When it comes to eating correctly to avoid as much joint pain as
possible, there is a certainly an argument to be had that particular
foods can definitely help alleviate the inflammation around the joints
and provide considerable more pain relief than if you consumed other
types of food.
For both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, the significant evidence points at plant based foods at reducing inflammation.
Arthritis Diet - Foods to Eat
Vegetables:
Brocoli, boc choy, romaine lettuce. These vegetables contain magnesium
which while they act not so much at reducing swelling but rather a
natural way of re-building bone density, which should be part of every
arthritis sufferers diet.
Reishi Mushroom: The spores
inside the reishi mushroom according to medical science contain the most
powerful natural active inflammatory compounds known to man.
When
consumed orally as they have been for some centuries now in the Far
East to treat such conditions; in the West, the chitin around the
mushroom is cracked in pharmaceutical labs and manufactured into
supplements. The cracked reishi spores are claimed to be 70 times more
powerful at reducing inflammation than if consumed orally.
Fruit:
The tart cherry and pineapples The tart cherry contains a great deal
of anthocyanin, this is the active compound that blocks the Cox-1 and
Cox-2 enzymes, those enzymes in part responsible for inflammation in the
joints.
Pineapples on the other hand contain the ingredient
bromelain. Excellent when it comes to assisting with digestion,
bromelain also helps soothe flared up joints, along with muscle
injuries, gout and menstrual cramps.
It is also capable of
soothing swollen tissue, but to capture as much bromelain as you can,
you would need to eat the stem of the pineapple, so search for bromelain
supplements online if you want to get the most out of this fruit.
Additional foods to eat: Low
fat yoghurt and fish - especially sardines, mackerel and salmon, the
Omega 3 trio and steamed turkey and chicken in small quantities would
seem OK for some but not for others.
Plus some good fats are advised like fish oil, avocado, olive oil, nuts and seeds.
Arthritis Diet - Foods NOT to Eat
Gluten:
On all accounts do not eat foods which contain gluten. It's a binder,
thickener and flavour enhancer of food containing manufactured proteins,
which even doctors will even point out, that in almost all cases when a
person removes gluten from their diet, swelling of the joints subsides.
Nightshade plants: Avoid these also which include bell peppers, paprika, blueberries, potato, tomato, cayenne and okra.
Poultry:
Although some light servings may not affect you, for others it can, so
chicken or turkey may or may not be advised - down to the individual.
Additional foods NOT to eat:
Eggs, sugar, caffeine, all dairy products, citrus and especially high
fatty processed foods and trans-fats found in fast food - a definite NO.
These
ingredients alone on what to eat and what not to eat, should give you a
good basis on which to begin a diet which targets reducing inflammation
around the joints completely naturally and healthily, and gives you
some insight on why perhaps your joints in your hand feel particularly
painful after a BBQ for example.
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