Vegetable That Causes Joint Pain

String Beans

By Morning Girl

@salonga (27775)

Philippines

November 27, 2015 7:47am CST

We call this vegetable "sitaw" or string beans, others call it snap beans or green beans. This is a good source of fiber that lowers cholesterol level. It also contains several vitamins for healthy eyes and bones. My family loves string beans especially when sautéed with shrimps or cooked adobo style. But lately my husband noticed that whenever he eats string beans, he experiences joint pain. I learned that string beans is high in purine that can trigger arthritic pain. So I have decided to avoid serving him this vegetable and I advised him to drink plenty of water too. Do you also have joint pain? What food do you avoid to help your condition? Or do you avoid any vegetable because of your health condition?

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@PainsOnSlate (21849)

• Canada

27 Nov 15

I love green beans and I do have joint pain so I will be watching the next time I eat some.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

27 Nov 15

@PainsOnSlate Yes it will help, also watch your consumption of other high purine veggies like lentils, mushrooms, cauliflowers,artichokes, bean sprouts, broccoli, brussels sprouts,& leeks. Tomato which they say is a fruit not veggie has high purine too.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

27 Nov 15

@paigea Yes of course, osteoarthritis is a also a joint problem so avoid high purine foods: all types of beans, lentils, mushrooms, cauliflowers,artichokes, bean sprouts, broccoli, brussels sprouts,& leeks, also tomato.

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@paigea (35930)

• Canada

27 Nov 15

My friend who has gout apparently should avoid foods like beans. Now, I want to find out if people who have osteoarthritis should also avoid it.

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@epiffanie (11325)

• Australia

28 Nov 15

Sitaw is one of my favourite veggies .. they cost more that 10$ a kilo here so I seldom buy them

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

28 Nov 15

$10 a kilo! That is around 470 in Philippine peso, that is very expensive. You can get them for free in my garden.

@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

3 Dec 15

@hereandthere It must be very expensive as well.

@hereandthere (45635)

• Philippines

3 Dec 15

hmm, if sitaw is $10 per kilo in australia, i wonder how much sitaw is in canada? @antonbunot?

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@sofssu (23662)

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29 Nov 15

I didn't know that.. So I guess it triggers his gout and causes pain. I have a few of these plants I feed the veggies to my pet parrot since he loves it so much.. We hardly get to eat any of it ourselves.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

29 Nov 15

So this is also a food for the parrot! Maybe the pigeons will also eat this veggie.

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@sofssu (23662)

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3 Dec 15

@salonga I have not seen pigeons eat them though they hang around.. but my parrot loves it.

@simone10 (54182)

• Louisville, Kentucky

28 Nov 15

I have rheumatoid arthritis so I have a lot of joint pain. I have found that tomatoes cause me to hurt a lot so I try and avoid them if possible.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

28 Nov 15

Yes avoid tomatoes, it has high uric acid especially if eaten with seeds.

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@simone10 (54182)

• Louisville, Kentucky

30 Nov 15

@salonga Yes it does. I also have to avoid anything that has tomato sauce in it.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12069)

• United States

28 Nov 15

I have a long list of fruits and veg I have to avoid. Luckily, there are plenty more I can still eat.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

28 Nov 15

God is good enough for he created a lot of choices for us.

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@brokenbee (11090)

• Philippines

30 Nov 15

Sometimes my knees are also painful when I had eaten foods high in purine... but I still eat them. I love string beans. We cook it with other veggies - dinengdeng.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

3 Dec 15

Dininding is also a favorite dish in the house but we don't add string beans.

@SIMPLYD (90720)

• Philippines

3 Dec 15

I love string beans specially when it's cooked adobo style . But hubby also avoids that because he is afraid of having arthritis . My father-in-law also avoids that because of his arthritis .

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

3 Dec 15

So they also know the bad effects on joints. It is good to avoid than to suffer.

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@SIMPLYD (90720)

• Philippines

4 Dec 15

@salonga Yes, because they can feel the joints going sore when they eat them .

So i don't cook string beans anymore , but just eat it at our canteen where they make it so deliciously - adobong sitaw .

@silvermist (19702)

• India

29 Nov 15

@salonga So far I have not avoided any vegetables.I do have knee pain.May be I will have to avoid it.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

29 Nov 15

It's good you have no knee problem. Many people mostly the oldies have this problem.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

1 Dec 15

@silvermist ah sorry I misread. So you have knee problem already. It is but wise to avoid this veggie.

