Eating Squeaky Clean

For the past two months I have been plagued by morning finger joint stiffness and soreness. It appeared out of the blue but I attributed it to starting aerialist classes which requires immense upper body strength. I thought I could also be due to my Crossfit schedule and the barbell work and pullups required for that. I thought I had been eating well, would partake in some beer or a glass of wine on more nights that not. I knew I hadn't been drinking enough water so I started carrying around a bottle with me at work. Still, I would wake up each morning feeling like someone had twisted each one of my finger joints causing soreness and some mild swelling. It would resolve within 15-20 minutes but I would have residual soreness all day. It was never enough to get me to stop doing all my activities and I just brushed it off as possibly joint strain and I would have to get used to it. At worst I thought I might be developing arthritis and even worse rheumatoid arthritis. This is what happens when a medical practitioner has a malady- self diagnosis. No bueno, folks.

Well, for the past 5 days I have been eating and drinking clean, squeaky clean. NO processed foods, NO processed sugars or even agave syrup, NO beer/wine. This seems to have had some effect. For the past 3 mornings I have not had finger joint soreness when I wake up despite keeping up my previous physical activity routine. I am sad to say that I know my body was reacting to the slip ups I was making in my diet. For the next few weeks I'm going to keep up the squeaky clean eating and see what other maladies may resolve or added benefits I stumble across.