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Eliminating Foods for Neuropathy pain

Posted by avmcbellar @avmcbellar, Jul 20, 2019

I have tried doing without certain foods and drinks containing caffeine and have discovered it helps me to lower my neuropathy pain to a level that is tolerable. It is not easy to eliminate chocolate, tea, and coffee from my diet.

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gutcoach | @gutcoach | 4 days ago
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Hello Mike @mikeoc, Welcome to Connect. Thank you for the private message. I thought I would answer your questions here in this discussion Eliminating Foods for Neuropathy pain so that you can meet other members that share your symptoms and are asking similar questions. I’m sorry that your doctors seem to be dismissive. Two main items that I’ve learned are not helpful for any neuropathy are sugar and alcohol. I’ve given up alcohol and try really hard to limit the amount of sugar I take in.,,but I do have my days. Your other question is tramadol any help and your concern that it is addictive. I’m not able to answer that question but I would like to tag @artscaping and @jimhd and bring them into the conversation to see if they have some suggestions or information for you. If you click the VIEW & REPLY button at the bottom of this email message it will take you to the discussion that I’m hoping will provide you some answers.

Have you talked with your doctor about the dosage and times of the day you take your medication to see if a small change might help?

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | 3 days ago

@pbrowni25
I eat lots of sugar and stopped it for awhile and didn't notice any difference in my pain when I had pain. Currently I only have numbness. Now I'm at stage 4 with other complications.
Perhaps if I gave sugar up completely I may not have these other neuropathy complications.
Have you found studies of how sugar affects neuropathy? I know if you you have Diabetic neuropathy and blood sugar isn't well controlled it can damage nerves but my blood sugar is very well controlled so I have my doubts it affects non diabetic neuropathy much if, at all. At least in my case.
Take care,
Jake

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pbrowni25 | @pbrowni25 | 3 days ago

You said you stopped...but for how long? Any change you make in your diet it takes your body at least 4-8 weeks to adapt and change.Make sure you diary everything you ingest. Read the labels....added sugars count. Under ingredients the first ingredient listed is the highest amount the mix for that item and so on.
And yes it worked for me. Joints, muscles and my energy is through the roof. You would think the opposite but not so. You must be committed and once you do the craving goes away.
Good Luck!

There is hope.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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artemis1886 | @artemis1886 | 1 day ago

Stop all sugar and caffeine. That will help. Caffeine is a stimulant that stimulates the nerve activity that increases pain. We learned that in RN school. I drink herbal teas with no caffeine. Mandarin orange tea is very relaxing. If you meet friends at Starbucks I order passion tea with no sweetener plus it naturally has no caffeine. Make sure you say no sweetener otherwise they add syrup to sweeten it up.
I really mess up during the holidays. I love pumpkin pie.
That’s my down fall. I also eat Ezekiel bread. Our bread in the US is cancer forming. It can’t be sold in the European Union. We are stationed in Germany and buy our bread off of the German economy from a bakery. The bakery slices the bread for how many slices you need. I was shocked to find out that our bread is considered cancerous due to the chemicals in it. I also make homemade bread kneading it helps help my hands strong with the neuropathy.

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jerryinalaska | @jerryinalaska | 15 hours ago

Good thoughts to consider, but no one has mentioned decaf coffee!?! I switched to decaf for 95% of my coffee consumption, and it has made a difference in the day time pain. does not seem to have affected day time pain.

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jerryinalaska | @jerryinalaska | 15 hours ago
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Good thoughts to consider, but no one has mentioned decaf coffee!?! I switched to decaf for 95% of my coffee consumption, and it has made a difference in the day time pain. does not seem to have affected day time pain.

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SORRY, IT HAS AFFECTED DAY TIME LEVELS AND INTENSITY OF PAIN, BUT APPEARS TO HAVE NO AFFECT ON NIGHT TIME PAIN.

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