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@silvermist (19702)

• India

1 Dec 15

@salonga What I meant was I do have knee pain and I may have to avoid it.

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@Letranknight2015 (52263)

• Philippines

27 Nov 15

I wonder if mongo causes arthritis too, makes me wonder why i get to have pain in my feet as well. maybe I should avoid this kind of vegetable too, im thinking that I have high in uric acid

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

27 Nov 15

Yes certainly it is, because it belongs to the bean family. It is high in uric acid so you might as well avoid or just eat in moderation.

@LadyDuck (473304)

• Switzerland

27 Nov 15

I do not have joint pain, but I avoid too much vegetable and leafy greens, I do not feel too well when I eat them.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

27 Nov 15

My younger sister is very much like you, so she eats them moderately.

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@gudheart (12659)

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28 Nov 15

I did not know that before. I guess some can trigger joint pain, although I have never suffered the effects before.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

28 Nov 15

Those who have history of gout are the ones mostly affected.

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@gudheart (12659)

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28 Nov 15

@salonga ohh okay. Must be common thing for those sufferers :(

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318816)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

28 Nov 15

I love green beans but never noticed any correlation between my joint pain - my knees are badly arthritic. I don't eat them very often. Interesting information.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

28 Nov 15

This could be genetic and also there are other high purine foods apart from certain vegetables. My unsolicited advice is you try to lose weight, drink at least 12 glasses of water every day, walk daily in the morning, avoid high purine food as well. It will help.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318816)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

28 Nov 15

@salonga I'm drinking the water, but the walking has to wait until my leg is completely healed and I get rid of this walker. I'm sure the bone is mended, but the ligament isn't yet or it needs to be strengthened. I'm still having a hard time with movement in the leg.

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@birjudanak (14320)

• India

27 Nov 15

here we call green beans we all eat it because no side effect of it and its help to bring down diabetes level.there is plenty of benefit for it.green beans has are rich in various nutrients such as vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, manganese, iron.you can also store in freeze and its not lost its nutrition but don't cut it for long time you have to use it when cut. here there is no problem of joint paint from anyone of us.i not avoided any vegetables.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

27 Nov 15

Good to know you are not getting the same joint pain! Yes it is a very nutritious vegetable and has lots of health benefits although those with gout should avoid over consumption because it contains high acid.

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@birjudanak (14320)

• India

28 Nov 15

@salonga yes may be we are different country so our food is different,so should it possible that we eat other thing which may be not allow acid to heavy in body.

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@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

27 Nov 15

we had a case presentation about septic arthritis. the pathophysiology presented by the students showed that legumes are high in purine, with the end metabolism of uric acid. I avoid dark green leafy vegetables because these have high Vitamin K content; not advisable for a person with rheumatic heart disease.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

27 Nov 15

This is so informative! Thank you so much for sharing. I learned something from you today.

@PatZAnthony (14749)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

30 Nov 15

It is good to avoid any food that causes such issues.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

30 Nov 15

Yes it is the wisest thing to do. Many people end up in distressful health condition because they can't control their appetite.

@amnabas (14888)

• Karachi, Pakistan

27 Nov 15

Yes i have joint pain but i dont avoid any thing.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

27 Nov 15

It's good your joint pain is not getting worse!

@antonbunot (11091)

• Calgary, Alberta

29 Nov 15

I don't have joint pain so far. But I always feel pain in the butt at work every time my boss is around.

. . Sitaw is one of our favorite vegetables served on our dining table on a regular basis. . sitaw in pinakbet. sitaw and bokchoy in beef paksiw. adobong sitaw.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

29 Nov 15

Pinakbet is a favorite dish but I now cook this without sitaw because of my husband.

@JudyEv (351927)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Nov 15

I hadn't heard of this. That is interesting and might help a lot of people who experience joint pain.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

30 Nov 15

I posted this so that others who are suffering and not aware will learn and avoid high purine veggies like this.

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@Iam_jauntyjen (5307)

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3 Dec 15

After I had given birth, I have been experiencing joint pains. My cousin told me that it is normal. She said, it will go away. I heard from old people that some food trigger arthritis and rheumatism but my mom thinks that it is all in the mind.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

3 Dec 15

Of course it is not all in the mind because you can actually feel your joints aching. If we agree it is all in the mind,chances are it will worsen our condition.

@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

28 Nov 15

My sister's fave err the oppsoite due to joint pains

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