Can A Gluten-Free Diet Help Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms? (0:59)
A gluten-free diet can sometimes help manage rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms. In this video, Ashley Koff, RD, explains how limiting processed foods may also help.
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I get asked a lot of questions about a gluten free diet, and one of them is, what if I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, do I have to follow gluten free diet? And the reality is that it may not be effective for everyone, but what will be 100% effective is to make sure that we're reducing all of the really processed food, whether they have gluten or they don't.
And then my recommendation is to test out a gluten free diet, a quality gluten free diet which means that your diet should be primarily based in things that naturally don't have gluten. So that means, all of my fruits and vegetables, that means my high quality plant proteins, and some animal protein.
And it also means, instead of using sausage which may have gluten in it, instead if you use spices, especially the ones that are anti-inflammatory like your ginger, or your turmeric, or cinnamon, that's going to be really helpful. So yes, you should definitely try out a gluten free diet, but make sure that it's a quality gluten free diet, and some people with RA might find it a little bit of gluten if it's from a quality source could also work okay for them.
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation and triggers pain, swelling, fatigue and other symptoms. Find out how to treat and manage rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups.
