As far as I know, I do not have any trigger foods.

Not sure on foods for me, but when I was allergy tested I found that molds trigger for me.
The procedure was shots, wait 10 minutes, then get the area read for a reaction.
During the 10 minutes, my cough and wheezing started. Within 45 minutes of the shots, my hands, wrists and elbows all started aching.
It was a weird experience.
Kim

night shades - potato, tomato, red and green peppers + . Just do a search on night shades and be amazed at how much they are in our foods. potato starch as a gluten substitute, peppers used as a preservative as well as a "spice" (think paprika). There are also some nuts and some fruits that are night shades. Look it up, please.

i haven't found anything that triggers my ra. i eat whatever i want in moderation. i started cutting out certain processed foods for health reasons, not related to ra at all - my husband and i just made the decision to try and eat healthier. we try not to eat white flours, high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils. i cut out aspartame - i used to drink like 2 liters of diet coke a day, so this was a big thing for me.

the easiest way to determine what your trigger foods are is an elimination diet. eliminate one group of foods from your diet for 7-10 days, then reintroduce it and see if it triggers you. like, cut out all gluten and see if it seems to trigger you. or cut out all dairy for a week and see. my future sis in law just figured out she has a slight lactose intolerance. she used to drink coffee with cow's milk every day and every day had a bit of gi upset. she recently switched to soy and realized she now has like no gi upset.

Not for triggering arthritis I wouldn't think-but everyone is different

The way I found out that over 90% of my severe RA symptoms were caused by foods was by eliminating almost everything I used to eat by going Paleo to lose weight. Within 2-3 weeks my RA and my IBS were GONE! Yep, true natual remission! Totally unexpected.

After I lost the weight, I began to add foods back into my diet. That's when I started finding my triggers. I also developed new triggers that I had to eliminate from diet. My triggers are (in order of immediate bad flares - to mild flares)

1. Chocolate - I'll be bedridden for 2 days afterwards.
2. Chedder Cheese - I'll lose the use of a hand or foot for 36 hours.
3. Bananas - I'll ache all over.
4. Wheat - ok once a week but no more. Anymore than that I get body ache.
5. Ice cream - mild achyness (just experimented on this one yesterday - achy today)

Going for food allergy testing this Thursday to get medical confirmation of sensitivities.

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One good trigger I just read about today...Cocoa! So if you like a nice hot cup of cocoa, especially now with the cold weather..enjoy! But use Stevia to sweeten it up...sugar is a known inflammatory. I do notice, for me, that if I use a lot of sugar or eat candy, which I happen to be a sugar-holic..my inflammation does increase. I have also heard red meat increases inflammation, but I don't eat it so not sure on that one...so enjoy the cocoa & DEcreade inflammation!!

I haven't found that any food triggers my RA but we have eaten quite simply for several years, mainly due to my husband's diabetes and heart problems.

I haven't noticed any triggers for myself, but others say certain foods affect them. Night Shade veggies in particular. I imagine that if you suspect food allergies you can eliminate any suspect foods for a few weeks and then add them back one by one and see if it makes any difference. I would imagine that if you had any food allergies, that might trigger a flare, so it'd probably be worth testing. I don't personally have any food allergies, but my husband has a looooong list.