Diet Linked to Fibromyalgia?
With the controversy over Fibromyalgia, it can be hard
to find a doctor who will diagnose you correctly, much less prescribe
treatment options that will work for you. But thanks to secondary
diagnostic options like the Internet and networks of educated and caring
friends, treating your Fibromyalgia can be easier. One method of
treating Fibromyalgia that many sufferers agree helps is changing your
diet. While there is no ironclad recipe of foods to include and foods to
avoid, you can use these tips as a starting point to easing your
Fibromyalgia symptoms. The key here is remembering what works for some,
doesn’t work for all. It will take some time and some experimentation
to figure out the right diet modifications for your Fibromyalgia.
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Try
to balance your diet. While there is no consensus as to the best
diet for treating Fibromyalgia, the first goal of any sufferer is to
get the body in as optimum condition as possible. Cut down on fatty
foods and try to eat more veggies and fruit. Drink more water to
help flush everything through your system. Cut down drastically on
junk food. It will be much easier to make any further changes in
your eating habits once you’ve started eating right to begin with.
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Take
in more protein and less carbs. Even if you don’t suffer from
Fibromyalgia, this is sound advice. Lean proteins, like skinless
chicken, lean beef and fish, are an excellent and healthy way to
fuel your body. They help keep energy levels high and can even help
with hypoglycemia. The carbs, on the other hand, help the body to
make insulin, which in small doses is good, but if your body makes
too much, it can lead to your system storing fat. This isn’t
healthy for anyone and can be even unhealthier for those suffering
from Fibromyalgia.
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Avoid
caffeine and anything that has caffeine in it. This may be close to
impossible when you consider the popularity of coffee and soft
drinks today, but caffeine is a diuretic and can exacerbate IBS
symptoms that are common with Fibromyalgia. This means no
caffeinated pop and also no chocolate or coffee. If you simply
can’t live without these things, try to limit them the best you
can or opt for caffeine-free varieties.
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Try
to eliminate alcohol consumption. Not only can the combination of
many common prescription medications and alcohol be very bad for
you, even alcohol on its own can make symptoms worse. Alcohol can
aggravate the stomach and digestive tract and cause increased bowel
problems.
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Finally,
try to reduce or eliminate refined white sugar from your diet.
Again, this falls under the category of sound medical advice to
anyone, but for Fibromyalgia sufferers, it’s an especially good
idea. Not only can sugar disrupt sleep patters if too much is eaten,
it can harm your immune system and tests have shown that
Fibromyalgia patients report fewer symptoms and less severe symptoms
when they decreased their sugar intake.
Treating
your Fibromyalgia can be a chore, especially when some doctors won’t
even admit it exists. But there are significant steps you can take at
home to decrease your Fibromyalgia symptoms by changing what you eat for
the better. While everyone may get different results, these tips will
hopefully have you on your way to a healthier tomorrow.
For
more information on all aspects of Fibromyalgia please visit Eliminate Fibromyalgia
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