Eating For Health

So many commercials on TV advertise how one can ease their chronic pain and inflammation with one product after another.   But rarely is there anything about nutrition and chronic pain.   My daughter gave me an interesting article she found in the Cooperative Living magazine, Slowing Pain.   A nutritional approach for easing chronic pain .   While medications and therapies are common treatments, nutrition also plays a crucial role in managing these conditions.   How can you use nutrition to help ease chronic pain and inflammation?   What causes inflammation?   According to the Cleveland Clinic , “Inflammation is the body’s immune response to toxins as it works to “purify” itself.   The resulting inflammation not only causes pain in the body.   Over time, it also can trigger chronic diseases, such as heart disease and strokes, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and even depression.”   How can food help fight inflammation? The good news...

Most people would like to live a long and healthy life.   While there is no fountain of youth, there are things nutritionists and dietitians recommend.   My husband sent me a great article, 4 simple ways to eat for longevity – and more tips we’ve gotten from nutritionist and dietitians so far this year .   I like anything that says “simple”.   So, what are some of these “simple” ways you can eat for longevity? 1.  Focus on whole foods I had a student who said he focused his eating on foods close to the earth.   What did he mean by that?   Foods that were minimally processed like fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains, real cow’s milk, real meat, eggs, and nuts.   Diets rich in these foods, like the Mediterranean and Okinawan diets, have been shown to reduce the risk of chronic diseases and promote longevity.   What if you are not a fan of eating more fruits and vegetables?   One of my students did not really like many fruits or ve...