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HEALTH NEWS IMPORTANT TO YOUR HEALTH AND THOSE YOU CARE ABOUT
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Anti Inflammatory Diet - Controlling Inflammation with Food
Can The Foods You Eat Make A Difference In Chronic Pain?
Inflammation is defined as a localized reaction of tissue to irritation, injury, or infection. Its symptoms include pain, swelling, red coloration to the area, and sometimes loss of movement or function. We commonly think of inflammation as the painful part of arthritis.
Diet And Inflammation
The foods we eat play an important role in how we feel. Loading up on junk foods and fast foods tend to make us feel worse due to the unhealthy fats that are used in the cooking processes. Excessive consumption of sugars and refined starchy carbohydrates like white flour can make inflammation worse. Switch your diet to whole fruits, vegetables, and lots of cold water oily fish.
Nightshade Plants
While the whole fruits and vegetables are important for their vitamins, minerals, and natural antioxidants, some vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplant may actually make inflammation worse. These vegetables are part of the nightshade family of plants and contain a chemical alkaloid which is an irritant.
Essential Fatty Acids
The right type of fats in our diets will impact pain and inflammation in a positive way. Omega-3 oils that are found in cold water oily fish, walnuts, flax and pumpkin seeds will reduce inflammation. It may be beneficial to supplement the omega 3 oils with flax oil or fish oil capsules. Add some vitamin E as well.
Water and Dehydration
One big factor in pain is dehydration. When we do not drink enough water, we hurt and inflammation feels worse. Make sure to drink at least 60 to 80 ounces of water every day. Avoid heavy caffeine and alcohol consumption because they contain diuretics that will cause the body to lose more water.
Delayed Food Allergies
Many people have delayed reactions to foods that will increase inflammation and pain. These type of “food allergies” are not really allergies like hayfever, but they do involve the immune system and can make pain and inflammation much worse. Frequently the underlying problem is due to faulty digestion or excessive consumption of any particular food. Most any food that is consumed more than 4 days a week can be suspected as a possible allergen, but some of the more common allergic foods are milk and dairy, wheat, corn, eggs, beef, yeast, and soy. Even healthy foods can cause problems. There are blood tests that can be performed, or elimination diets that can be undertaken to determine the allergic foods.
Please call our office at 580.332.8200 for more information.
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DCs Ira A. Shapiro, of Old Bridge and Marc P. Jaffe, of Summit were named attending chiropractic physicians for the US Olympic team, a voluntary position that includes compensation for room, board and travel. It entails meeting the chiropractic needs of nearly 550 American athletes participating in the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
Each doctor was selected from among hundreds of applicants, based on their sports clinical expertise and the ability to operate smoothly with Olympic athletes, administrators and other physicians.
Drs. Shapiro and Jaffe are only the eighth and ninth chiropractors ever chosen by the US Olympic Committee to officially represent the USA at an Olympic event.
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