Thanks for watching! Let’s talk about foods that can help reduce inflammation, especially for those dealing with autoimmune diseases. Have you found any specific foods that help manage your symptoms? From leafy greens, berries, and fatty fish to turmeric and ginger, there are so many options to explore. We’d love to hear about the healthy changes you’ve made in your diet and how they’ve impacted your inflammation. Feel free to share your tips or ask questions - your experience could be incredibly helpful to others on a similar journey!
Summary: 1. Vegetables - fiber and phyto nutrients 2. Fruits - examples are blueberries, apples 3. Whole grains - example are: quinoa, brown rice, millet 4. Beans and legumes - 5. Omega-3 fatty acids - found in algae, and oily fish
I was diagnosed with RA around 50 years old ,and was treated with cortisone and methotrexate for about 20 years ,still had pains, and all my articulations destroyed,more or less . I had 2 hip operations ,and a knee operation , seeing the "bad results " , I read a lot about RA (like you ) ,and because different doctors and professors were not believing me (it was in my head!!!...) I decided by myself to change my diet , even if I always had a natural alimentation , I was ,as you were doing , enjoying sometimes a good wine normal meal .with friends..definitely ,I stopped wheat ,, i eat also dried fruits mostly dates, ..I am happy that things change ,and doctors like you,and your personnal experience ,will change the mentalities ,. I am French , but live now in Greece .I changed my doctor , and now she gave me a new therapy ,called (rinvoq ), it seams to help me, but the damages are there,and I have osteoporosis . Sorry for my bad English...
You can help your osteoporosis. You can lift weights at the gym. If that's just not an option you can do jumps, like pretend you skip rope. And for your arms, find a way to do punching, like boxing... These things change your bone density.
While recovering from a health crisis, it was initially challenging to eat whole fruits and vegetables, but once I was able to incorporate them into my regular diet, I started to feel so much better. I could feel my inflammation reduce and my energy and concentration return. Thank you so much for this because it validates my experience. 💯
I was diagnosed with arthritis about a year ago. I changed my diet to whole food plant based, started streching daily, and having some supplements. Now i can exercise everyday without any pain. Whole food plant based diet is a freaking miracle!!
I have pretty severe osteoarthritis in my hands. After years of staying away from carbs, even whole grains, this is a complete change. But, I am motivated by my declining health. I am going to try plant based for 30 days.
I have high inflammation and pain but have not been diagnosed yet. I’m eating 75% raw fruit & vegetable diet and one cooked meal a day. I’m doing whole food plant based and have really seen a difference in a very short time. The hardest thing to give up was my coffee but it’s been worth it to have pain free days. Thank you for this valuable information. I believe God brought me to your channel. Bless you!
I like that your attitude is one of peace with others..I found myself that I has a spell of inflammation when work got stressful. We need to get over anger with others in which we disagree. There is a reason that they call it "inflamed with anger " Thank you for your videos.
I have been just diagnosed with RA and I am 43 and I am so confused what to choose. Most people around me are urging me to follow the medicine prescribed by my Rheumatologist (plaquenil and other DMARDs) but my heart is refusing that. I have cut down sugar and wheat completely, raised the vit D3 to 50000 iu daily, and taking all most all the supplements you mentioned in your videos. I wake up in the morning with some pain in my hands. Whenever I feel like this is not gonna work I watch your videos and read the comments below so I can resume what I'm doing. I wish it works for me too. Thank you for being an inspiration for lot of auto immune disease fighters🌹
gluten is a big factor for me. In the early days my dietician said try cutting gluten. I thought it silly but tried it. My hands were ok in days. It’s worth a try although it’s very hard to avoid gluten
A very informative video, and because of early onset (for me) arthritis, I’ve made the switch after learning of the benefits here on this channel. So far, so good. Many thanks Dr Yu! 🙏
