From what I've read, Fibromyalgia is not an inflammatory condition. It feels like it is though. That's called "subjective swelling" (for instance, when it feels like you have swollen ankles but they really aren't swollen). Subjective swelling is common in those with Fibromyalgia. I will keep eating blueberries!
WOW! and whine...I've been cooking curries since about December! That's potatoes, peppers AND spices. I put sriracha on everything else! But blueberries...REALLY?
....OK kill me now. Jalapenos and habaneros are nightshades too!
I don't have fibromyalgia, but I have had severe migraines for years. I was having these migraines 3 to 4 times a month and they would last for 2 days. It was getting worse up to 5 times a month. One day while searching for info I found a page that talked about nightshade plants and guess what, most of my diet was nightshades. I didn't see how I could live without them, but I have and in 6 months I have only had 4 migraines. Nightshades can make so people sick!
@bmostel This is amazing. I'm getting more and more data from people like you and I'm validating myself and this helps support me against the skeptics- and there are many. I should maybe make a list of testimonials :)
These foods are all necessary to keep the blood alkaline. Trust me, this woman is not giving the correct advice in regard to fresh fruit and vegetables. It is high acidity that is associated with inflammation. Some of these, such as tomatoes and peppers, become acidic when cooked, and should be avoided if one is struggling with FM, CF or arthritis. But the best way to fight pain via diet is to eat as much fresh, raw, fruits and veggies. For everyone.
I also want to thank Dr. Gilbere for her work. Going nightshade free is part of my fibro and osteoarthritis treatment. I also read books by Dr. Sherry Rogers which helped confirm this food-pain link. Crazy miss those potatoes and tomatoes though (your body craves the addictive properties ... I know that from gluten and dairy, too).
@ralegria, you might want to look into getting a serum ferritin iron test. a lot of people with fibro have RLS, which could be due to low iron (you lose iron during menses). i had it, but with a celiac diagnosis, going gluten-free, it got better. i also took iron supplements for a while. you want your ferritin to be about 80 even if the "low range" is about 40 or 45 (labs differ). you might feel better.
I also have muscle twitches and weakness in my limbs..along with tingling. These symptoms come and go but seem worse during my menstrual cycle or rainy cold weather..
How do we get fibromyalgia to begin with? I don't remember being this sick in my teenage years...why is it I can't eat tomatoes now? What causes the sudden food sensitivity? I'm pretty sure I have fibromyalgia because doctors cannot pin point my problem. I get burning pain all over my back and it's at it's worse in the morning and night.
@AFairySlinky Lol, then you are rather ignorant. It's very well known that night shades, especially tomatoes & chilli make A LOT of conditions worse, pain and allergy conditions especially. One just has to google nightshades & pain to find endless amounts of the same info. Why do you think this group of food was labelled "The deadly nightshades" for a long time? Because solanine is a poison ;)
@sypher7 Thank you for your edification. Clearly I lack an education because i have failed to “google”... Scientific research proves that people with disorders such as Fibromyalgia have a chemical imbalance in the body which will continue or exacerbate while it is maintained mostly by their current environment....
@sypher7 It is not putting a tomato in your salad that gives you excessive sensitivity to pain; it is the chemical imbalance in the body which is incapable of breaking down the substance correctly leaving you weak and therefore encouraging the illness to thrive....
@sypher7 The only way to balance this is not to strip your diet and deprive yourself of vital nutrients which your immune system vitally needs, but to encourage the body to process correctly. She’s selling a book, telling people to deprive your body of what it needs is not what any “doctor” should do. Common sense... google it ;0)
@AFairySlinky OK. I didn't say you lacked an education. I don't know you at all. I was just stating that it's a well known fact that nightshade vegetables CAN increase pain IN pain many pain conditions. I know all about Fibro, I have had it plus severe CFS/ME for 10 years, now add to that adrenal insufficiency, and have done hours a day of research on therapies, both natural and medical, plus nutritional research for the entire time.
@AFairySlinky "The only way to balance this is not to strip your diet.." is actually completely opposite to what a lot of literature says, and personal testimonials wherever you look. If you aren't food sensitive AT ALL, the best diet is a wholefoods diet with as many fresh veggies of all the colours of the rainbow included, of course. However many CFS/FM patients are very food sensitive, and MANY foods make the condition worse.
@AFairySlinky Ordinary "common sense" unfortunately doesn't always make sense in these conditions. The 'elimination diet' or 'failsafe' diet, gets rid of all foods with additives, preservaties, and even natural food chemicals: salicylates, amines and glutamates. These substances are present in loads of 'good' veggies, but in those sensitive to them, cause worsening of all symptoms of pain, fatigue, allergies, digestive probs and so on.
@AFairySlinky Check out failsafe, it is based on the RPA allergy clinic's elimination diet, where people from all over the world come because they have such high success rate for improving conditions where food intolerance plays a huge role. Some people have returned to work after disability by eating only fish & rice! but thats how drastic it needed to be. If foods even healthy are causing inflammation, they are not healthy to that person.
From what I've read, Fibromyalgia is not an inflammatory condition. It feels like it is though. That's called "subjective swelling" (for instance, when it feels like you have swollen ankles but they really aren't swollen). Subjective swelling is common in those with Fibromyalgia. I will keep eating blueberries!
mysnellvilleblog 2 months ago
WOW! and whine...I've been cooking curries since about December! That's potatoes, peppers AND spices. I put sriracha on everything else! But blueberries...REALLY?
....OK kill me now. Jalapenos and habaneros are nightshades too!
