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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Recovery Story
I wanted to share a link to Juliea Baker’s “Star McDougaller” success story here, because it is miraculous:
https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/health-science/stars/stars-video/juliea-baker/
Though the McDougall diet plan isn’t intentionally low in vitamin A, it is a both low-fat and vegan, with the bulk of calories coming from cooked starches.
Juliea developed Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis as a teen. It took four months on the McDougall plan for RA symptoms to completely disappear.
On the plan, her diet consisted of oatmeal or tofu potato scramble with turmeric for breakfast (as far as I know, those foods have very little vitamin A ). For lunch, she would have beans and rice and salad (romaine lettuce is very high in beta carotene, but since the McDougall plan excludes salad oil, it wouldn’t be absorbed well apparently).*
Here’s a quote from her:
“Through my experiences I found that eggs and dairy are my triggers. I can eat soy, wheat, and corn with no problems. But if I accidentally eat anything with eggs or dairy in it, the very next day my hands are stiff and sore.”
—Juliea Baker
*Source: https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/106/4/1041/4652010