Swelling Caused by Food
Arthritis might just be the end result of a food allergy, or maybe food allergies inflame your joint when you have arthritis, nobody knows. One thing for sure, you need to avoid certain foods if you want to live without joint pain and joint swelling. When I moved to the humidity of Florida from the desert, my joints instantly inflamed, so I started researching the subject. I know now why so many people with arthritis move to the desert of Arizona, Nevada and California.
Food Containing Dairy Causes Joint Pain
Dairy is the most common ingredient that causes joint pain and joint swelling for those with arthritis. Most people are eating so many things that inflame arthritis that they never noticed the connection between joint pain and dairy. By avoiding butter, milk, cheese, whey and all ingredients beginning with "lact," the pain will lessen within a few days.
An easy way to identify dairy products in the supermarket is to look for the Jewish kosher symbol on the product. The most popular ones are the ones with a letter with a circle around it. It'll be a U or a K, most likely. If it is does not have the word "Dairy" or maybe a "D" next to the symbol, then it is without any milk products. (Eggs are not considered dairy by Jewish custom, so it might contain eggs.) The Food and Drug Administration will tolerate up to 2% of ingredients to not be listed on the label. Rabbis will inspect the manufacturing facility and if there is dairy being used, they mark the product that way.
Known Joint Pain Foods
The basic list of foods to avoid when you have the joint pain and joint swelling of arthritis is: milk products, eggs, tomatoes, citrus fruits and palm oil. There are more, but the biggest problem is dairy, followed by tomatoes and citrus.
Avoiding Citrus When You Have Arthritis
Citrus, like milk products, is very difficult to avoid. You wouldn't think so, but you will see it on so many things when you shop for food and read ingredients labels. Citric acid is used in most candy that isn't chocolate and it is in just about every soda pop and juice. It is a common preservative in food. This means, you need to make your own candies and give up sodas and juices. Your doctor will be very happy about that one.
Nightshade Plants and Arthritis
Maybe you've never heard mention of nightshade plants, or thought they were poisonous. In a way, the nightshade vegetable we eat are poisonous for those who have arthritis. Tomato is just one of those plants. Once you clear your system of most food allergens and you eat a tomato, you'll see how much of a problem this cheery, little fruit is causing you. Your fingers will swell and your joints will become extremely tender in a matter of an hour.
It is a long battle to weed out foods to which you're allergic, but the pay off is wonderful. You will no longer have pain and swelling in your joints if you do not eat foods that are causing the problem in the first place.
Arthritis might just be the end result of a food allergy, or maybe food allergies inflame your joint when you have arthritis, nobody knows. One thing for sure, you need to avoid certain foods if you want to live without joint pain and joint swelling. When I moved to the humidity of Florida from the desert, my joints instantly inflamed, so I started researching the subject. I know now why so many people with arthritis move to the desert of Arizona, Nevada and California.
Food Containing Dairy Causes Joint Pain
Dairy is the most common ingredient that causes joint pain and joint swelling for those with arthritis. Most people are eating so many things that inflame arthritis that they never noticed the connection between joint pain and dairy. By avoiding butter, milk, cheese, whey and all ingredients beginning with "lact," the pain will lessen within a few days.
An easy way to identify dairy products in the supermarket is to look for the Jewish kosher symbol on the product. The most popular ones are the ones with a letter with a circle around it. It'll be a U or a K, most likely. If it is does not have the word "Dairy" or maybe a "D" next to the symbol, then it is without any milk products. (Eggs are not considered dairy by Jewish custom, so it might contain eggs.) The Food and Drug Administration will tolerate up to 2% of ingredients to not be listed on the label. Rabbis will inspect the manufacturing facility and if there is dairy being used, they mark the product that way.
Known Joint Pain Foods
The basic list of foods to avoid when you have the joint pain and joint swelling of arthritis is: milk products, eggs, tomatoes, citrus fruits and palm oil. There are more, but the biggest problem is dairy, followed by tomatoes and citrus.
Avoiding Citrus When You Have Arthritis
Citrus, like milk products, is very difficult to avoid. You wouldn't think so, but you will see it on so many things when you shop for food and read ingredients labels. Citric acid is used in most candy that isn't chocolate and it is in just about every soda pop and juice. It is a common preservative in food. This means, you need to make your own candies and give up sodas and juices. Your doctor will be very happy about that one.
Nightshade Plants and Arthritis
Maybe you've never heard mention of nightshade plants, or thought they were poisonous. In a way, the nightshade vegetable we eat are poisonous for those who have arthritis. Tomato is just one of those plants. Once you clear your system of most food allergens and you eat a tomato, you'll see how much of a problem this cheery, little fruit is causing you. Your fingers will swell and your joints will become extremely tender in a matter of an hour.
It is a long battle to weed out foods to which you're allergic, but the pay off is wonderful. You will no longer have pain and swelling in your joints if you do not eat foods that are causing the problem in the first place.
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Read more about foods to avoid with arthritis and cooking for arthritis on Pamela Love's ArthritisCooking.com
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