Has anybody found a diet for fibro that helps?
Like, there are a bunch of diets out there (Paleo, low-carb, keto, etc) and I'm wondering if there's anybody out there who has found a diet that works and they can actually live with?
I've also seen quite a few posts about people who find exercise helps but there's never any detail. How long to exercise, what kind of intensity, and what kind of exercise?
If you've done diets and exercise that didn't work for you, I'd like to hear about them as… read more
I am on keto, only abut 2 months in, it is helping but not so much that is takes my pain away, i have not had a bad headache since i started though.
I can say with 100% certainty that the keto diet works. I have never had such success with any one single thing that has kept me out of pain, besides acupuncture, then this way of eating. Also, limit coffee to one cup a day and little to no alcohol.
I don’t recommend this to everyone but I walk between three to five miles three times a week. I’m a road biker but my fibro likes a recumbent bike better. ( I learned wind is a bad trigger). Swimming is great with a hop in the hot tub after. I also weight train but listen to my body to tell me when it’s enough.
One thing that really helps is to get into a hot epsoms salts bath right after exercise. It will help ward off a flare.
It’s taken me a while to figure this all out but it was worth it. Not easy, but so worth it.
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No gluten, no dairy and limit caffeine & sugar.
Yoga is manageable as well as light cardio and swimming.
You need to pace yourself and know when not to overdo it.
Warm water aerobics is what my dr recommended.
I also like sitting in the sauna after any exercise it’s so relaxing.
30 minutes of cardio 3 times a week,
Weight training also helps, you start off with a a light one and work your way up. Swimming for 20 min all average
Stay clear of yeasts.. breads... pretty much anything White..