# Diet **URL:** \ **Category:** Complementary CIDP\ **Created:** [November 11, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diet/253 "2012-11-11T19:22:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JMichaelS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/jmichaels/32/36_2.png) [@JMichaelS](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/JMichaelS)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diet/253/1 "2012-11-11T19:22:39Z")
Has anyone experienced any benefit from adding or eliminating any food(s) from your diet? ---
**Author:** ![springmang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/springmang/32/208_2.png) [@springmang](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/springmang)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diet/253/2 "2012-11-13T01:10:53Z")
Since Halloween, I've eaten 150 Mars Bars, trying to gain weight, without any luck. Gary ---
**Author:** ![clb75](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/clb75/32/142_2.png) [@clb75](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/clb75)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diet/253/3 "2012-11-13T20:58:22Z")
I have nothing to compare it to, but since being diagnosed, I have been trying to eat as healthy as possible...fresh salads, fruits, lean protein etc. I eat natural anti-inflammatory foods like dark chocolate, yogurt and pickles, cut out alcohol, only 1 diet soda a day and lots of water. I feel the healthier I am the better able I will be to fight this disease. I also take omega-3's and alpha lipoic acid. There's so much of this process I can't control but my diet is one thing I can do something about. ---
**Author:** ![JMichaelS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/jmichaels/32/36_2.png) [@JMichaelS](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/JMichaelS)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diet/253/4 "2012-11-13T21:14:53Z")
That is a very sensible approach. Thank you. I have taken a similar approach but still allow something sweet a few times a week. Also, I have worked up to swimming 30 mins 3X a week. My legs and feet feel more energized the rest of the day afterwards. I have added strengthening exercises 2X a week, too. A while back I saw a video on the "Gerson Diet" and I wondered if anyone with CIDP had tried that. Initially it was used for treating cancer. some reputable folks have claimed success with neuropathy as well. clb75 said: > I have nothing to compare it to, but since being diagnosed, I have been trying to eat as healthy as possible...fresh salads, fruits, lean protein etc. I eat natural anti-inflammatory foods like dark chocolate, yogurt and pickles, cut out alcohol, only 1 diet soda a day and lots of water. I feel the healthier I am the better able I will be to fight this disease. I also take omega-3's and alpha lipoic acid. There's so much of this process I can't control but my diet is one thing I can do something about. ---
**Author:** ![Char68](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/char68/32/324_2.png) [@Char68](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/Char68)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/diet/253/5 "2012-11-14T02:10:06Z")
**I have eliminated any and all artificial sweeteners from my diet. If I have anything with them in them, I get numbness and tingly from the top of my head to the souls of my feet, I will get a soaring headache that affects my eyesight, then my hands will give out and last but not least my legs will give out and I will hit the floor, all within 30 or so seconds of ingesting the artificial yuck!!!!**