I am 67, from Glasgow, Scotland. I struggled for a long long time with ulcerative colitis. The initial diagnosis was in 1997, followed by many flare ups to the extent that my private medical consultant told me to have my colon removed back in 2005. I refused and he said that if I wasn’t going to follow his recommendations, then no point for me to continue seeing him, we parted there and then. I tried lots of dietary experiments and I had some success in 2005 after trying a food combining diet, however I still got an occasional flare up. For around 2 years now and after watching many RU-vid videos on healthy eating, my go to foods are a limited number of fruits, varied daily, non starchy vegetables 🥦 with very occasional potatoes 🥔 in small numbers, I am a meat eater, eating most standard meats but mostly chicken, 3 eggs most days, I love kidney beans 🫘 and chickpeas which I take after soaking and cooking from dried, once cooked I add a little EVOL, black pepper and some apple cider vinegar, this is my snack food, a variety of mushrooms 🍄, onions and garlic are my staples and are added to most meals. I take full fat milk, in my tea and coffee and a glass 🥛 now and then. I do not buy processed foods, i don’t take sugar and I DO intermittent fast for around 10 days per month, usually 20/4 on fasting days. No doubt i have missed some things out but for the past 20 months, I have never felt so continuously good in a long time. I finally believe that i will no longer require to go back on prednisone steroids ever again for UC as long as i don’t stay from the path 😅
@@ob5773sorry to hear that you had to part from your colon, I know that you must have really suffered to finally go down this route. I know of others through discussing my problems with family members and these people stated that having their colon removed was the best thing that they had done to get rid of UC after suffering terribly for many years. I hope that you have found much relief in having this operation which at the time would have been considered a last resort by you. Good luck and thanks for your comment
Very insapiring vlog plz keep it up I am from Pakistan Islamabad and I don’t have access to to such awesome variety of vegetables nevertheless I am trying as love vegetarian and seafood. Many thnx for ur good work ,God bless u .
Thanks for the info. I have RA and my family and I eat a gluten free diet because my husband and daughter have celiac, IBD & IBC so t's necessary but we also eat a lot of vegetables and fruits. I still have severe chronic pain and flares of RA.
Just found your channel this morning. I commented on your vlog… about your personal story. Thank you so much for putting this info out here! Often, I hear comments when I tell my story of getting well, that it is all in my head… that I’m not a Dr. You are spreading the story of wellness that took me 10+ years to figure out! 👏👏👏
Great video! I am a physician(DO, EM) and developed autoimmune later in life. Some things, I would have assumed to be age-related. I began to see patterns. The areas and patterns of inflammation have expanded. I am relieved to be able to manage a great deal. I avoid anything that I notice to be a trigger. Kinds of emotional or behaviors that contribute are harder to track, and I’m working on it. I follow keto, not rigidly. I avoid processed food, alcohol, dairy, gluten. Several artificial sweeteners are triggers, although allulose seems to be okay. I eat fish(salmon mostly) Glad and reassured about legumes. They seem okay. I have lowered my protein. The scary part right now is Neuro inflammation. I am working to see the patterns there, which appear to be related to emotion processing.
I have neuro inflammation as well. As well as dietary changes, I’ve now started to use an ice cap every day for 20 minutes which really helps to bring the inflammation down.
How does one know they have inflammation. What are the signs? I feel ok daily especially since I no longer eat salt or salty foods. I was never a big meat eater. Carbs were always my go to for comfort.
Paleo definitely worked for me, reduced weight, full energy,no hungry, sometimes even one meal is enough.even though I got gout, i will 100 percent confirm, no gout flared on paleo diet after eating lots of meat. Now I eat everything, put on lot of weight, gout flares, now knee pain not able to bend my right knee completely, after work I can see knee swelling. I can say legumes also culprit for gout. Very difficult to follow paleo if other family members doesn't support it. I started slowly intermittent fasting introducing paleo diet, I have to reduce weight. My wife is the biggest enemy in paleo diet.
God put man on a plantbased diet in the Garden of Eden and He's bringing us back to a plant based diet as fast as we will receive it. What a patient loving God!! He gave a perfect diet to His perfect creation. I'm headed toward this plant diet. Getting the processed food out. Only He can do it for me, through me as I turn myself and it over to Him. He wants His precious children healthy!! He won the victory for us over appetite. If we submit ourselves to Him, He will live His victory out in us.
