Dietary Recommendations for Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Dietary Recommendations for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Avoid Foods “high” in Oxalic Acid & Calcium inhibiters.
Limit foods with warming and hot energetics.
Avoid Tobacco, Alcohol, and Coffee.
Avoid dairy, access salt, and access sweets.
6 Week Trial Diet:
Substitute Dairy milk with goats milk, Soy milk, rice milk, or almond milk
Limit Potato and try sweet potato
Avoid Garlic
Avoid Tomatoes & Tomato Sauce (when possible)**** Important****
Limit Red Bell Peppers
Limit Spinach
Limit Beet Greens
Limit Cranberry
Limit Beef
Avoid scallops
Avoid all mucus forming foods ie: (All Dairy) Yogurt is the exception
Try to limit or Avoid foods that are in the category of “night shade.”
Processed foods
Fried foods
Increase water consumption (not just liquidsÐpure water)
The goal here is to limit or avoid: Mucus forming foods, foods high in oxalic acid,
and Calcium (C+) inhibitors.
7 Day trial Diet Plan :
Day 1
Breakfast
1 apple
1 (Wheat cereal) with (soy, almond, rice, or goats) milk.
1 boiled egg on 1 slice of whole wheat toast or roll with canola margarine
Light meal
125 ml grape juice
Tuna salad made with 60 gram tuna, green salad, cucumber, celery and low fat salad dressing
1 whole wheat bread roll with or w/o fruit jam
Main meal
120 gram skinless chicken
125 ml sweet potato
50 ml sauce of choice (limit tomato sauce)
125 ml peas
125 ml cooked carrots
Day 2
Breakfast
200 ml orange juice
180 ml bran flake breakfast cereal with alternative “milk”
whole wheat toast
Light meal
1 apple
salad
1 bran muffin and jam
Main meal
120 gram beef strips stir-fried
125 ml cooked pasta shells
50 ml sweet n sour sauce (sauce of choice)
125 ml mixed vegetable thinly sliced and stir-fried
salad
Day 3
Breakfast
1 banana
180 ml breakfast cereal with alternative “milk”
1 bran muffin or toast and fruit jam.
Light meal
125 ml orange juice
Chicken pasta comprising of 60 gram chicken in a white sauce on 250 ml cooked pasta
125 ml carrot and pineapple salad
Main meal
120 gram baked fish
steamed broccoli
125 ml peas
Waldorf salad comprising of 1 grated apple, 20 gram celery, 30 gram seedless raisins, 50 gram chopped walnuts with 50 ml mayonnaise and 50 ml low fat fruit yogurt (or choice of salad)
Day 4
Breakfast
200 ml juice
125 ml cooked porridge (e.g. oats) or choice of cereal
3 fish fingers on 1 slice whole wheat toast with canola margarine
Light meal
Ham and cheddar cheese sandwich comprising of 30 gram cheese and 30 gram ham on 2 slices whole wheat bread
125 ml tossed salad comprising of 1 small tomato, cucumber and lettuce with low fat salad dressing
Main meal
Baked beans
Whole wheat bread or rolls
fruit
Day 5
Breakfast
200 ml orange juice
120 ml Muesli with 175 ml low fat fruit yogurt
1 scrambled