Sun article ..Cutting out wheat beat my arthritis...?????

traluvie

Thought i would share this article

What do you think???

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/3911383/How-cutting-out-wheat-has-beaten-my-arthritis.html

woodbon

Hi, did any one see that TV prog called The Food Hospital? It was quite interesting, nothing way out or silly diets (sorry, I know some people find special diets helpful, and thats great, what works for you, I believe.) They had a little boy with maigranes - about 5 severe a week, and they cut out dairy from his diet and he stopped having headaches, he went out and someone at school gave him something diary and he had a migraine that night.
Diabetes was another and polycystic overies, all showed improvements. So maybe some of the arthritic things could be helped with diet, I've never been a great believer in diet but when they explained about the chemicals in the food and the chemicals that we need to have or that come in pain relief, it seemed good. Their is a link to The Food hospital Love Sue

valval

wonder if he did have it no mention of blood tests or doc appointments. the ostio arther they were talking about are wear and tear so how would change of diet help it worth a try if you feel it will help but give it at least 3 months to make a difference would be interested to know if does work we could all be cured no more meds what a treat would save a fortune even if do pre pay val

jillyb1

I'm an RAer and although I cut out dairy , citrus , potatoes etc ; I never found that wheat or no wheat ever made a difference . We're all very much individuals though so maybe cutting it out would help others . Jillyb

tillytop

Thanks for flagging this up.

Interesting but very misleading article I think. Mentions RA in the introduction and implies that the rest of the article relates to RA, but nothing in the article to suggest that this chap has RA - I suspect not. But as Val says, if it was osteo, then how is dietary change going to help? Misleading articles like this make me cross because they not only play down the impact of arthritis in general, but also give people false hope that there is a cure.

Shall we have a forum bet on which of us is the first to be approached by a well-meaning friend, suggesting that we would all be fine if we just threw out the weetabix?

TIlly

frogmorton

Thanks for posting it Tracey

Very interesting read and well-worth looking at, but ld my usual...if it were really that easy...???

Love

Toni xx

Ps Tilly

You're on

traluvie

I hardly eat wheat or dairy really, am not a big eater, i do like the occasional bowel of shreddies and will drink milk in my tea that is about it, since my symptoms started a yr ago i have lost weight through not eating..
What works for some may not work for others, i believe it would do nothing for me so am happy to stay on me meds, if it works for others than that is great and i wish them well..
As others have stated if the gentleman had OA then that is wear and tear and will not disappear just because of a better diet..
It does give misleading signals, but i think most of us know(ones who suffer) that there is no miracle cure.. if only...x

elnafinn

tillytop wrote:

Interesting but very misleading article I think. Shall we have a forum bet on which of us is the first to be approached by a well-meaning friend, suggesting that we would all be fine if we just threw out the weetabix?
TIlly

I just love that, Tilly, it is exactly what went through my mind as I read the article, lots of helpful people will be mentioning this article to anyone they know with arthur and saying how easy it is to get rid of it! Grrrhhhh!

I am waiting for the phone to ring or an envelope to plop on the mat tomorrow with the newspaper cutting in it.

Love
Elna x

traluvie

elnafinn wrote:

tillytop wrote:

Interesting but very misleading article I think. Shall we have a forum bet on which of us is the first to be approached by a well-meaning friend, suggesting that we would all be fine if we just threw out the weetabix?
TIlly

I just love that, Tilly, it is exactly what went through my mind as I read the article, lots of helpful people will be mentioning this article to anyone they know with arthur and saying how easy it is to get rid of it! Grrrhhhh!

I am waiting for the phone to ring or an envelope to plop on the mat tomorrow with the newspaper cutting in it.

Love
Elna x

The article was actually posted on the arthritis care page on facebook, thast why i had a look and thought what???

elnafinn

Ah, just been and had another look and now I see why it is on the AC page of FB - because our Jo from the Helplines writes alongside the article about binning all wheat products. What Jo says, makes PERFECT sense. Good on her. But as to the article itself, well .....

Elna x

traluvie

elnafinn wrote:

Ah, just been and had another look and now I see why it is on the AC page of FB - because our Jo from the Helplines writes alongside the article about binning all wheat products. What Jo says, makes PERFECT sense. Good on her. But as to the article itself, well .....

Elna x

Ah ha .. i see now.. thanks for clearing that up for us..xx

julie47

Thanks tracy for showing us the article.

I am sorry I find the article a little hard to believe and only think it was an advert to promote his wifes book.

I watched the food hosp and saw some results on tv where there was a great improvement in the people who took part. Then again, they did have a bad diet in the first place. I have ra and tried every so often to cut out certain things but it didn't help. (then again , I never cut out the 3 weetabix on a morning kidding can only eat 2.

It is always interesting and sometimes encouraging to read other peoples success stories, Just wish I could write one :sad:

juliepf x

dreamdaisy

As we all know it is very easy not to suffer from arthritis and we all need to make a greater effort towards achieving that. I for one find that not breathing for at least one hour every day makes a huge difference to my symptoms, along with showering in neat Domestos and eating at least one worm per day.

A more realistic view? Some people are gluten-intolerant and their immune system may well flare up in the same way that some do with dairy but not necessarily causing arthritis. When I was young common foods caused appalling eczema and asthma but now my immune system is drug-flattened they don't. Foods rich in bone-building stuff may well help protect against developing OA but general day-to-day life and living won't. I know there is that mantra about if you always do what you always did you will always have what you always had, but when it comes to arthritis and diet I am really not sure. If it works for someone then fine but it's not for me. DD

traluvie

dreamdaisy wrote:

As we all know it is very easy not to suffer from arthritis and we all need to make a greater effort towards achieving that. I for one find that not breathing for at least one hour every day makes a huge difference to my symptoms, along with showering in neat Domestos and eating at least one worm per day.

This had me laughing out loud that much i woke the dogs up, they were not impressed..

stickywicket

dreamdaisy wrote:

I for one find that not breathing for at least one hour every day makes a huge difference to my symptoms, along with showering in neat Domestos and eating at least one worm per day.

MESSAGE FROM THE HEALTH & SAFETY POLICE

Do NOT try this at home, kiddiwinks. DD is really an alien with super-efficient lungs and bleach-proof skin and she ensures that no worms are ever hurt while she is eating them.

dreamdaisy

Dammit. I've been rumbled.

traluvie

Here some worms to keep you going DD

julie47

love that tracy, where did you find that ketchup

traluvie

julie47 wrote:

love that tracy, where did you find that ketchup

If you click on the picture it will take you to where i get the pictures from..

tiggernut

Interesting article.
I tried a homeopathic diet years ago when first diagnosed.
No white flour, no dairy, no tea and no coffee, it was a nightmare reading all the labels etc.
I was on it for 6 months I lost weight which at the time I couldn't really afford to do but it made no difference to my RA. So, I went back to normal with exception I have not eaten eggs since unless they are scrambled. The very thought of yoke makes me gag!
Having said that it's not say it won't work for others.

liesa

my hubby Steve read hs mates paper (the sun) hate that paper...
anyway he called and bless him wondered f that may help me... noooo

my daughter started slimming world a few weeks back, all her 29 years of life shes suffered constipation and couldnt go for days... she cut out bread from her diet and her toilet is better her stomach is flabby instead of hard, to date shes lost 7lbs which is great but shes over the moon about going to the toilet!! lol i mean no constipation at all...

dreamdaisy

Oooooh! Worms! My favourite! I loved the piccy traluvie, thank you! Right, it's time to resume humanoid aspect and go and make a cuppa. One spider or two? Sorry - meant sugar. :oops: