What should you avoid in your rheumatoid diet?

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common rheumatic disease. Rheumatoid arthritis has an important relationship with diet. Therefore, after suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, you should also understand some taboos in diet. First of all, you can't eat too much meat and fish, you can't eat some seafood, and try not to eat spicy food. Eat less food that is too sweet, sour or too salty. Paying attention to dietary health will help the treatment.

What should you avoid in your rheumatoid diet?

1. Rheumatoid patients cannot eat large amounts of fish and meat

2. Rheumatoid patients are advised not to eat seafood

Rheumatoid arthritis patients cannot eat seafood, such as marine fish, kelp, shrimp, etc., because these seafood contain uric acid. After being absorbed by the human body, this substance can form urate crystals in the joints, which can cause rheumatoid joint symptoms to worsen. Therefore, it is best not to eat these seafood.

3. Don’t eat too much chili pepper

Rheumatoid arthritis patients should not eat too much irritating food, such as chili peppers, otherwise it will aggravate their condition.

4. Don’t eat too much raw or cold food

Rheumatoid arthritis patients should try to avoid eating raw and cold foods, such as cold drinks, raw foods, or iced fruits and drinks, but not ordinary fruits and vegetables, as these raw and cold foods will aggravate the patient's condition.

5. Do not eat too much food containing tyrosine, phenylalanine and tryptophan

Foods such as milk, peanuts, chocolate, cheese, etc. are more likely to produce leukotrienes, tyrosine kinase autoantibodies and anti-milk IgE antibodies, which can cause allergies and aggravate, relapse or worsen arthritis symptoms. Rheumatoid arthritis patients should try to eat less of them.

6. Foods that are too sour, too sweet, or too salty

Rheumatoid arthritis patients must eat less sour, sweet, or salty foods, such as peanuts, white wine, chocolate, etc. In addition, they must also eat less acidic foods such as chicken, duck, fish, and meat. This is because excessive intake of these foods can easily lead to an imbalance in the body's acidity and alkalinity, increase lactic acid secretion, and consume a certain amount of calcium, magnesium and other ions in the body, which can aggravate the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

7. Drink less beer, drinks, coffee, tea, etc.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients should drink less beer, beverages, coffee, tea, etc. Rheumatoid arthritis patients should drink less beer, beverages, coffee, tea, etc., and should also pay attention to avoid passive smoking, as all of the above activities can aggravate the deterioration of arthritis.

How to prevent rheumatoid arthritis

1. First of all, you should eat food that is easily digestible. The cooking method should be light and refreshing. Do not eat spicy or greasy food.

2. Eat more appetizing foods such as jujube, coix seed, etc., especially coix seed has the effect of removing dampness and wind. It is a good choice to cook it into coix seed porridge or cook it with mung beans.

3. Reduce fat intake as much as possible, and the main sources of calories should be carbohydrates and proteins. If your weight exceeds the standard, you should gradually lose weight.

4. If your body is hot, you should eat more green beans, watermelon and other foods. If your body is cold, you should eat lamb or beef, but the amount should be moderate.