Does anyone know if eating to much tomatoes can make the pain of arthritus worse!
Question: I have arthritus in my hands and the pain always seem to be worse after I have eaten tomatoes. I was wondering if it,s the acid in the tomatoes.
Answers: I have arthritus in my hands and the pain always seem to be worse after I have eaten tomatoes. I was wondering if it,s the acid in the tomatoes.
I hope not because I am always making pasta type dishes with tomatoes. Tomatoes are anti-oxidants, so are good for you. However what upsets my Rheumatoid Arthritis, fresh orange juice and any citric acid! Why I do not know, but if I have a fresh OJ every morning for breakfast three morning later the joints are swollen! I suppose as we are all individuals what upsets one persons joints, might not upset another persons joints. Therefore the only way to find out, go on the elimination process. Cut tomatoes from your diet for two weeks, see how your joints are and then reintroduce them and see what happens. Good Luck.
My wife has arthritis and she has to avoid vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes. Her doc calls them 'shade family' vegetables.
Maybe ask your science teacher. But what I would do is Google it and see you results. If the results conclude to arthritus stop eating tomatoes or anything made w/ tomatoes.
Maybe it isn't from eating the tomatoes. Maybe it is from holding the tomato while you eat. I think you would have to eat a very large amount for the acid to affect the joints. I do know it will make the sides of your lips sore first.
Tomatoes are acidic. So are the digestive juices in your stomach, far more so than the tomatoes. As you digest your food, stomach acids are neutralized in your small intestine and disappear.
You cannot raise or lower your body's acidity by eating a certain food. One caveat - I suppose if you only eat one food, you might, but a balanced diet will not affect acidity.
Tomatoes , peppers and potatoes are all in the family with nightshade and jimsonweeds..
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There is an anti-inflammatory diet. The premise is that fats, proteins and sugar makes prostaglandins which create pain.So the diet is low-protein, low-fat and low-sugar..
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
To supplement anti-inflammatory nutrients while continuing to ingest pro-inflammatory substances is counter-productive. These dietary guidelines help reduce inflammation for most people.
1. Decrease or eliminate red meat and dairy products. Some arthritis patients also seem to react to poultry.
2. Decrease or eliminate refined sugar.
3. Eliminate caffeine (including coffee, black tea, cola drinks, and chocolate).
4. Eliminate any likely food allergens during the initial three or four weeks such as gluten grains, citrus fruit, and night shade vegetables (tomatoes, white potatoes, red and green peppers, eggplant, paprika, and tobacco). These foods can be added back into the diet one at a time (one new food every third day) while carefully observing the effect. Forms are available to make it easier to monitor the effect of these foods.
5. Drink plenty of pure water. Chlorine is an antibiotic and can diminish our friendly gut flora. Studies have associated chlorine in drinking water with increased risk of some types of cancer. It is probably best to drink at least a half hour before the meal and no sooner than a hour after so the digestive juices won't be diluted.
6. Increase your consumption of fresh, raw or lightly steamed fruits and vegetables. Good fruit choices include apples, bananas, grapes, mangoes, papayas, peaches, pears, prunes, kiwis, and other sub-acid fruits. Use discretion if the patient has blood sugar problems although fruit often does not cause a problem if the diet is low fat and high fiber. Good vegetables include asparagus, spinach, zucchini, parsley, artichoke (without the butter), kelp and other sea-veggies, okra, snow peas and many more. Cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower as well as onions, chives, and peppers are very nutritious but may create digestive difficulties for some people. The solution is often simply chewing the food better and possibly adding supplemental digestive enzymes such as Metazyme or Beano. Spices such as garlic, tumeric, etc. are also very healthy and should be used regularly if well tolerated.
7. For snacks, consider raw vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds. The fruits and veggies contain lots of enzymes, bioflavonoids, and other phytochemicals, while the raw nuts and seeds are rich in essential fatty acids, especially flax seed, pumpkin and sunflower seed, walnuts and almonds (almonds can be allergenic to some people). Raw seeds like sesame and flax need to be ground for proper digestion. An electric coffee grinder works well.
These healthy snacks can be combined e.g. raw vegetable sticks dipped in tahini (ground sesame seeds) or almond butter.
These suggestions are very helpful for most people with inflammatory conditions such as sprains, strains, bursitis, tendonitis, arthritis, etc. and can be used in conjunction with supplementation. Most people find that eating this way also often lowers blood lipids, smoothes out blood sugar variations, helps with weight management, reduces digestive problems, increases energy, and more. It is important to note that fats digest more slowly so when fat is reduced in the diet, we may become hungry sooner and be tempted to eat M&M's, corn chips, snack crackers, cookies, etc. This hunger is not a problem if we have prepared plenty of healthy snacks as mentioned above.
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Tomatoes as well as corn will aggravate your arthritis so you must not eat them in large amounts. To reduce the adverse effects you could eat a lot of alkaline food at the same time such as beetroot and water melon. A search for "alkaline foods" will be useful for further information.
Tomatoes can absolutely make the pain of your arthritis worse. As someone mentioned, tomatoes (as well some other veggies such as white potatoes, eggplant, and green peppers) are in a family called "nightshade" vegetables. It's not the acidity of the tomato, but rather, the solanine found in them.
Solanine is a pro-inflammatory compound that is found in these vegetables that interfere with certain enzymes and can increase pain and discomfort levels. Your sensitivity to solanine can play a large part in how much you are affected, and since you notice a marked increase in pain after eating tomatoes, I would say that you are highly sensitive.
Your best bet would be to avoid tomatoes and tomato-based products, but if you can't, limiting them as much as possible would probably help too.
Good luck to you!