Mediterranean diet and cooking classes may be beneficial for RA sufferers

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I was interested to read about the study of the Mediteranean diet.  I am/ was a rheumatoid arthritis suffer, I was diagnosed about six years ago when I was 38.  My feet, ankles, knees, fingers, wrists, elbows, neck, and jaw were badly affected.  I was walking only with the help of crutches. My doctors recommended steroids, methotexate and an anti TNF drug. I decided to try a radical change of diet and supplements first. The diet was not unlike the one you mention.  I eliminated red meat, all dairy, all sugar, all wheat and gluten, potatoes, tomotoes, peppers and caffine. I ate loads of fish (but not tuna), short grain brown rice, vegetables, vegetable juices and good quality chicken. I don't know if there was any one element which was more important than any other, or if my diet/supplements were the primary reason for me getting better but I did get better.  I feel sure it played a part.  I have changed my lifestyle as a result of the arthritis but now I do eveything I did before, look after my family, play an instrument, run, ski go to the gym. Several years on I can eat a more varied diet but if I get a little flare up (rarely), say in my fingers or wrists, I immediately revert to the strict diet and it abates.