*sniffle*
but thanks.
muzebl 7 months ago
I don't have fibromyalgia, but I have had severe migraines for years. I was having these migraines 3 to 4 times a month and they would last for 2 days. It was getting worse up to 5 times a month. One day while searching for info I found a page that talked about nightshade plants and guess what, most of my diet was nightshades. I didn't see how I could live without them, but I have and in 6 months I have only had 4 migraines. Nightshades can make so people sick!
bmostel 9 months ago
@bmostel This is amazing. I'm getting more and more data from people like you and I'm validating myself and this helps support me against the skeptics- and there are many. I should maybe make a list of testimonials :)
peacewalker7 8 months ago
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These foods are all necessary to keep the blood alkaline. Trust me, this woman is not giving the correct advice in regard to fresh fruit and vegetables. It is high acidity that is associated with inflammation. Some of these, such as tomatoes and peppers, become acidic when cooked, and should be avoided if one is struggling with FM, CF or arthritis. But the best way to fight pain via diet is to eat as much fresh, raw, fruits and veggies. For everyone.
alexandriaheather 10 months ago
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alexandriaheather 10 months ago
I also want to thank Dr. Gilbere for her work. Going nightshade free is part of my fibro and osteoarthritis treatment. I also read books by Dr. Sherry Rogers which helped confirm this food-pain link. Crazy miss those potatoes and tomatoes though (your body craves the addictive properties ... I know that from gluten and dairy, too).
dotslady 1 year ago
@ralegria, you might want to look into getting a serum ferritin iron test. a lot of people with fibro have RLS, which could be due to low iron (you lose iron during menses). i had it, but with a celiac diagnosis, going gluten-free, it got better. i also took iron supplements for a while. you want your ferritin to be about 80 even if the "low range" is about 40 or 45 (labs differ). you might feel better.
dotslady 1 year ago
I also have muscle twitches and weakness in my limbs..along with tingling. These symptoms come and go but seem worse during my menstrual cycle or rainy cold weather..
ralegria16 1 year ago
How do we get fibromyalgia to begin with? I don't remember being this sick in my teenage years...why is it I can't eat tomatoes now? What causes the sudden food sensitivity? I'm pretty sure I have fibromyalgia because doctors cannot pin point my problem. I get burning pain all over my back and it's at it's worse in the morning and night.
ralegria16 1 year ago
I've never heard so much rubbish in all my life!!!
AFairySlinky 1 year ago
@AFairySlinky Lol, then you are rather ignorant. It's very well known that night shades, especially tomatoes & chilli make A LOT of conditions worse, pain and allergy conditions especially. One just has to google nightshades & pain to find endless amounts of the same info. Why do you think this group of food was labelled "The deadly nightshades" for a long time? Because solanine is a poison ;)
sypher7 1 year ago
@sypher7 Thank you for your edification. Clearly I lack an education because i have failed to “google”... Scientific research proves that people with disorders such as Fibromyalgia have a chemical imbalance in the body which will continue or exacerbate while it is maintained mostly by their current environment....
AFairySlinky 1 year ago
@sypher7 It is not putting a tomato in your salad that gives you excessive sensitivity to pain; it is the chemical imbalance in the body which is incapable of breaking down the substance correctly leaving you weak and therefore encouraging the illness to thrive....
AFairySlinky 1 year ago
@sypher7 The only way to balance this is not to strip your diet and deprive yourself of vital nutrients which your immune system vitally needs, but to encourage the body to process correctly. She’s selling a book, telling people to deprive your body of what it needs is not what any “doctor” should do. Common sense... google it ;0)
AFairySlinky 1 year ago
@AFairySlinky OK. I didn't say you lacked an education. I don't know you at all. I was just stating that it's a well known fact that nightshade vegetables CAN increase pain IN pain many pain conditions. I know all about Fibro, I have had it plus severe CFS/ME for 10 years, now add to that adrenal insufficiency, and have done hours a day of research on therapies, both natural and medical, plus nutritional research for the entire time.
sypher7 1 year ago
@AFairySlinky "The only way to balance this is not to strip your diet.." is actually completely opposite to what a lot of literature says, and personal testimonials wherever you look. If you aren't food sensitive AT ALL, the best diet is a wholefoods diet with as many fresh veggies of all the colours of the rainbow included, of course. However many CFS/FM patients are very food sensitive, and MANY foods make the condition worse.
sypher7 1 year ago
@AFairySlinky Ordinary "common sense" unfortunately doesn't always make sense in these conditions. The 'elimination diet' or 'failsafe' diet, gets rid of all foods with additives, preservaties, and even natural food chemicals: salicylates, amines and glutamates. These substances are present in loads of 'good' veggies, but in those sensitive to them, cause worsening of all symptoms of pain, fatigue, allergies, digestive probs and so on.
sypher7 1 year ago
@AFairySlinky Check out failsafe, it is based on the RPA allergy clinic's elimination diet, where people from all over the world come because they have such high success rate for improving conditions where food intolerance plays a huge role. Some people have returned to work after disability by eating only fish & rice! but thats how drastic it needed to be. If foods even healthy are causing inflammation, they are not healthy to that person.
sypher7 1 year ago
Oh no I love spicy food!
LSecret 1 year ago
Great information on nightshades. Your audio quality would be greatly increased if you hooked up an external microphone to your video camera.
dianacwolf 2 years ago
I've just started eating a cup of blueberries a day for the past month! They help with the constipation! Oh no, but thank you!
vycnyc 2 years ago
Hey - this is helpful. My Mum has Fibromyalgia and finds some days are worse than others. I'll tell her about these foods and see can they help her!
Kwcov 2 years ago