Lupus Diet Dos and Don’ts – Nutritional Cure for Lupus

Several years ago I was diagnosed with lupus. I could barely get out of bed or walk, had trouble holding a glass of juice due to joint pain, had muscle aches all over my body, endured a constant low-grade fever, and uncontrollably itched on my arms with skin rashes. I knew that my life, as I knew it, was over. I was petrified.

On my first (and last) visit to the rheumatologist, I asked what I could do to maintain my health or prevent my lupus symptoms from getting worse. She casually replied ‘Come back when you’re worse and I’ll put you on steroids‘. Struggling to get some kind of supporting information, I asked a question about diet and if there were foods I should eat or avoid. His reply was, ‘keep eating what you want, it won’t make a difference’.

After one more attempt to find something useful to work with to help myself, I realized that I was dealing with lupus on my own. In an internal fit of anger at her cold and distant attitude, I decided right then and there that I would cure my lupus (with the added bonus of never having to endure the presence of that ‘specialist’ ever again). I did. I no longer have lupus.

As someone who has cured lupus, I am often asked about the importance of diet. Many people tell me that their doctor also told them that diet doesn’t matter. To that I ask you to consider ‘Does it matter what you eat even when you’re healthy?‘? Of course you do, and it is much more important when you suffer from health problems!

In fact, diet is so important that there are many testimonials of other people who have been completely cured by diet alone for lupus. Other common serious problems that diet has been responsible for reversing also include fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, migraines, allergies, and asthma, to name just a few.

Your diet is a powerful foundation from which to work to support your health, reduce inflammation and pain, and provide your body with what it needs to begin healing. (To learn more about my story and other healing modalities like supplements and energy medicine, plus an essential lupus diet, visit my site listed below.)

Below are the top 7 lupus diet do’s and don’ts you need to know to support your healing.

The 7 things not to do in the diet against lupus

1. Do not drink alcohol, sodas (also known as sodas to Americans!), energy drinks, or other unhealthy ‘acidic’ beverages, including public or treated drinking water facilities.
2. Don’t eat processed foods or foods with unhealthy preservatives like monosodium glutamate (which includes most foods in the middle islands of large food chains).
3. Don’t eat red meat. Some fish like salmon is great, and chicken. For some, even these can trigger flare-ups, so be aware of how you feel.
4. Avoid fatty foods (such as monounsaturated fats, trans fats, saturated fats, and some omega-6 polyunsaturated fats) commonly found in baked, fried, and junk foods.
5. Avoid the 4 white foods, which include salt, sugar, white flour (refined carbohydrates and starches), and dairy.
6. Avoid spicy foods. Spices are known to trigger breakouts.
7. Avoid artificial sweeteners. These are toxic and believed by many to even induce disease (I agree). There is no viable reason to use this product and they do not help you lose weight.

The 7 Best Diets for Lupus

1. Eat a diet that consists primarily of simple, natural whole foods, such as fruits and vegetables in their raw form.
2. Eat foods that are easy to digest, such as soaked almonds, soups, fruit and vegetable smoothies, and salads made from raw, natural ingredients.
3. Make sure you drink at least 8 glasses of water throughout the day. This supports the elimination of toxic buildup in the body and a faulty digestive process common among lupus sufferers.
4. Support your body by supplementing with digestive enzymes and probiotics. Most lupus patients are not absorbing their food and nutrients properly and need additional enzymes to support the healing process.
5. You must consume enough essential fatty acids (EFAs) or supplement them. This will help you reduce inflammation and therefore reduce pain and prevent flare-ups.
6. Avoid foods that cause food sensitivities or allergies. You should have this tested to be sure of your body’s specific needs. Some tests do not indicate food sensitivities (such as sugar, salt, etc.), so keep a diary of your body’s reactions to food.
7. Eat a varied diet, rich in alkaline, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory foods. Always clean your food well, (including organic food).

The above lists are the main principles that your lupus diet should follow. There are many, many other specifics of a lupus diet and nutrition that can and will support your body’s homeostasis and healing process.

As you may have experienced, your doctor will not provide you with a healing regimen, so you must find a way to learn how to work with your body in a healing crisis. There are many, many answers that will help you reduce your lupus symptoms, even reverse them completely. His diet for lupus should be the first line of defense.

Some of the benefits you’ll soon experience from a lupus diet include:

• Reduction of inflammation, pain and swelling.
• Decreased muscle pain, tissue damage, and organ stress.
• Significant increase in energy and endurance
• increased mobility
• reduced body fat
• Relief of constipation, bloating and irregularities
• Improved memory and cognitive functioning.

… To name a few!

There is no question that what we eat affects how we feel physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and how well our immune systems work to help us heal. Support yourself with highly nutritious foods that work with your body and immune system, not against. A car can run on dirty oil for only so long before it burns up. Don’t let that happen to your body.

The body is better able to heal itself when you eat foods that support the immune system and the healing process, and avoid foods that interfere with it.

Remember, curing lupus is possible. Learn how to implement the proper lupus diet, supplements, and other natural modalities that will support the healing process by visiting my site listed below.