Hello Doc 😊 I'm happy to have found you, because there are people out there who proclaim you have to eat meat on AIP which sounds gross to a 20 plus years vegetarian like me😅. So I'm currently trying to cure Hashimotos which I think should be similar to other autoimmune diseases. Random question to your mention about crackers: what if they are made of whole grains? Thanks
Thank you for sharing your healing journey :) I currently follow an almost vegan (one serving of fish high in omega-3 per week) WFBP diet. I do limit some lectins (I peel and deseed tomatoes, eggplant, and cucumbers and I soak and pressure cook legumes). I also stick to low FODMAP serving sizes of foods, with the exception of polyols, which I don’t seem to be sensitive to. I no longer have Sjogren's syndrome and I am managing both psoriasis and Crohn’s disease without medication. Two supplements that have been critical to my recovery include freshly grated Ceylon cinnamon (powerful antifungal) and berberine (antimicrobial and mild antifungal). I also make homemade soy milk yoghurt out of specific, research-backed probiotic strains.
TY. Increasing the ratio of Omega 3's to Omega 6's by adding flaxseeds to smoothies along with hyper-nourishment works according to Goodbye Autoimmune Disease by a Dr Brooke Goldner. She reversed her lupus and helps others as well.
Hey Doc, I have just come across your videos and for me, they are very helpful. I suffer from Osteoarthritis. Will the for Rheumstoid arthritis help me? I get severe pain in the knees and hip. I've just started taking supplements of Glucosamine and Chondroitin.
Thank you for all you do for us! I’m on no grain, no dairy, no dark vegetables, no legume , no soy diet. I went tough processor elimination and know that my body reacts to all the above especially grains! It’s a very boring diet but I’m willing to stick with it if it means to be meds free. I have RA and diagnosed few months ago , it’s mostly in m6 hands. I have been on no grain diet for almost 3 weeks with a bit of cheating ;) I’m so happy to find your channel. You are a Rheumatologist who is validating me, the meds are not making me better but masking it and ton of side effects.
@@cantonio277 coconut milk in my coffee, fried zucchini with garlic or skip the breakfast. Salad with lettuce and all kind of veggies. All kind of fruits except banana, organic wild rice, lamb, beef, turkey, chicken and fish. No legumes for me except sometimes red lentil soup. Casava noodles in my chicken soup. Sometimes I make Casava bread which I don’t like ;) I’m going to try coconut flour to make bread or muffins and see how it goes. I take collagen powder every day. Oh, I can’t eat legumes;(
Hey Doc, in correction to my previous comment, I wanted to know whether the diet for Rheumatoid arthritis would help me. I am 77 years of age and live in the Tropics 😊
I think I have written this in another video. I had a car accident and surgery on my knee and since suffered from posttraumatic osteoarthritis and chondromalacia but no doctor has been able to help me so a lot of research to help myself. No alcohol, no wheat products (i.e. bread, pasta), no rice, no sugar; instead replace with buckwheat, millet, quinoa. Lots of veggies, legumes and nuts (bell peppers, tomato in moderation and preferably cooked), lots of water and herbal tea. I use Himalayan salt because it is full of minerals, acv for my dressings, I supplement with Boswellia and a multivitamin tablet because there are periods where I follow religious fasting, and when I don't fast I also eat eggs and goat milk or sheep milk products but make sure they are organic as much as possible that is because they are pricey as well as fatty fish (sardines being my fav) Maintaining an alkaline ph in our body when suffering from autoimmune diseases is key. And finally when I flare I put a castor oil compress on the area. Love from Greece 🥰
Thank you!!! I have hashimoto and IBD and the only thing that keeps me in remission and well is a whole foods plant based diet. It is a struggle to find a Dr. who will understand me or support me so I am very grateful to have found you,
As a gf of a rancher the grass fed are probably getting more pesticides and they aren’t getting as healthy of a diet. The ranchers actually feed the cattle special mixes of silage which is the entire corn plant, parts of the corn plant and then just straight corn. It’s a mix based on what the cow needs. Plus grass of course.
Not all green vegetables are for people with autoimmune disease. I had a friend with chronic kidney disease that could not eat our usual greens like collards, cabbage, kale and this should be included in your presentation
If people have issues with some fruits/vegetables they might want to look into histamine intolerance. Spinach is on the avoid list for those of us who are histamine intolerant ❤❤❤.
