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There have been many studies looking at diet and Fibromyalgia (FM) and much
anecdotal evidence from both FM patients and practitioners that the consumption of
certain foods or food groups worsen or improve the symptoms of FM. This study
uses a questionnaire to investigate the link between foods consumed
and FM patients' perception of their affect on FM symptoms.
The questionnaire was emailed to qualifying members of FM support groups and
was also included on the websites of these support groups. To qualify for inclusion in
the study, participants had to be female, living in the SE of England, aged between 25
and 60 years old, who had suffered with the symptoms of FM for at least 1 year and
who had been diagnosed by a medical professional. Completed questionnaires were
returned to an email address at The Centre for Nutrition Education and were then
passed to the researcher for analysis.
Of those participants who answered these particular questions, the foods which
brought the highest rates of perceived negative response to symptoms were:
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