There are many different types of arthritis but all of them are caused and worsened by inflammation. It is important that we live a healthy lifestyle to reduce inflammation by insuring we eat a healthy diet, get plenty of exercise, sleep enough, manage our stress, control our weight and have a meaningful purpose in our lives. In addition there are a number of nutritional supplements that go beyond these important lifestyle factors that we can use to control the inflammation and pain of arthritis.
*Dr. Saputo recommends the Lifestyle, Dietary, and Supplement protocols listed below as considerations for treatment for Arthritis. All the information on this site is intended solely for educational purposes exclusively for your health care practitioner to consider with you. It is neither ethical nor appropriate for any health care practitioner to give medical advice to anyone who is not their patient.
ARTHRITIS: Nutritional Support Protocol
Lifestyle Recommendations:
1. Get regular exercise as recommended by your health care practitioner, as well as physical therapy including heat, cold, massage.
2. Take hot baths with Epsom salts.
3. Check for IgG food sensitivities, gut dysbiosis and AA:EPA ratio.
4. Take Dr. Saputo's Arthritis Assessment
Dietary Recommendations:
1. Drink at least 8 glasses of purified water daily.
2. Avoid soda drinks.
3. Avoid fumaric acid foods such as peanut, peanut products, mustard, cinnamon, all grape wines, black pepper.
4. Avoid all sugars. Replace sugar with the polyol sugar xylitol.
5. Avoid white flour and all refined carbohydrates.
6. Avoid safflower, corn, sunflower and soybean oils, which aggravate inflammation. Instead favor flax oil, fish oils, fresh fish, raw nuts and seeds.
7. Eat a Paleolithic diet low in grains and allergenic foods such as dairy products and citrus.
8. Avoid margarine, hydrogenated vegetable oils and fried foods.
9. Avoid damaged fats, including junk food.
