Part 2: How to Manage Pain Using Nutrition
What is the best diet for people who experience persistent pain? Can pain relief be found in certain foods? What is a pain care practitioner’s role in guiding clients towards better dietary habits? This is Part 2 of How to Manage Pain Using Nutrition How to Manage Pain Using Nutrition Part 1 reviewed some of […]
Part 1: How to Manage Pain Using Nutrition
Can what we eat influence our level of perceived pain? Does food play a role in the development or management of chronic pain conditions? This is Part 1 of a two-part blog that explores the relationship between diet and chronic pain. With escalating rates of obesity, ill health, and disease in the United States, studies […]
Could the Mediterranean Diet Have Benefits for Osteoarthritic Pain?
As healthcare professionals have long known, the Mediterranean diet has consistently been shown to have beneficial effects on musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, metabolic, and cognitive diseases, but can it also be associated with a lower prevalence of osteoarthritis of the knee? Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent joint disease and a leading source of chronic pain and […]
5 Fats To Eat Every Day
FAT – it’s a word we all think about negatively. Most Americans think that if we eat fat we will become fat. In reality, what we need is more healthy fat in our diet, and less of the fats that cause us pain. The right kinds of fats will keep you healthy, and are essential…
Three Ways Diet May Cause Pain
Many Americans stumble out of bed in the morning to the sound of the alarm clock with achiness and stiffness in joints and muscles and are slow to move. Are you like so many Americans who wonder how to exit the rollercoaster of daily highs and lows that often begins with a cup of coffee (with […]