I had chronic pain, psoriatic arthritis in many places including in my spine. My C reactive protein marker was off the charts high: 122. I went plant based and in three months it dropped to 12, still very high but nowhere near what it was. And a year later it dropped down to 3. I eat whole grains, not gluten as I am gluten sensitive, and I have cut down on refined gluten free flour now too. I make nearly everything from scratch, worked on improving my gut microbiome, I eat a lot of fermented foods and make my own soy yoghurt, I ferment 3 different types of whole grains and legumes to make flatbreads. Fixing the gut microbiome is the next stage that I have been working on and it is going well. Very pleased to have found your channel ❤.
Can you send me the link to the study you mention in this film ref wholegrains and their positive impact on inflammation. I need to read the study! Thanks.
I did a Google search. If you want to find studies, use NIH (National Institute of Health) and "studies". For example I searched for "NIH whole grains and inflammation studies" and got this link: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8778110/
Im having a lot of joint pains because of Arthritis...and by looking at your video im learning the better foods to eat to help with my problem....thank you Dr. Yu
I love animal protein and veggies I guess my diet is more like a healthy version of Keto. I do limit gluten as I find I can’t process it well even though I love it but I do have it occasionally as a treat. Great video, thank you !
Within a month, I had excruciating pain in every bone of my toes/feet/ankle and knees, literally being crippled. I also had pain and numbing of sensation in my fingers, wrists and elbows. They took X-rays of all joints as well as a blood test. Then I met the resident rheumatologist. He confirmed I had "good" arthritis, meaning osteo instead of rheumatoid arthritis in every joint. I asked what could I do to stop or lessen the pain that was keeping me awake at night and in agony every day. He said "nothing".... that it was 'normal wear and tear' of the joints. But, he could prescribe pain medications to help me. I spoke with my D.O. and she said I had signs of inflammation throughout my body. She suggested I try a plant based diet, giving up meats, processed foods, dairy, eggs, cheese, etc. I wondered what was left to eat??? Cardboard??? But, I tried it for 30 days. And ALL my symptoms and pain disappeared! She was right. And the Rheumatologist was a pill pushing fool who should go back to med school, FAST. (A year later, the cataract in my left eye, scheduled for replacement, cleared!!!) I hope what I learned might help some others reading this. (3+ years now!)
Thanks doc I'm from Zimbabwe I have been struggling with arthritis since my 30s now I'm 58 I'm happy I found your channel thank you for the good work I discovered you yesterday
Dr. Yu wish I could go to your office/practice, where are you in this part of US? I am suffering with sjogrens symptoms that caused my RA and elevated liver enzymes. I’m so scared of what I’m having now.
I have a question about ham. Is it just the sandwich ham or regular ham in general that’s bad? Cause where I’m from we slaughter our own pigs. And beef… and chicken…
Thanks for sharing. I was diagnosed with RA my rheumatologist wants me to go on methotrexate in a couple of days, but I haven’t been really don’t want to. I’ve been doing a plant-based diet with a little salmon for about 20 days. I definitely feel better. I’m curious of what my inflammation levels are now I don’t have the pain with RA but I started to experience some rashes all over my body prior to going on a plant-based diet so I’m on prednisone so I’m not sure if it’s working. Can you give me some advice?
I have auto immune thyroid disorder & Rheumatoid arthritis. I have pain in whole body : fingers, arms , legs , back pain , especially in elbows and ankel. Some people suggest me to take boiled Ginger water, cumin water, turmeric water and coriander seeds water . Could you please suggest me should i take this or not in this ??? It is starting of rheumatoid arthritis. Please reply me
Would you like to suggest me, coz I'm quite afraid to eat vegetables and fruit since I was diagnosed with SLE and Hashimoto and you absolutely know there're some vegetables that I can't eat coz my Hashimoto, coz honestly I love eating vegetables and fruits
Hi doctor! My son has psoriasis and i think he has psoriatic arthritis already. He is 21. The signs are showing like the nails, the mild deformity of the fingers, the flakes on some parts of the skin. Is there anything that him and me can do aside from the foods and diet like a holistic approach to prevent further deformity and future organ damage. Im scared for sky rizi or other medications/chemicals that a doctor will prescribe. He's taking turmeric ginger and ACV supplements. what would you advice? Thanks.
