Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that often causes loss of appetite or indigestion due to various physical, medication and exercise effects. Diet is the most common source of daily nutrition for patients. Therefore, it is very important to develop a healthy and reasonable diet. What kind of diet is considered healthy and reasonable? First, rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease, and the most significant danger of chronic disease is the consumption of energy. Therefore, in general, rheumatoid patients should eat more high-protein, high-calorie, high-fiber and easy-to-digest foods, which is the general principle of the diet spectrum. Second, patients with rheumatoid arthritis need calcium supplements, why? Because calcium is an important substance that constitutes the bones of the human body, once the onset of rheumatoid arthritis patients will cause damage to the bones, which will cause the loss of calcium in the body, and more serious will cause osteoporosis and other problems. So, what foods are high in calcium? Dairy products are the best source of calcium. In addition, such as eggs, shrimp, soy products, etc. are also rich in calcium, patients can eat more of these foods to supplement the body’s calcium needs. Third, patients with rheumatoid arthritis need iron supplements, why? Due to the disease itself, it is easy to cause insufficient intake of iron or absorption disorders, and even more because of the side effects of drugs, it is easy to make the body insufficient intake cum loss of iron too much and cause iron deficiency anemia. Plant foods, such as spinach, peas, cereals, celery, etc. are rich in iron. However, since the absorption rate of iron in plant foods is often lower than that of animal ones, we can supplement iron by consuming some animal foods, such as animal offal, lean meat, egg yolk, etc. Fourth, what is the “three less” and “three more” in the diet? In short, “three less” means less seafood, less greasy, less sweet food; three more means more food containing vitamins, fiber and calcium. Fifth, let’s talk about the rheumatoid arthritis diet in Chinese medicine. Rheumatoid arthritis belongs to the category of “paralysis” in Chinese medicine, patients can choose food according to their condition and taste preferences with a discriminating eye, such as those who favor cold can use pepper, dry ginger to warm the Yang; those who favor wet can use coix rice, yam to benefit moisture; those who favor wind can add onion and ginger to dispel wind. So, how should different patients choose reasonable food according to their conditions? Generally speaking, rheumatoid arthritis is clinically classified into cold-damp paralysis, damp-heat stasis, liver and kidney yin deficiency, phlegm-stasis paralysis and qi-blood deficiency. 1. Patients with cold and damp paralysis mainly manifest cold and painful joints, aggravated by rainy days, aggravated by cold, and alleviated by heat. Such patients can use food to dispel cold and dampness, such as: Chuan Wu porridge, mugwort leaves and ginger simmered eggs, wolfberry oolong tea, sapodilla porridge, etc. 2, damp-heat paralysis patients mainly manifested as joint swelling and pain fever, dry mouth, bitter mouth, yellow urine, dry stool, etc.. Such patients can use some food to clear heat and dampness, such as: stewed pork with white foxglove, stewed tofu with loach, etc. 3, liver and kidney yin deficiency patients mainly manifest as joint pain or soreness, waist and knee soreness, dizziness and dizziness, five heart troublesome heat, etc.. Such patients can choose some food to nourish the liver and kidney, such as: Huang Jing Tian Dong Turtle Meat Soup, Yang Ginseng Snow Fungus Bird’s Nest Stew, Huaiyao Sesame Paste, Yam and Antler Porridge, Raw Earth and Yellow Chicken, etc. 4, phlegm stasis paralysis patients mainly manifest as cold pain or tingling in the joints, joint deformity, local dull skin color of joints, petechiae, etc.. Such patients can choose some foods to invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, such as: safflower and angelica wine, Chuanxiong Cangzhi japonica rice porridge, Oxalis compound wine, Dilong peach flower cake, tiger stick and oxalis tea, etc. 5. Patients with deficiency of qi and blood mainly manifest as joint pain and numbness, pale face and fatigue. Such patients can choose some food to nourish qi and activate blood, such as: steamed chicken with astragalus, tea eggs with angelica and chuanxiong, and jujube and red bean soup. Finally, let’s talk about the view of “hairy food”. So what is “hairy food”? Hairy food refers to food that is rich in nutrients or irritating, especially prone to induce certain diseases or aggravate existing diseases. Usually the so-called “hairy food” are: beef, mutton, rooster, shrimp, crab, goose, donkey, roe deer, dog, leek, coriander, fennel, onion, ginger, tofu milk, wine, vinegar and so on. As we can see clinically, many patients are aggravated by taking ginger, shrimp, crab, mutton, etc. Therefore, due to the special constitution of rheumatoid arthritis patients, in order to avoid eating certain things that trigger or aggravate the disease, extra attention needs to be paid to the treatment of “hairy substances”. Here, I still advocate that patients need to pay attention to their diet and avoid eating appropriate food, but do not have to adhere to the so-called hairy food, otherwise it is also easy to cause malnutrition. I hope that through our joint efforts, we can control the disease and take good care of our body at the same time.