Fasting, followed by a plant-based diet, is put to the test for autoimmune inflammatory joint disease and autoimmune diseases such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria, mixed connective-tissue disease, glomerulonephritis, and multiple sclerosis, as well as osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia.
For more on fasting, see:
• Benefits of Fasting for Weight Loss Put to the Test (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-fasting-for-weight-loss-put-to-the-test/)
• Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-fasting-beneficial-for-weight-loss)
• Is Fasting for Weight Loss Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Is-Fasting-for-Weight-Loss-Safe)<
• Is Alternate-Day Intermittent Fasting Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-alternate-day-intermittent-fasting-safe)
• The 5-2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Put to the Test (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-5-2-diet-and-the-fasting-mimicking-diet-put-to-the-test)
• Time-Restricted Eating Put to the Test (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/time-restricted-eating-put-to-the-test)
• The Benefits of Early Time-Restricted Eating (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-benefits-of-early-time-restricted-eating)
• Benefits of Fasting for Healing (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-fasting-for-healing)
• World’s Largest Fasting Study (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/worlds-largest-fasting-study)
For more on rheumatoid arthritis, see Turmeric Curcumin & Rheumatoid Arthritis (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/turmeric-curcumin-and-rheumatoid-arthritis/) and Why Do Plant-Based Diets Help Rheumatoid Arthritis? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-do-plant-based-diets-help-rheumatoid-arthritis).
I’ve done three webinars on fasting. All of the videos are available for free on NutritionFacts.org, but they are also available on digital download—as a bundle or separately:
• Intermittent Fasting (https://drgreger.org/collections/videos/products/fasting-weight-loss-digital)
• Fasting for Disease Reversal (https://drgreger.org/collections/videos/products/fasting-disease-reversal-digital)
• Fasting and Cancer (https://drgreger.org/collections/videos/products/fasting-cancer-digital)
To see all of the fasting videos on NutritionFacts.org, go to the fasting topic page (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/fasting/).
Here are more videos on using diet to prevent and treat autoimmune diseases:
• Dietary Treatment of Crohn’s Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/achieving-remission-of-crohns-disease/)
• Cancer as an Autoimmune Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/cancer-as-an-autoimmune-disease/)
• Clonal Selection Theory of Immunity (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/clonal-selection-theory-of-immunity/)
• Clonal Deletion Theory of Immunity (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/clonal-deletion-theory-of-immunity/)
• The Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-inflammatory-meat-molecule-neu5gc/)
• Potassium and Autoimmune Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/potassium-and-autoimmune-disease/)
• Treating Multiple Sclerosis with the Swank MS Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-multiple-sclerosis-with-the-swank-ms-diet/)
• Turmeric Curcumin and Rheumatoid Arthritis (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/turmeric-curcumin-and-rheumatoid-arthritis/)
• Alpha Gal and the Lone Star Tick (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/alpha-gal-and-the-lone-star-tick/)
• Tick Bites, Meat Allergies, and Chronic Urticaria (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/tick-bites-meat-allergies-and-chronic-urticaria/)
• How to Diagnose Gluten Intolerance (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-diagnose-gluten-intolerance/)
• Preventing Crohn’s Disease with Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-crohns-disease-with-diet/)
• Why Do Plant-Based Diets Help Rheumatoid Arthritis? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-do-plant-based-diets-help-rheumatoid-arthritis/)
• Does Casein in Milk Trigger Type 1 Diabetes? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-casein-in-milk-trigger-type-1-diabetes/)
• Does Bovine Insulin in Milk Trigger Type 1 Diabetes? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-bovine-insulin-in-milk-trigger-type-1-diabetes/)
• Benefits of Turmeric Curcumin for Inflammatory Orbital Pseudotumor (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-turmeric-curcumin-for-inflammatory-orbital-pseudotumor/)
• Sodium and Autoimmune Disease: Rubbing Salt in the Wound? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Sodium-and-Autoimmune-Disease-Rubbing-Salt-in-the-Wound)
• Does Nutritional Yeast Trigger Crohn’s Disease? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-nutritional-yeast-trigger-crohns-disease/)
• Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Lupus (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/anti-inflammatory-diet-for-lupus)
Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM
What do you mean by fasting? How long?
At 58 my life changed within 4 months. I fast for 18-6 and 23-1 on a Sunday. 1
My doctor told me that for RA I need to add fish oil and bone broth😢
Loved the video. Please turn on the auto-translate caption for all languages feature please. There are many billions of people who cannot read or understand English. Thank you. PS: If you do not know how, leave a message and I will show you a video that explains the very simple process. It is a 3 minor steps process that takes maybe at a maximum 1 minute. My wife has lupus, but does not english well enough to get this.
I was in the midst of an unrelenting flare and did a 96 hr fast. The only pain I experienced was hunger.
The body is self healing. If fasting is done correctly, the body will heal itself.
Totally possible to heal with diet based on the principle of healing the gut. I followed a coaching program with a 12 week plan of food and exercise which was all vegan, I was already vegan so it was perfect. I felt a difference in a matter of days and by the end I was 95% better and symptoms only flared up if my diet got bad (junk food, alcohol). Finally I kept working on stress levels and took proteolytic enzymes and I now have no symptoms for almost a full year. All tests show clear and my fingers went back to their original size. I had the belief that I could heal and I did. It's possible… Google RA coach the guy Chris is amazing.
Fasting isn’t just the impetus to get how you to change how you eat. I have anecdotal evidence. I have put my aged mother on a whole food vegan diet. Her pain hasn’t went away or even improved, sadly. We are about to do a short fast and see how she tolerates it. Hopefully it will be, if not the panacea, the impetus to clearing up her pain.
What about osteoarthritis?
I love this channel!
The fasting center mentioned, TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, has more information on their website and cooking demos for whole plant foods which can also offer improved energy, mobility, and reduced inflammation even if a person doesn't have a diagnosis. 🥦❤ Thank you Doc and staff, love your work please keep them coming 🥦🎉
What’s happened to eggs lately? Several people have told me pan cooking causes upset stomach but hard boiling eggs DOESN’T. What does THAT mean?
Fasting is only good for people with a fatty liver and too much visceral fat.
Otherwise giving the microbiome better types of food helps against other inflammatory diseases.
Great Video!!
Everybody can do a three day water fast without involving a doctor. This idea of limiting it to 24 hours without medical supervision is silly. We’ve all had a cold or a flu where we didn’t eat for three days.
0:02 Wow, he looks so healthy.
Thank you so much. So important <3
Carnivore or vegan… All of them agree about fasting is good 😁