| I damaged both of my knees when I was in my | | | | you are affected by these vegetables is to cut |
| late teens. After months of therapy for a | | | | them out of your diet and see if your arthritis |
| dislocation and multiple tendon stretches, I started | | | | gets better. If it has no effect, continue to eat |
| having arthritis pain. My wife also suffers from | | | | them. |
| arthritis in her hips. Lucky for me, when my | | | | After a dietary change where my wife and I |
| arthritis is at its worst, all I need to do is get off | | | | started eating more vegetables and reduced our |
| of my feet. When my wife's flairs up, she is in | | | | amount of red meat, we found out that we are |
| pain even when she is sitting down. I have done a | | | | both highly susceptible to nightshades. While |
| ton of research to find ways to live with our | | | | tending to my father's garden while he was out |
| arthritis and many of them have helped us a lot. | | | | of town, my wife and I were eating handfuls of |
| Unfortunately, I have also learned that we are in | | | | his cherry tomatoes every night. Once my |
| the percentage of people that have our arthritis | | | | arthritis flared up to a point that even my daily |
| aggravated by nightshade plants. | | | | consummation of Glucosamine and Chondroitin |
| What are nightshades and how do they hurt us? | | | | seemed to have no effect and my wife couldn't |
| Well, nightshades are a number of different plants | | | | even get any relief from pain killers, we decided |
| that contain a high amount of alkaloids. | | | | to stop eating nightshades for a few weeks. |
| Unfortunately, nightshades include tomatoes, | | | | After just a few days, both of our joints stopped |
| potatoes, eggplant and even peppers. These | | | | bothering us. We both found this very |
| vegetables are extremely healthy for almost | | | | disheartening as we have been trying to live |
| every part of your body, except for your joints. | | | | healthier for a while now. |
| Now, if you are lucky, you will have no adverse | | | | I keep looking for other ways to remedy our |
| affects from any of these vegetables. But, if you | | | | arthritis. I keep searching for new ideas on the |
| are part of the majority, these vegetables can | | | | Internet and have a friend who is currently |
| cause arthritic flair ups and can even cause | | | | investigating bee-sting therapy for arthritis. |
| arthritis in your joints. The only way to know if | | | | |