Nobody has responded to your message so I will. This is a common question when people are first diagnosed, but also even after years of diagnosis and treatment. I think as people grow up and older and change their priorities and lifestyles, and as new diet recommendations and diet "fads" come around we may think about making changes.
An anti-inflammatory diet uses some components that may have been shown to help with inflammation, individually and maybe in extraordinarily high amounts. These diets may overall be healthy for you and help you feel better by eating better foods and eliminating processed or high sugar foods that make you feel blah. But there is no support that these diets will significantly help with the inflammation of RA, or the severe pain that some people have. It's like David vs Goliath, but in this case Goliath wins.

Diets have never worked for me. I am allergic to the nightshade family, so that has never been an issue for me. Or, perhaps I would be much worse eating them? I hope not! I don't think you can get much worse than I am.

I think eating naturally, as close to the way God created food is a good thing to do. I call it my "God diet." As opposed to a North American fast food diet. I've never been into that, and I don't eat meat, so it really isn't an option.

There are some people who swear by Paddison's Diet. I checked it 0ut, and you can't get access to it, unless you pay. So, no, I am not following it. If this diet is so good, you would think this RA suffer would be happy to share it with all of us. of course, I am not in his shoes, maybe he needs the money?

I hope it does work for you, but don't count on it. Until these diets are double blind tested, with proper controls, I am not going to believe it. And, who wants to go to the trouble of testing diet, when there is little reward if it does prove to be highly correlated?

I went to a nutritionist when first dxed. I stayed on a very strict diet for 2 years. I am all for eating well. You can't say enough for eating good veggies, fruits, and low fat proteins. Eating a lot of sugar isn't healthful for anyone. ... BUT it did NOT cure RA. I am now on the proper meds, biologic, Dmard, and low prednisone. I am doing better than before. I can now at least DO things. Before I could barely get out of bed for a year....
A great diet is awesome for anyone... I also tried every herb, supplement, and IV out there.... I spent probably 50 thousand... YES I SAID FIFTY THOUSAND on these remedies and only when I got on the right RA medications did I start getting better. NO cured.. better. I can now work part time at least. And I can travel some now and work in my yard. I still have limits but at least now I have a life.
I would NOT go on RA meds for the first 2 years bc of fear of them. But I am more afraid of the disease now than I am of the meds. RA will kill you. I have few to no adverse effects on the meds. I have more problems w/ the RA than the meds will ever give me.
These are only my opinions and I have had this since 2009.
I had a woman approach me a few months ago.... she is a salesperson for a BIG company that sells a miracle herb.... she told me "THOSE MEDICATIONS WILL KILL YOU"... I kindly told her thank you but that she has not walked in my shoes... or anything.... I do not listen to ppl that do not have RA. Don't worry... her day will come.... maybe not with RA... but in some situation that NO ONE else really relates to and everyone had the magic cure.... I wished her well... but NO THANKS....
Best of luck to you. And sending many vibes of love and peace to you today. Sun

YES. My diet is a classic anti-inlammatory, kinda, sorta Mediterranean-like, and there's overwhelming evidence that it helps reduce inflammation. Of course, most of the evidence is annecdotal, and if you're trying to make RA pain go away, you might be disappointed, but why not do something good for yourself? I think I do get an anti-inflammatory bump ( I don't get colds or infections or the achy muscle and joint pain I used to take ibuprofen for), and it helps me keep weight off, helps regulate blood pressure and blood sugar, and it helps me feel good. But, I rely on RA drugs to keep my disease at bay.

Hello - It's been awhile since the last post. I agree that diet is not a cure for RA but it definitely reduce inflammation. Before I got this crazy RA, I can eat all kind of meat but right now it doesn't take long for the flare to hit me if I eat red meat. Beside that I'm 80% vegan now, no process food, no nightshade, no snack of all kinds, no soda, coffee or alcohol. My daily meal right now is very boring; Oatmeal with honey for breakfast, steam veggie for lunch; Fish/chicken (organic) and rice for dinner. I'm glad that I changed my diet very early in this crazy journey. Right now my pain is still there but manageable. I've been back to work full time for 6 weeks. I dropped MXT from 20 mg/wk to 15mg/wk and Prednisone from 30 mg/day to 4mg/day. My goal is by the end of May I will drop both (Prednisone is very difficult to taper off) so the Eastern Medicine can take over. Right now i'm waiting for my next shipment of Eastern Medicine to get to my door.

Thank you for all the replies & info!! I'm a healthy eater anyway with the exception of my cup of coffee in the morning. I take dmards & will soon be a biologic also. I still have a lot of inflammation throughout my body, which is why I made this post to see how others eat to help it. Hopefully if someone else is looking for this info they'll find this & it will help them as well!

Coffee has more good than bad, keatonsmmm, so you're probably good there. What's a "healthy eater?" Do you follow any guidelines? Eat whole grains, fatty fish (salmon, etc), olive oil, leafy greens (kale, chard spinach), nuts, fruits, and cut refined grains, processed foods sugars, saturated fats, junk, fatty animals (I never have had a flare from lean, grass-fed beef or free-range chicken). If you're vegan or vegetablarian, then beans and tofu? I dropped white starches and immediately felt better.

Hi-def, if you don't mind sharing, what's your Easter Medicine that's delivered to your door? That conjurs up all sorts of wild images. I'm curious to hear where your going. I had an Ayurvedic doctor for a long time, but that was mostly about selecting foods the fit (or didn't) my dasha. He had some "special" herbs, which I seasoned my food with, but that was the extent.

Hello - I've been taking this eastern medicine for a month now and the result is very positive. As I mentioned on earlier post, I'm reducing MTX and Pred but the pain is at the manageable level. All the side effect like Acne on my face and my back had gone. I can sleep and eat very well. The Eastern Med is consist of dried leaves, roots, flower, seeds. I don't know how to translate all the names to English because they are all medical names. There are 10 packs for 1 month supply, 1 pack for 3 days use. I have to cook the med. It takes 5 hours to cook 6 cups of this Med. 2 cups for each day; one in the morning and another in the late after noon. I have to take this for the next 3 months. The taste of the med is bitter but I get use to the taste now. I understand this is weird for a lot of people but considering my back ground, eastern medicine is very normal to me. I know there are a lot of push back for this kind of treatment but I have to try it before MTX destroys my liver and Prednisone shuts down my adrenal gland. I have a lot of conversations with the Dr. about this Med and RA. There are a lot of details but generally this Med treats autoimmune disorder which is the root cause of RA.

Yes, I do as my screen named suggests! It doesn't stop the disease but it dang sure helps the symptoms of pain and inflammation. Paprika (made from red pepper) is the hardest to avoid in restaurants and prepackaged foods.

I am hypoglycemic so I do a traditional diabetic diet. Of course my splurge is coffee daily & occasionally potatoes. I am not a fish fan I eat a lot of chicken & if I do eat other meats I buy the lean versions. I love vegetables of all kinds & fruits I try to limit bc of the sugar. I do whole grains or if I'm having rice brown rice not white.