Vegan diet alleviates fibromyalgia symptoms

Kaartinen, Kati; Lammi, K.; Hypen, M.; Nenonen, Mikko; Hänninen, Osmo

doi:10.1016/s0928-4680(98)81327-8

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“…A 3-week vegetarian diet improved subjective well being in FMS patients, along with significant reductions in serum peroxides, plasma fibrinogen, apolipoproteins A and B, and serum total cholesterol [14]. A "living-foods" vegan diet was used in a 3-month non-randomized controlled study of FMS subjects [15]. In the intervention group there were significant improvements in pain scores, quality of sleep, morning stiffness, health assessment questionnaire scores, and general health questionnaire.…”

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Fibromyalgia syndrome improved using a mostly raw vegetarian diet: An observational study

Donaldson¹,

Speight

Loomis³

2001

BMC Complement Altern Med

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Fibromyalgia syndrome improved using a mostly raw vegetarian diet: An observational study

Donaldson¹,

Speight

Loomis³

2001

BMC Complement Altern Med

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“…A slightly more restrictive vegan diet was also shown to reduce pain in fibromyalgia syndrome patients after only 3 months. The analgesic effect of the diet was accompanied by a significant drop in cholesterol levels, 172 evidencing another benefit of this diet. Therefore, the limited evidence seems to support a vegetarian diet as an effective means to reduce pain in a few chronic pain conditions, but the high drop-out rates 173 suggest that patients have a difficult time with this manner of lifestyle change, limiting its usefulness.…”

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confidence: 92%

Dietary Influence on Pain via the Immune System

Totsch

Waite

Sorge

2015

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

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“…The first one [37], a non-randomised and controlled study, evaluated the effect of a strict, low-salt, uncooked vegan diet rich in lactobacteria, on symptoms in 18 fibromyalgia patients, during a 3-month intervention period. A 15-patient control group continued their omnivorous diet during the same time.…”

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Fibromyalgia and nutrition, what do we know?

Arranz

Canela²,

Rafecas

2010

Rheumatol Int

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Objective: Many people suffer from fibromyalgia (FM) without an effective treatment. They do not have a good quality of life and cannot maintain normal daily activity. Among the different hypotheses for its ethiopathophysiology, oxidative stress is one of the possibilities. Non-scientific information addressed to patients regarding the benefits of nutrition is widely available, and they are used to trying non-evidenced strategies. The aim of this paper is to find out what we know right now from scientific studies regarding fibromyalgia disease and nutritional status, diets and food supplements. Design: A systematic search has been performed on Medline with a wide range of terms about these nutritional issues. Setting: the search has been made during 2009, for articles published between 1998 and 2008. Subjects: people suffering from FM. Results: Vegetarian diets could have some beneficial effects probably due to the increase in antioxidant intake. There is a high prevalence of obesity and overweight in patients, and weight control seems to be an effective tool to improve the symptoms. Some nutritional deficiencies have been described, it is not clear whether they are directly related to this disease or not. About the usefulness of some food supplements we found very little data, and it seems that more studies are needed to prove which ones could be of help. Conclusions: Dietary advice is necessary to these patients to improve their diets and maintain normal weight. It would be interesting to investigate more in the field of nutrition and FM to reveal any possible relationships.

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Vegan diet alleviates fibromyalgia symptoms

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Fibromyalgia syndrome improved using a mostly raw vegetarian diet: An observational study

Fibromyalgia syndrome improved using a mostly raw vegetarian diet: An observational study

Dietary Influence on Pain via the Immune System

Fibromyalgia and nutrition, what do we know?

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