Travelling with Arthritis

When I realised my diet affected my arthritis I decided that if I went anywhere I would need to pack specific food and cooking items to suit my diet and thus help avoid flares and pain and pain and flares.  This was based on experience of several months of going away some weekends and finding each weekend had extra flares that took several days to recover from.  One choice would be never to go away again: that wasn't my choice.

So I decided I needed to prepare.  Top on my list is my juicer with both a cucumber and (organic) celery, with these I know I can calm my system down should any flares happen.  This won't get rid of any inflammation but by some miracle my bodies pain will begin to ease.

Cuke n Cel, my daily juice

Since my arthritis flared up I have consumed more cucumber and celery than in the rest of my life!  Here is today's juice in a Hobgoblin pint glass.  I generally juice up half of each plant per day, yielding just over the half pint of sweet bliss.

I have seen recommended that at least the celery should be organic whenever possible since celery is one of top 10 plants for absorbing pesticides!  I find a good organic celery is just slightly sweeter - although depending on where I get one from they tend to need a good wash and brush.

My favourite source for organic produce is my local organic veg shop, the Market Garden, Eynsham.  Started a couple of years ago, Jonathan and Lucy provide a fabulous service to the local community, with them growing a lot of the produce themselves.