I’ve always been curious as to how the body seems to heal different issues primarily during sleep, for example I’ve had a few sebaceous cysts in my life and they’re always noticeably smaller when I wake up whereas while I’m awake I can’t generally tell if anything has happened at all. Or even say the dentist, had a few wisdom teeth pulled one tike and each consecutive day after sleep the pain / swelling has been reduced drastically.
I also have RA and most of the pain / swelling is always gone or reduced in the morning compared to the previous day / night ? In some sense it’s almost like my disease has been ‘reset’.
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Nutrition is a minefield of conflicting advice. I would say you look into lowering inflammation as much as possible. Have that as your guiding principle and you will find it much easier to navigate this minefield!
The reason you may be feeling better in the morning may well be cos you are fasted. Fasting is great for fighting inflammatory processes, as you already know. Check out [Alan Goldhammer PhD](https://youtu.be/5RT4qIO27uw) – you may have already heard of him but he has had a lot of success treating people with water fasting. He’s published papers on correcting blood pressure with prolonged water fasting and I think you’ll find his work interesting.
I find it odd that your doctor would advice you limit fruit, but not talk about actual sugar. That stuff is everywhere and is very pro-inflammatory. It’s in sauces, all manner of processed foods, even sliced bread. The reason is so that it lures you in and keeps you buying. It’s addictive. All these food products are made to create profit, not to create health. With sugar being so prevalent everywhere, we need to be extra cautious of what we are putting into our bodies.
Bottom line: our bodies can and do heal themselves, we just have to set them up with the right conditions to do so.
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