Foods to Avoid that can Help Reduce Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Eliminating Allergic Foods Or Foods We Are Intolerant To Often Reduces Symptoms Associated With Fibromyalgia.

Dr. Rodger Murphree's Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 5th EditionFor the last 20+ years I’ve specialized in treating fibromyalgia. During this time I’ve used several different food allergy elimination diets. These diets are designed to help patients uncover any hidden food allergies, or intolerance (eating certain foods makes us feel bad on some level). Everyone has foods (usually ones we eat day in and day out) they are either allergic or intolerant too, finding and then eliminating these foods often allows patients to experience less pain, fatigue, fibro fog, low moods, congestion, and GI symptoms.

While not everyone will experience a positive change, at least a drastic change in their symptoms, the elimination diet used in my practice and taken from my new 5th edition book Treating and Beating Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, is definitely worth a trial.

 

The Elimination Diet

Phase One: Elimination

For at least one month, follow these guidelines:

  • Avoid all known and suspected food allergens.
  • Also avoid all gluten-containing foods: wheat, barley, oats, millet, spelt, sourdough, and rye. This includes breads, tortillas, muffins, cereals, pastries, cakes, pizza, crackers, pasta, pretzels, and other flour-based products. Look for gluten-free alternatives.
  • Avoid all dairy products, including milk, ice cream, cream, yogurt, and cheese. Butter and eggs are allowed.
  • Don’t drink any sodas (Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc.).
  • Reduce caffeine consumption, including tea (green and herbal tea is allowed), coffee, chocolate, and cocoa. The less caffeine intake, the better. To help prevent withdrawal symptoms (headaches, mood disturbances, and fatigue) slowly wean off. Start by eliminating one quarter of your daily consumption.
  • Consider each cup of caffeinated coffee, soda, diet soda, tea—and each chocolate bar—as one caffeine serving. If you consume four cups of coffee in the morning, three glasses of tea at lunch, and a diet Coke before dinner, you consume a total of eight servings of caffeine daily. You should begin by reducing your caffeine servings by one quarter (which is two servings). So drink six servings tomorrow instead. After seven days, reduce your caffeine servings by another quarter. Slowly discontinue caffeine over a manageable period of time. Not every patient must go off all caffeine forever; you will help yourself even if you just reduce your intake to no more than one or two servings a day.

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Phase Two: Reintroduction

After one month on the elimination diet, start to reintroduce one eliminated food group at a time. For example, begin by eating a few servings from the gluten group: pasta, crackers, or bread. Then, for three days, eat no gluten-containing foods or any other eliminated food. Keep a journal handy to note any symptoms that occur.

After three days, reintroduce dairy. Have a few glasses of milk or three slices of cheese. Be sure to eat enough servings to let your body experience any negative reactions. If after three days of having challenged a food group, there’s no negative reaction (headaches, stomach pain, bloating, runny nose, congestion, muscle/joint pain, low moods, fatigue, etc.), then start to slowly add these items back into your regular diet. If you do experience a negative reaction to any food group within three days of challenging it, discontinue that group for another month and then repeat the three-day process.

 


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3 replies
  1. Debora Butler
    Debora Butler says:

    I would Love to learn more!!!! My Dad & I have Both been Diagnosed. He has So Much problem with back pain, & getting no sleep that it literally breaks my heart. If you could help him, I’d be eternally grateful. I am more depressed & fatigued & suffer with weight gain. Thank you So Much!!! I feel as if God led me to your Video tonight!!!! May God Bless You!!!!❤️❤️❤️

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  2. Debora Butler
    Debora Butler says:

    Any help or suggestions you could give about helping sleep & back pain would be a Miracle for my Dad. Please, Please, I am begging you to help Me, Help Him!!!!! I want to help h Feel Better with All My Heart!!! He is Allergic to many medications & it makes me So Very Sad to See Him Suffer!!!! Any help you or Suggestions you give me to help him Would Be an Answer to Our Prayers!!!! Thank you!!!

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    • Dr. Rodger Murphree & Team
      Dr. Rodger Murphree & Team says:

      Debora, There are so many free resources on my website, you can read all about Deep Restorative Sleep… I have videos on my Facebook page as well where I go into the importance of sleep. There are protocols for Deep Restorative sleep in my book as well as a special Fibromyalgia and Sleep program i have put together that people can purchase as a stand alone, all digital resource with extensive details, audios, and video, for people who are not in a 6th month care program with me that is a good option. I hope you can find all of these great resources useful to you! Wishing you and your father health and wellness. And always, if you are interested in consulting with me, you can fill out our consultation forms at fibroconsults.com

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