The Romberg's Connection 2009 Survey Results

Tried any Diets (e.g. anti-inflammatory)

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1. Please give a general description of this diet:

Comments (8)
Anti-inflammatory vegan diet
It was an injectable treatment at every 3 days. I had the injection for almost a year ............... and pills... every day a pill.
I started eating semi-spicy foods because of a friend, and I noticed that if I had a 'dent' headache when I ate this, the pain would subside some, even if just for a short time, there was some distinct relief. I started slowly increasing the spiciness and found that for medicinal purposes to have the spice just enough to be tolerable but still feel the heat permeate through the skull and causing the body to heat up to a slight perspiration is ideal in relieving pain. I often go to the Malaysian restaurant for curry dishes and the Thai restaurant for Tom Kha soup. They have come to know me there as the woman who comes in not only for good food but for medicinal reasons.
Dairy free diet - (not so good at following as am a chef by trade) - and have no tolerance for pork, also watch that I don't eat too much prepackaged processed foods. (just because there are too many unknowns with processed foods, feel generally better eating what my grandparents ate.
Trying to follow an anti-inflammation diet... more vegetables, olive oil, omega 3, etc.
Low cholesterol diet
Weight control
N/a

Number responding = 8 / percent responding = 6% of total respondents (143).

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2. Please comment on the results of this diet:

Comments (8)
Had fewer headaches, but was always very tired.
Nothing changed ... I did not feel better.
It works for me, at least to some degree. And when you're in pain, any amount of relief is a blessing.
When I stick to it, it works to reduce ulcerative colitis without taking drugs.
Nothing yet
My first (and only) episodes of TIAs occurred when my cholesterol was quite high. This was 5 years ago and since then I have followed the low cholesterol diet and have not to date had a recurrence.
Stress and lots of mood changes.
N/a

Number responding = 8 / percent responding = 6% of total respondents (143).

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