Michael S Donaldson1 , Neal Speight2 and
Stephen Loomis3
1 Hallelujah Acres Foundation, Shelby, NC USA
2
Center for Wellness, Charlotte, NC USA
3 Cleveland Physical
Therapy Associates, Shelby, NC USA
BMC Complementary and
Alternative Medicine 2001 1: 7
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Received 20 Jun
2001
Accepted 26 Sep 2001
Published 26 Sep 2001
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Abstract
Fibromyalgia engulfs patients in a downward, reinforcing cycle of unrestorative sleep, chronic pain, fatigue, inactivity, and depression. In this study we tested whether a mostly raw vegetarian diet would significantly improve fibromyalgia symptoms.
Thirty people participated in a dietary intervention using a mostly raw, pure vegetarian diet. The diet consisted of raw fruits, salads, carrot juice, tubers, grain products, nuts, seeds, and a dehydrated barley grass juice product. Outcomes measured were dietary intake, the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ), SF-36 health survey, a quality of life survey (QOLS), and physical performance measurements.
Twenty-six subjects returned dietary surveys at 2 months; 20 subjects returned surveys at the beginning, end, and at either 2 or 4 months of intervention; 3 subjects were lost to follow-up. The mean FIQ score (n = 20) was reduced 46% from 51 to 28. Seven of the 8 SF-36 subscales, bodily pain being the exception, showed significant improvement (n = 20, all P for trend < 0.01). The QOLS, scaled from 0 to 7, rose from 3.9 initially to 4.9 at 7 months (n = 20, P for trend 0.000001). Significant improvements (n = 18, P < 0.03, paired t-test) were seen in shoulder pain at rest and after motion, abduction range of motion of shoulder, flexibility, chair test, and 6-minute walk. 19 of 30 subjects were classified as responders, with significant improvement on all measured outcomes, compared to no improvement among non-responders. At 7 months responders' SF-36 scores for all scales except bodily pain were no longer statistically different from norms for women ages 45–54.
This dietary intervention shows that many fibromyalgia subjects can be helped by a mostly raw vegetarian diet
rajsanand [ Joined on 11/07 ] [ Posted on November 22, 2008
What you "people" do not realise about "proof" is that when a research article comes out and says that, there is no proof of lets say fibromyalgia, it means
>>They do not know the cause and they are jumping to the conclusions. The biggest flaw in such studies is that they do not "believe" that additives like MSG are the culprit.
So they will conduct a study and the people in the study, continue to eat MSG laden foods, or the fact that they have eating MSG laden food is not taken into account.
The fact is that almost all the comments in this post are right about the causes. One of the major causes is inflammation, there are so many chemical in the food that cause this. Also there is GM food, then there is acidity, drinking soda and eating a highly acidic diet is the culprit.
My friend was down with entire body pain, I just told her to eat 100% raw, she got better the same day and the next day her pain was gone
If she had gone to the doctor with her severe pain, he would injected her with a strong painkiller. Normally when a person is sick they tend to eat "simpler" foods, so that lapse or deviation from their "normal" poison filled diet is what causes the relief.
The same applies to the study that Homeopathy treaments are a placebo effect. The fact is that these "researchers" still have a lot to know about how the body works.
When we believe such studies, we are subconciously or maybe we are brainwashed into believing that "science" knows "all that is needed to know" about how the body works.
I am sure many would not agree to that.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/11/22/proof-that-fibromyalgia-is-real.aspx