Nutrition and Diet
When you have a pain flare-up you are the cook you need to make healthy but quick and easy food that doesn't involve hours spent chopping, mixing,sitting or standing in the kitchen.
Diet and Pain
Always talk a special diet over with your doctor,dietician or nutritionist before you begin. Its easy to let your diet become unbalanced which could result in you missing out on essential minerals and vitamins, so its best always to check with an expert.
When you have pain and/or ill health your diet becomes even more important than normal. A healthy diet ensures your basic body functions operate well, including immune and natural healing systems.
People with longstanding pain often have digestive problems, sometimes due to the drugs they may be taking.
Some foods are also suspected of triggering or aggravating pain. The best approach to this is to undergo a proper elimination diet and remove the foods you suspect may be causing you trouble and then reintroduce them one at a time, leaving 3-4 days unbeaten each new food to see if anything happens .
Not every person with a food intolerance would be found to be intolerant of the same food,and so on no account restrict your diet unnecessarily.
If the problem is severe or longstanding its best to seek the advice of an expert nutritionist and always seek advice before undergoing an elimination diet.
You may also find by trial and error that some foods actually help to reduce your pain
Basic Rules for Healthy Eating
Eat a wide variety of foods. Eat from all four basic food groups(breads and cereals, fruits and vegetables, meats and dairy) to obtain the nutrients you need to maintain good health. Imagine those foods in a triangle, the breads and cereals at the bottom of the triangle, and the dairy food at the top. Eat foods in those comparative quantities-mostly breads and cereals and vegetables,at the top.Eat meat and dairy food the least
Maintain your ideal weight
For optimum function and least strain on your body try to maintain your ideal weight. For those with arthritis or other joint problems,less strain equals less pain
Avoid too much,saturated fat,cholesterol.
Too much fat contributes to weight gain and to poorer health.
Make starch and fibre the bulk of your diet.
Starches such as bread ,rice beans,pasta,and potatoes give the body energy. Fibre, the undigested portion such of the plants, adds bulk and helps with elimination.
Avoid alcohol.
Alcohol is high in calories and can deplete the body of vitamins and minerals. It potentially interacts negatively with medications.
Avoid fad diets
unproven diet claims that may end up robbing your body of essential nutrients.
Foods that Possibly may Decrease Pain
Remember to check out with your doctor or nutritionist before embarking on a restricting diet.Remember that experts disagree amongst themselves about the effect of food on the body,New discoveries are being made all the time.Remember that the best diet contains a wide varirty of foods
Include plenty of these foods.
Bananas, Ginger,Chilli Peppers,Brown rice,Cooked green vegetables(e.g broccoli and swiss chard) Cooked orange vegetables(e.g.carrots, sweet potatoes)Cooked Yellow vegetables (e.g. summer squash) Non -citrus fruits.
For an anti-inflammatory effect eat plenty of:
Flaxseed oil,Starflower,Evening Primrose.Blackcurrant or Hemp oil.