Despite eating “healthy” almost my entire adult life, I found myself at the age of 40, plagued by fatigue, weight gain in my belly, and achy joints, including my back and hips so bad that I could not sleep at night or step out of bed without pain. I was told by doctors that I was "just a typical tired mom of 3 and this is just the way it is.” I had constant nasal drip to which I was told I had "allergies”. I was finally diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis after my finger blew up like a sausage, and was immediately put on Indomethacin and, of course an acid blocker called Prevacid, because the Indomethacin could potentially burn a hole in my stomach causing death within 30 minutes. Now that was a side effect I did not care to have!

But the medicines only worked up until a point. I was dismayed by the idea of taking meds for the rest of my life. What was it doing to my digestive tract? My liver? Wasn't there something else I could do?

Remarkably, I remained active, playing tennis, hiking, dog walking, running after my 3 kids with manageable discomfort. But I was still tired, and I still needed an extra Advil or Motrin here and there. On the outside, I was the picture of health, but on the inside I was taking too many meds for my liking. I was also eating a basically vegan diet, which I thought was the “right” path for me. Turns out, a vegan diet can be very inflammatory for someone like me as I was now relying heavily on grains for protein.

My rock bottom was when I was about to turn 50 and the Rheumatologist informed me that it was time to quit tennis or go on a serious medication called Methotrexate which is also used to treat cancer. That’s when I said, ENOUGH!

I'd asked my doctor for a few months to help me figure this out. I asked him if nutrition would reduce the inflammation (now, this is the Head of Rheumatology at a major hospital) and he honestly replied " Yes, but I’m not your person for this. Try googling “anti-inflammatory diet.”

This sent me on my quest to figure this out myself. I challenged myself to focus on cleaning up my diet and getting rid of inflammation for 30 days. Well 30 Days turned into 60, and 60 turned into 90, and before long I was feeling like a new person; no runny nose, no hip pain, no joint pain, no back pain, and no more naps. I actually removed all the inflammatory and allergic foods for 90 Days! With my doctor’s blessing, I stopped taking both of my medications and have never looked back. Some of the foods I will occasionally eat, but because I cleaned up my gut and balanced my microbiome, my gut could handle a few lobs here and there.

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