I find that eating foods cooked in dry heat (i.e. fried, grilled, especially deep fried) makes my mouth drier. Eating foods cooked in moist heat like steaming or boiling is better for me.

My acupuncturist, a Traditional Chinese Medical doctor, recommended a pear, 2 walnuts and a slice of lemon including the rind every day.
The lemon does increase saliva. I drink sips of lemon water all day and it helps. I like pears but not everyday and only eat the walnuts when I think of it.

I have found avoidance of some things helpful, sweets are not helpful to me, I flare up and my salivary glands swell making me look like a chipmunk but puts me in so much pain, I am not a sweet tooth so avoiding sweets is pretty easy for me, I can handle a small amount so can still enjoy most foods.

I drink a lot of water.... and I eat fresh fruits and veggies and try to eat a healthful diet. I try cutting sugars and oils but i'm not 100 percent perfect on that.
I notice that when I do eat well, I feel overall better.

I'm glad to hear about the lemon juice.... that makes sense....

Sun

Hi unexpected
I drink lots of water all day long. Also helps from getting urinary tract stones. I gave up my diet coke, Rhumatologist said was bad for me. I drink an occassional 7-up or Sierra Mist. So my pop supply lasts a long time. I eat pretty much of every thing I want to. Sjogrens affects each of us differently. That's why it's nice to share what works and what doesn't.
Hang in there,
JoAnn in Wisconsin

Noticed this discussion was posted some time back. But I would like to share my experience with diet. So processed food seems to make symptoms worse. I would notice if I had pasta and sauce I had a really bad night with extreme dryness and the same for a family night recently with a birthday party had pizza, and cake. I'm ready to go back to a Gluten free and sugar free diet. As for me I'm just so done with the paper dry tongue and painful dry eyes every night and awakened several times through the night with this. I had previously tried this diet and noticed a big difference, I really felt the difference and I stayed on it for one month . I have struggled to and fought myself with the whole food thing and I'm ready to go back to a special diet. I say it's a struggle only until you get to the part where you notice the difference and begin to feel really good again.
I love to cook and bake and of course eat, but I've just started the change of diet and I'm feeling good about it. Everyone is different but for me I really notice the difference with food.
I also have chronic hives always in the same place, anyone else have hives. (I know they are connected to autoimmune disorders)
I have Graves disease as well (in remission)
I'm not taking any prescription meds. Did not like the ones I tried, they had unacceptable side affects.
Wishing you all improved health :)

About 11 months ago I decided to become a vegetarian and a couple of months after that I became vegan. That is, I eat a vegan diet of no meat, no oil, no sugar, no dairy and no eggs. It's is not a thing you just do overnight, it took a couple of months and of course I had to learn how to cook all over again. No processed foods! Researching all of it was so enlightening. By the time six months had rolled by I had dropped 40 lbs. without exercise at all. Now I am at 50 lbs. off and I can't even think of words to describe how I feel. Ecstatic! Physically, it has made me stronger eating high carbohydrate diet, potatoes and starchy foods and lots of veggies and fruits, beans and legumes. I never in my life ate this well. In the summer I decided it was time to go do some walking (which I could not drag myself to do for some years before). Now when I exercise, I can feel I am stronger and on some days I can walk 4 miles. I ALWAYS listen to my body and stay within the limits of how I am physically feeling during the walk. My pain is always my guiding force. But I feel this is a victory of sorts. A victory over fatigue the ever-present evil lurking in all of our lives. In the end I feel I am better off for my new diet. Did I experience a "cure?" No. Do I still have "flares?" Yes. But along the way I lost the acid reflux and the pills that went with it. I no longer get heartburn. And I am somehow able to keep taking care of my 96 year-old mother and my 17 year-old grandson who is disabled. There are some days that I don't think I will make it, but somehow I do. How much of that is attributable to my new "diet" is (I think) quite a bit. I know my legs feel much stronger and I have more stamina and when I have a good day? Oh, the things I can accomplish! Anyone can try it for 30 days and see how they feel although I feel the longer you can do it, the better you will feel.