Most experience flu-like withdrawal symptoms within the first 48 hours after embarking on the low risk diet. This is a good sign that hidden foods allergies are involved. After clearing most feel better than they have in years. However when these patients began eating certain foods again the pain and inflammation returned. The most obvious thing is that joints are less tender, swollen and painful.
Strength immediately improves since limitations from pain messages are reduced.
What is unexpected is what else happens. Many lose as much as 5 to 8 pounds during the clearing period. Most of this is water weight from the decreased edema not only in your joints but from inflammatory activity throughout your body. Less fatigue is the next unexpected benefit. Many realize for the first that arthritis isn't just a malady of the joints but of the entire body.