Hi Karen,
Done the exclusion diet thing when I was first diagnosed with IBS many moons ago, it's really hard going but in the end you do find out what suits and what doesn't. The only thing is that with IBS the symptoms are very obvious and pretty immediate in some cases so its quite easy to identify the culprits. I've been tinkering with my diet over the last few months to see if anythig makes an obvious difference but the unpredicability of this disease makes it darned awkward to analyse anything and come up with definite conclusions! Making sense of all this seems a long way away. I'd be very interested to know how you get on though, good luck with it.
Sara

Hi Becky,

Thanks for that information!

I am going ahead with the diet as my doctor has given me the all clear to try it, will let you all know how I get on.

Thanks

Karen

Hi there. That's great that GP has ruled out other stomach problems, so at least one thing less to worry about. I believe that diet doesn't affect RA - but it does help other aspects of life and does help make you feel more in control of your own destiny. I have identified a number of foods (mainly dairy sadly) that if I eat too much of tend to make me feel low and can trigger an uncomfortable stomach, and I do feel better when I'm making the effort to eat a properly balanced diet. So great that you've already identified something that does seem to give you a negative reaction. But do please make sure that once you've cut things out that you are left with a balanced diet... Polly