Any help their RLS by eating an anti-inflammatory diet?

[CarrieAnn0413]

I am sitting here swinging my legs while I once again try to find some information on RLS. I have not gone to the doctor for a diagnosis but from the descriptions I have read it sounds exactly like what I am dealing with. Well tonight I found some info on "healing" RLS with diet and supplements (and no they were not selling the supplements,lol) I am not one that likes to take a lot of supplements (I can not swallow pills, I have been trying for years) so I take a chewable multivitamin but I am interested in the diet changes. The theory is that RLS is caused by inflammation. So avoiding foods that cause inflammation will help a lot (they list...gluten, msg, salt, sugar) Well I had pasta for dinner, pb&j sandwich for a snack and just had a night time treat with DH...ice cream! Tons of sugar and gluten. I am also on my period which seems to cause flare ups for me sometimes. Not sure if it is hormone related or a drop in iron or what. just curious if anyone has tried diet changes and seen improvement from it. I think I want to give it a try but I am going to need some recipe ideas if anyone has any. I am clueless when it comes to gluten free cooking. I am not even sure if I know what all has gluten in it. I need some vegetable ideas for lunches and snacks. Anyone care to share ideas? Thanks so much!!

[tanyalynn]

Come to the Allergies forum to get recipes and ideas for removing things like gluten or dairy or whatever from your diet. It's a mix of true IgE allergies and intolerances and any weird reaction to something.

That said, I've read of links of restless leg syndrome to needing more magnesium. Supplementing magnesium is easy, and while I think gluten is bad stuff, trying a magnesium supplement is an easier way to start.

Quick gluten rundown: wheat, oats (unless labelled gluten-free, and even then the protein in oats is similar and some people react to it as well), barley, rye, spelt, kamut, triticale, um... maybe one or two other grains.

Gluten-free grains: buckwheat, rice, corn, quinoa, millet, amaranth, teff, and the starches that are mostly used for baking--tapioca, arrowroot, potato flour and potato starch...

I'm sure a few things are missing from that list. Soy sauce almost always has wheat in it, some things may have barley malt as an ingredient and that's not wheat so it's not labelled as a top-8 allergen.

[Purple Sage]

I second the magnesium suggestion. Making your own mag oil out of nigari flakes and purified water and applying it topically is supposed to help with muscle problems.

Another huge piece of the puzzle as far as reducing inflammation goes is to drastically reduce intake of omega 6 fatty acids. This means eliminating all industrial seed oils - soybean, cotton seed, canola, corn, safflower, sunflower, etc.

Getting enough vitamin D is also important.

[CarrieAnn0413]

thanks for the info.