Foods that are causing your pain and foods that will help reduce it!

These foods can help your fibro by eating more "anti-inflammatory" foods and less "inflammatory" foods.  If you're like me, I didn't know how some of these foods were actually causing my pain!

Avoid these "inflammatory" foods:

1. Sugar
2. Vegetable Oil (use Olive Oil as a substitute)
3. Fried Foods (I'm so sorry but that includes french fries)
4. Flour / Wheat / Gluten
5. Dairy
6. Artificial Sweeteners (no little packets)
7. Saturated Fats (burgers, pizza, candy, chips)
8. Processed Meats (deli meat and most packaged meat)
9. Nightshade vegetables (these only cause inflammation for us special auto-immune disease people)
10. Soy 

Ok, that list is kinda tough!  If you want to start slow, pick one item and cut it completely out of your diet for at least a week.  Once you have settled in to that and feel you can move on without it, pick another item from the list.  At the same time, be sure to eat more of the foods that help fight inflammation.  While it may take a little longer than going cold turkey (no pun intended), all that matters is your long term results and getting healthy and reducing your pain and fatigue.  So if slow is the way you feel will work for you, go for it and pick your first item and start your road to feeling better!  And if you are an "all or nothing" type, go for the entire list at once!  You won't regret it!

Eat more of these "anti-inflammatory" foods:

1. Olive Oil
2. Green leafy vegetables (such as lettuce, spinach, kale, and collards)
3. Nuts (almonds and walnuts or any mixed nuts but NO peanuts)
4. Fatty fish (like salmon, mackerel, tuna, and sardines) *watch for soy in canned tuna
5. Fruits such as strawberries, blueberries, cherries, and oranges.


Don't forget, you are doing this to get healthy and BEAT the Pain and Fatigue that is caused by Fibro!  You CAN do this!!!