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i a highly senstive to fake jewlary. i found that the same acid (alcolide) is found in night shades. i cut out all nightshades and feel better. i am also cutting out sugar by adding truvea and useing celtic sea salt. the not eatinv night shades really helped with my joint pain and stiffness i highly suggest it

My skin also reacts to cheap jewelry. I don't have problems with sterling but most of the other metals in costume jewelry cause problems. What is nighthades? I haven't heard of it before.

April

This is from about.com: Nightshade vegetables are among the foods that some people feel can trigger arthritis flares. Others feel their arthritis symptoms improve when nightshade vegetables are avoided. What are nightshade vegetables? According to The George Mateljan Foundation, food members of the nightshade family include:

* potatoes (not sweet potatoes)

* tomatoes

* eggplant

* sweet and hot peppers (including paprika, cayenne pepper and Tabasco sauce)

* ground cherries

* tomatillos and tamarillos

* garden huckleberry and naranjillas

* pepinos and pimentos

Should people with arthritis avoid nightshade vegetables? According to the University of Washington website, "No foods have been definitively shown to cause or exacerbate arthritis in most individuals. A variety of diets and hand-me-down information exists about certain foods and arthritis, in particular the night shade plants, but none of it has been proven." The effect of foods on arthritis symptoms vary greatly from person to person. It is an individual decision whether or not to avoid nightshade vegetables.

Of course, you can find others articles stating differently. It is something to keep in mind.

Alison

Post edited by: redhairali, at: 02/01/2011 08:30 AM

I pay dearly when I eat the above mentioned items. There is also an enzime in land animal that is believed to cause inflamation in some people and I have, sadly, noticed a change by cutting out the land animal (I used to enjoy steak!).

It is all what you are willing to sacrafice!

night shades also include all peppers(bell peppers as well) and chillis but black peper is ok. just this diet is working for me it even brought up my energy. the hurdes part are the spices the almost all have red bellpepers and/or tomatos

My doctors won't set me up with a dietician,so I've looked into it myself over the years. Ive been told to avoid: Dairy products,night-shade veggies,Red Meats,Citrus Fruits,Sugar, Poultry,White Breads and Pastas(anything white,essentially),Processed Foods,Tropical Fruit,and I'm sure,some that I've forgotten. I call it the "ROCKS,DIRT,and TWIGS DIET" There's not much left to eat! LOL! Bryan

Bryan - haha - it is better than twigs and dirt! But I was bummed out to give up pasta (my favorite!) and cheese, sugar, bread, tomatoes, potatoes, milk (and all dairy), etc etc.. in December when I got sick. But I feel SOOO much better it is worth it!! I get recipes from various books - such as Rebecca Black's "The Anti-Inflammation Diet and Recipe Book". Tonight I made oven roasted chicken with a bunch of veggies, & brown rice - YUM! and a huge salad with nuts - with olive oil and vinegar. Melon for dessert - not so bad!!!!! It is a high protein and high fiber diet. I am also taking a lot of supplements that help.

I don't react to jewelry but to any artificial fragrance - ugh! I get sick. I guess we just need to figure out our triggers..

i would love recipes im always looking for new thing. i just made some banana nut muffins (with coconut flower) it was yummy.

Bryan i go to a homiopathic lady she findes what is best for me not the ginaric lupus diet

This is a great thread. I must live under a rock because I have never heard these veggies refered to as nightshade. So this is really nice to know. I guess if you stay clear of all of this there will be not much left but rocks, twigs, dirt. Funny Bryan!

April

Thanks ButterflyFriend,that's where I got this information,was from several different sources Over the years(homeopath,herbologists,etc.) Go back to all the junk once in awhile! BAD Bryan! I know. lol! I Love to cook! Recipes for rocks ,dirt and twigs would be greatly appreciated! Just kiddind! I'm actually a very good cook and really would appreciate recipes. You ladies don't know what you're missing! Bryan