I am having joint pain and tendon weakness .do i have any inflammation disease? but my ESR & CRP always shows normal range. My vitamin D is 22 and B12 is 85 who is the culprit here .
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When it comes to grains if you can get non GMO they might be ok, but the regular stuff you buy is what causes problems. I don't digest legumes well, so they are out for me,
Doctor, whenever I try to eat a whole food plant based diet I get loose stools. I've tried many times. But it is too hard to be on toilet so much! What can I do?
Dok ive got a schleroderma for 9yrs long. And im trying not to take those foods you have mentioned jn your video. Dok i would like to eliminate my medicine as well cause its damaging my hips and toes already that i couldn't stand nor walk at this time. Please help me.. Im taking my corticosteroid(PROLIX) 10MG everyday, azathioprine (PERINA) and ( colchicine) gouter.
Hi I`m Natasha of South Africa 49yrs.....I was diagnosed was Hypothyroidism since 2012 n battle legume n beans...and in Sept 2022 diagnosed with RA in my hands the pain is unbareable at times...I was put on methotrexate, folic acid and prednisone but I hate medication but with RA meds n Thyroid meds its frustrating.....I wish every day I could stop meds...I really appreciate all your videos...I get very sad with all these health issues
Natasha, Rev 21:4 promises us that a time will come when there will be no more pain. Let us pray for God’s Kingdom to come and bring an end to suffering.
I began a Keto diet with intermittent fasting some months ago. Apart from losing more than 28 lbs, my fibromyalgia all but disappeared, my blood sugar went down and I also saw a huge beneficial difference with my osteoarthritis. It really works for me!!
I reduced weight with paleo diet, definitely it works, no gout flares, full of energy, no hungry,. In normal diet always feel hungry and become overweight and sluggish. now I got knee pain in right knee maybe osteoarthritis, after work I get swelling. I have started introducing paleo and intermittent fasting. Suggest me about avoiding swelling in knee. I feel definitely due to overweight and arthritis.
I am 60, have Osteo-arthritis in my lower spine and chronic inflammation. I am just at the beginning of my journey. Doctors and specialists are considering whether I have rheumatoid arthritis… meanwhile I met a friend at the gym who told me about her rheumatoid arthritis and pointed me in the direction of Susan Blum’s book called Healing Arthritis. I have tried to stick with her anti-inflammatory diet as much as possible and now have no doubt there is some inflammation/diet connection. I am so stiff today I can barely move, which I assume is to do with gluten in the flat bread I have eaten over the last three days…. Waiting to see a specialist and a naturopath as I would prefer to go down the diet route rather than medication. Blum’s diet excludes all the bad stuff you mentioned but also eliminates soy products and nightshades completely. It is very difficult to eat out at all without breaking the diet in some way but my husband and I travel often and eat out. Eating out is a necessity for us so I am trying to navigate this dietary situation. What I would like to see is more about how to eat without all these things in your diet. If you go online, there’s plenty of recipes for gluten-free and dairy-free but nothing on eliminating so many different types of food. It’s also difficult when cooking, for example, many soups and stews contain tomatoes of tomato paste. I find cooking without tomatoes and and most of the foods I love very challenging. Healthy recipes and videos on how to eat within theses dietary guidelines would be extremely helpful.
I tried paleo diet, all the pain gone,full energy. Without family support i cannot continue. I think tomoto, alcohol,legumes,wheat are the main culprits. I cooked my own recepies it is tough after coming from work.i.was not hungry in paleo diet and now overweight and still hungry after three to four meals in day and pain. I cannot continue. I am made my mind, I will eat only paleo diet, like to live without pain. even with same recepies everyday.
I really like your video very very very much. It helped me a lot. It enlighten me and thank you so much for giving me a video like this. God bless you. I will follow your diet that you showed me too. This was a blessing to me.❤❤ please send more videos😂
