| Fibromyalgia, also called FM, or FMS, is a chronic | | | | foods, it's not hard at all. Gluten free foods are |
| disease characterized by muscle, joint, or bone | | | | now one of the fastest growing segments of the |
| pain, combined with fatigue and other symptoms. | | | | food market, making it easy to enjoy breads, |
| It affects mostly women, although men may also | | | | pastas, and other things traditionally made with |
| suffer from fibromyalgia. Three to six percent of | | | | wheat. |
| the population suffer from this condition, which | | | | Your physician may not be willing to prescribe a |
| can be diagnosed at almost any age. It is not well | | | | gluten-free diet for fibromyalgia. This is probably a |
| understood and there is no generally acceptable | | | | choice that you will have to try for yourself. Be |
| medical cure, only the ability to help with | | | | sure to let your doctor know before making this |
| symptoms. Some doctors claim that fibromyalgia | | | | change, of course. Many people find that when |
| is psychosomatic, but this isn't generally accepted | | | | they eat a primarily gluten-free diet for |
| among the medical community. | | | | fibromyalgia and eliminate preservatives and |
| People who suffer from the unrelenting pain of | | | | artificial additives, some of the pain and other |
| fibromyalgia are interested in finding any solution | | | | symptoms of fibromyalgia are reduced. If the |
| they can. One option that has come up in recent | | | | gluten free diet does not work, it is easy to go |
| years is the possibility of using diet for | | | | back to what you were eating before. Gluten free |
| fibromyalgia treatment. People suffering from | | | | foods are often more expensive than similar |
| fibromyalgia have found that when they alter their | | | | wheat-based products, but are generally cheaper |
| diet for fibromyalgia, eliminating certain foods that | | | | than the many pain killers that people suffering |
| aggravate their symptoms, they may have a | | | | from have to take on a regular basis. |
| reduction in pain. One of the substances most | | | | If you suffer from fibromyalgia and want to |
| frequently eliminated when adjusting your diet for | | | | reduce your symptoms, changing your diet for |
| fibromyalgia is gluten. | | | | fibromyalgia might be the right course of action. |
| Gluten is found in almost all grain products, | | | | You may at first have a hard time giving up your |
| because it is derived from wheat. Gluten is the | | | | favorite breads and cereals, but there are |
| substance that causes bread to rise, and give it | | | | substitutes that you can eat. Once you find that |
| the texture we expect. It can also be difficult to | | | | your symptoms are reduced, you'll never want to |
| digest for some people, and aggravate some of | | | | go back to eating gluten again. Many people report |
| the symptoms of fibromyalgia. People who | | | | an immense change when they start going to a |
| wanted to remove gluten from their diet for | | | | gluten free diet for fibromyalgia. With the change |
| fibromyalgia used to have trouble finding products, | | | | this can make in your life, why not give it a try? |
| but with the improved access to gluten free | | | | |