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PMR Diet: Foods to eat and avoid
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 18, 2024 | Replies (116)Comment receiving replies
Figuring out what foods to eat and avoid with PMR drives me crazy. I have for some time avoided processed and fried foods, sugar and red meat. Then, before prednisone, PMR caused anemia so I tried to get more iron in my diet. Then methotrexate elevated my liver enzymes so I cut back alcohol to 2 drinks a week. Then Kevzara elevated my cholesterol so no eggs or cheese and oatmeal every morning. Avoiding potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant does not make sense to me since there is only an association with inflammation, not a cause and effect, and everyone is different. I will change my diet if it allows me to stay off a medication or lessen the side effects of ones I have to take but other than that I try to follow what Michael Pollan said: " Eat real food, mostly plants, not too much".
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My uric acid level is elevated. I'm told to cut back on red meat and alcohol which won't be a problem for me. I don't drink alcohol and red meat is too expensive.
I have gone through the same dietary "adjustments" to see if anything helps . The only thing that helped tremendously was when I tapered off prednisone. Otherwise ... not checking labs so often helped because everything was assumed to be normal.
My endocrinologist and I had a nice chat today. The talk was mostly about my prednisone weight gain and the "metabolic abnormalities" that show up in my lab values. The encouraging words were that diet and exercise will only get me so far. Then he added "as long as I felt healthier and I thought I was headed in the right direction --- that is all that matters."