From the article: The Elimination Diet for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The elimination diet can help you uncover food allergies and sensitivities, which are common in those of us with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Have you tried the diet? Did it help you uncover problem foods? What helped you stick to it, or what do you wish you'd known before you started? Share your experience so we can all learn from it! Share your experience!
robertina3
- I found out that for my CFS the difference is made by QUANTITY and not quality of food. if low quantities, I can eat anything. roberta
- —robertina3
worth a try
- This diet has changed my life-improved my sleep; almost cleared up a life-long problem with atopic dermatitis. My moods are more even and predictable. It has been two years. I lost 40 pounds--kept it off. Look better; feel better though not by any measure cured of CFS.
- —jomije
I got help from...
- I eliminated yeast, and about 95% of the sugar in my diet. I feel soooo much better! I don't have problems with wheat. I put my sandwich fillings on crackers. I have bread, and boy, do I feel lousy later. Also eliminated most of the sugar. Side benefit--I've lost 25 pounds!
- —Guest Kathryn
Rice and wheat are my problems
- Wheat gives me stomach aches (sometimes), a stuffy nose, mental fog and low energy. RICE gives me the Fibromyalgia pain. The pain had gotten so bad that I couldn't sleep and pain pills didn't help at all. Searching for an answer online, I read one sentence the made all the difference. "Rice might play a part in fibromyalgia." (I had been eating LOTS of rice when I quit eating wheat and the increase in pain had occurred right along with my increase in rice.) I quit eating rice and the pain went away, even my 'bad back' though the whole process took several months. A few bites of rice will bring the pain back for a few days. I feel WONDERFUL now on my NO wheat and NO rice diet. I encourage everyone to try the elimination diet. Daphne in Tacoma
- —Guest daphnexduck
what foods help you
- I want to know what every fruit and vegetable does for our body
- —Guest BETTY TREVINO
elimination diet
- For more than 25 years, I have been on a vegan/vegartian diet. Would never go back to SAD (standart american diet). First educate yourself with books or on the internet. Best thing I have done for myself, family and the earth.
- —SophiePollei
didn't help much
- I found that I became overly sensitive to many foods when I tried it. I think it is safer to just eliminate one food at a time, like wheat and be careful when re-introducing it in case you have a bad reaction. Have Benadryl liquid available.
- —Guest soleil
It helps a lot
- Iknow what foods set off my FMS, any caffeine produts and sugar in overload also some fruits
- —Guest Kathy Wiliams
