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A key part of living with chronic pain is describing pain to doctors, which can be surprisingly difficult. I still find it hard, and I've been doing it since 2001! With that in mind, I've written this post about describing pain levels to a doctor. I'm specifying doctors in this post because getting people in your life like a partner or family member to understand your pain is a different situation from explaining it to your doctor.

What is Fibromyalgia? Living with fibromyalgia is tough. It invades all parts of your body and affects your quality of life. The major symptom is pain,

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We did a survey at FIBRO CONNECT and found that over 30 people had food triggers that made their fibromyalgia symptoms worse. These included gluten, dairy, coffee, sugar and chocolate. The standard treatment for fibromyalgia usually doesn’t involve dietary changes, yet some patients have found that certain types of food exacerbate their sensitivity to pain or pain symptoms. We’ve consulted with experts to find the foods that could possibly trigger fibromyalgia pain even if science has yet to distinguish a concrete connection between the two. Potato Chips Grabbing for that bag of potato chips, will likely contain one key ingredient that could be linked to pain—glutamate. The additive is often used as a harmless flavor enhancer that you’ll commonly find in its salt form, monosodium glutamate (MSG). “Some patients notice that their symptoms, specifically musculoskeletal pain, increase when they’re consuming foods that have a lot of MSG,” says Tarah Venn, a registered dietician with the Stanford Pain Management Center. “Glutamate and pain have been linked in studies, which have reported higher concentrations of glutamate in some fibromyalgia patients compared to healthy controls.” This may be because glutamate acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter that sends messages within the brain and nervous system. If your pain is sensitive to glutamate consumption, always check the product labels at the grocery store for words like monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and yeast extract. Mushrooms Despite its incredible nutritional value, the edible fungus may trigger pain in fibromyalgia patients because it’s rich in the naturally-occurring form of glutamate. In just a 100-gram serving, 180 milligrams of glutamate are packed into a mushroom, according to the Glutamate Association. Shitake and enokitake mushrooms are the richest in glutamate. Other healthy favorites like tomatoes, grapes, and green peas are also good sources of glutamate. But before you entirely cut any foods, especially fruits and veggies, out of your diet, talk to a healthcare professional who will ensure you aren’t missing out on key nutrients. Aged cheeses Sorry cheeseheads, but cheddar cheese, parmesan cheese, and Roquefort cheese all contain glutamate. In fact, one 100-gram serving of Parmesan cheese packs a whopping 1,600 milligrams of glutamate. But keep in mind that glutamate may not be your issue, dairy could be an irritant as well, at least anecdotally. Fried chicken All of that butter, saturated fat, and vegetable oil may give a plate of fried chicken the savory flavor your taste buds crave, but it could wreak havoc on your body and cause inflammation. Even though fibromyalgia is not necessarily categorized as an inflammatory condition, inflammation can still cause pain-like symptoms, which is why it’s best to avoid any type of fried foods as much as possible. Flavoured yoghurt You may think that your strawberry yogurt is a healthy start to your day, but in reality, it’s packed with loads of sugar from the syrups used for the flavoring. And some low-calorie yogurts even contain artificial sweeteners like aspartame. Even though there’s no evidence stating that sugar makes fibromyalgia pain worse, some patients have found that cutting out refined sugars improved their fibromyalgia symptoms. Are these the foods you expected to see listed when you read the title 6 Foods That Could Be Tied to Fibromyalgia Pain? Do these foods aggravate your fibro pain? I would love to hear from you... leave a comment please. READ THE FULL ARTICLE If you are interested in other articles about fibromyalgia and food you may also like: An anti-inflammatory diet for fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia and diet Top tips for healthy eating – The Lucky 13 Why Omega 3 is so important So what reduces inflammation? Dietary help for Fibromyalgia: Are you trying simple solutions like Magnesium?

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I also recently found out that a good friend of mine has all of the factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but so far she's physically asymptomatic (that is, no joint pain). Although she doesn't yet have the physical symptoms, she's concerned about her risk of developing all kinds of inflammation-related chronic disease, and how she can adjust her diet to combat inflammation. Dr. Andrew Weill has a helpful visual anti-inflammatory diet tool - a new food pyramid: And I found this really great site that someone who suffers from RA put together that has tons of resources. This particular individual has cut out wheat and dairy products and found that to be the most helpful. It seems like the basic answer for RA is to eat a healthy, Mediterranean-style diet rich in whole foods (fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains for vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber, cold water fish and certain nuts/seeds for omega-3s and protein, lots of olive oil) and low in sugar, meat, refined carbohydrates and saturated fat, and to figure out if you have any food sensitivities that cause inflammation. A lot of folks with RA start out by eating a "Stone Age" or "hunter-gatherer" diet — only fruit, vegetables, seeds, meat, and fish for one month — and then they start keeping a journal while they reintroduce other types of foods, one at a time, to see if any particular type of food is causing inflammation. The most common RA-exacerbating foods are wheat, milk and other dairy products, corn, beef and nightshade family foods (tomato, potato, eggplants, peppers and tobacco). The casein (milk protein) in dairy and gluten (wheat protein) seem to be very commonly cut out by RA sufferers. Periodic fasting has also been studied and seems to help RA sufferers. For RA, there is a lot of research showing that the following nutrients help: 1. Omega-3 fatty acids, which you get from (4-6 servings/week) of cold water fish like salmon (choose wild pacific salmon), herring, mackerel, sardines, cod and halibut, also flaxseed and walnuts, and which are anti-inflammatory (human studies with marine omega-3 fatty acids show a direct relationship between increased consumption and diminished C-reactive protein levels); 2. Vitamin D, which you get in salmon, shrimp, sunflower seeds, eggs and vitamin-D fortified milk products (if you don't have any milk protein sensitivity), organically grown fruits and vegetables, and extra virgin olive oil (vitamin D is getting a lot of attention right now; the guidelines were just rewritten for daily recommended consumption, and most people who are getting tested nowadays find out they're considered to be vitamin D-insufficient); 3. The Mediterranean diet as a whole (pioneer study on the effect for RA sufferers is published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases), which is rich in fish, olives and olive oil, legumes, and fresh produce (and low in simple carbs, meat, and dairy fats). Extra virgin olive oil contains oleocanthal, which very similar chemically to ibuprofen, and this may explain why it is anti-inflammatory; 4. Vitamin E (high in kiwi, whole grains, collard greens, dark leafy lettuces, almonds, sunflower seeds); 5. Antioxidant-rich (whole) fruits and vegetables - the bioflavonoids (plant compounds) have anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, and anti-tumor activity (the more brightly colored and the greater the variety, the better; the ones with some bitter tasting compounds are also high in antioxidants; one trick I like to use is, on a weekly grocery shopping trip, buy the rainbow — tomatoes, carrots, yellow bell peppers, dark green leafy vegetables like spinach, blueberries, beets...); and 6. Antioxidant-rich tea (white, green, and black). Simple carbs, saturated fats, and vegetable oils that contain linoleic acid and are high in omega-6 fatty acids increase inflammation (corn oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, wheat germ oil, and sesame oil). Once people are on medication for RA there is a whole host of dietary guidelines, particularly concerning supplements, because certain of the RA medications make it harder to absorb certain nutrients.

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If you are one of the millions of people who suffer from fibromyalgia, you know how difficult it can be to manage your symptoms. Diet is a huge part of managing fibromyalgia, and there is no "one size fits all" solution. In this blog post, we will discuss the best diet for fibromyalgia and provide tips on how to improve your symptoms!

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