Arthritis & your food.

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ARTHRITIS - FOODS THAT TRIGGER SYMPTOMS Some arthritis suffers might find relief from their symptoms by keeping a food diary. The onset of painful symptoms can be the result of food allergies. Well most food allergies can cause the sniffles and a runny nose, it can cause inflamed joints. Research has shown the foods most often thought to aggravate arthritis include: corn, wheat, pork, oranges, milk, oats, rye, eggs, beef, tomatoes, eggplant and coffee. Other foods that cause or worsen joint inflammation It can be two to three days after eating a particular food to aggravate arthritis. Processed, packed and fast foods Hydrogenated fats, margarine, shortening, lard, or products made with them such as cookies, pies, and packaged food. Meat (not fish) Fried foods, French fries, onion rings, potato chips, nachos and hamburgers. White sugar and sweets, soda pop and sweeten juices. Synthetic sweeteners (Saccharin, aspartame, NutraSweet) Salt (try Celtic sea salt instead) Food additives, such as colors, flavor enhancers, stabilizers, and preservatives. Some of the main ones include sulphites, benzoates, and colors prefixed with FD & C. Dairy products, yogurt, ice cream, cottage cheese, butter and chesses Wheat products Alcohol Foods that can help fight pain Dark greens like spinach and kale, along with flaxseed and cold-pressed flax oil, raw walnuts and walnut oil, all contain plentiful amounts of the fatty acids known as omega-3s. Many fatty fish like salmon, tuna,

mackerel and herring also contain these valuable oils. Omega-3s convert in the body into hormone-like substances that decreases inflammation and pain. Evening primrose, rapeseed and borage seed oils contain a fatty acid similar to omega-3 called gammalinolenic acid (GLA). Because these oils are not found in foods you normally eat, you have to get them from supplements. The effective dose is 1 to 2 grams daily. While many opt for aspirin as their first course of action when they feel pain, Murleedharan Nair, PhD, professor of natural products and chemistry at Michigan State University, found that tart cherry extract is 10 times more effective than aspirin at relieving inflammation and pain. Only two tablespoons of the concentrated juice is needed daily for effective results. Later she found also that sweet cherries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries have similar effects. Blueberries are also excellent pain

relievers. They increase the levels of compounds called heat-shock proteins that decrease as people age, thereby causing inflammation, pain and tissue damage. If you think certain foods may be making your arthritis worse, try to eliminate them from your diet, one at a time until you feel improvement. Just remember that arthritis symptoms tend to come and go, and relief could be coincident, try eating the trouble food again to if it causes symptoms. Also remember to drink lots of water; you should drink at least eight glasses of water a day. Water helps cushion and lubricate your joints; it also helps flush uric acid out of your body before it can set off painful inflammation in your joints. Balancing the body’s pH. Avoid foods that create acidity in the body can help lessen pain and inflammation. Foods that create acidity in the body include, meat, dairy, hydrogenated fats, wheat and sugar. Foods that help restore balance include fruits (when eaten on an empty stomach), vegetables and legumes. This article is for informational purposes only, and it is not intended to replace the advice or care of your doctor. Thank You for Reading. Namaste Livia http://reiki-for-holistic-health.com 402-25 Kensington Road Brampton, Ontario, L6T 3W8 Canada ******************************************** Vaccination procedures are a politically motivated non-science, whose practitioners are only interested in injecting multitudes of vaccines without much interest or care as to their effects. Data collection on reactions to vaccines is only paid lip service, and the obvious ineffectiveness of vaccines to prevent diseases is glossed over. The fact that natural infectious diseases have beneficial effect on the maturation and development of the immune system is ignored or deliberately suppressed. Consequently, parents of small children and any potential recipients of vaccines and any orthodox medications should be wary of any member of the medical establishment extolling the non-existent virtues of vaccination. - Viera Scheibner, Ph.D.

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