subject: Arthritis Patients- Nightshade vegetables to be avoided? [print this page] Arthritis Patients- Nightshade vegetables to be avoided?
The night shade vegetables includes,Potatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Garden Huckleberry, Ground Cherries, Tobacco and many more. The night shade vegetables are those vegetables which grows in night and not in daytime.
The nightshade vegetables contains solanine, which is toxic in nature and tends to low calcium balance in body. Regular diet of nightshade vegetables reduces calcium balance and is a major cause for Osteoporosis, which further leads to adverse condition of arthritis.
Every Arthritis patient must avoid nightshade vegetables as Vitamin D is usually not found in them and Only a one word answer would be "Say no to nightshade vegetables."
Calcium is very important in our diet and certainly very essential nutrient of body. Not having right quantity of calcium in the diet, can make you more likely prone to osteoporosis. Vitamin D is needed for the body to absorb calcium and there is some evidence that arthritis, progresses faster in people who are low in it. That is why sun bath is very important and helpful in lowering pain.
1. Try to lose weight by changing your eating habits and increasing exercise (recommended on excercise) if possible, we are not talking about crash diets
2. Eat more fruit and vegetables, especially brightly coloured varieties
3. Take plenty of calcium- and iron-rich foods with 4 ltr of water
4. Try replacing red meat with oily fish twice per week
Regular exercises are also very important to keep muscles stronger, stronger muscles support and load the knee better and prevent injuries. A patient suffering from arthritis usually feels stiffness in joints, muscles and ligaments for which stretching is a right solution to relax, cool down inflammating pain and prevent further damage.
