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Use Mindfulness to Relieve Suffering Without Painkillers
Can you imagine going to the dentist for a root canal and not needing anesthesia? Or being able to bounce back from the loss of a loved one without re-living the suffering day after day? While these may seem like dramatically different scenarios, they have one thing in common-the ability to free yourself from the suffering usually tied to pain. In this article, you'll learn how.
Most of us grow up learning that pain is something to avoid. We have whole industries based on this premise. From painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet, to mood drugs like Xanax, Prozac, and Valium, doctors hand out prescriptions like candy to help us deal with physical or mental-emotional pain.
Let's be clear, these drugs can provide welcome relief when needed. They can be useful in the short term. However, they are poor long-term solutions. Used as solutions, they end up covering up, perpetuating, and exacerbating the cause of your pain rather than addressing, resolving, and healing it.
What if you have an innate ability to transform how you relate to pain that not only releases you from suffering, but also heals the cause of your pain itself? Let's explore two fascinating insights and a technique that empowers you to do this!
Insight #1: Pain is a Messenger
Let's begin by revising a basic premise around pain. What if instead of pain being something to avoid, it's a signal alerting you to pay closer attention? What if the purpose of pain is to acknowledge something and take action on it? What if pain carries important messages?
If this is so, then, instead of distracting yourself from pain or killing it, it's important to acknowledge it, turn toward it, and seek to understand what it is asking you to do.
Now, in the case of physical injuries, this may seem straightforward. For example, if you cut yourself while dicing vegetables, it hurts, and this signals you to clean the wound, apply pressure to stop the bleeding, and use a bandage. With a minor cut, this is probably all that's required.
Yet, you might also make a mental note to slow down and be more mindful when cutting veggies in the future. Maybe you'd been rushing around feeling the stress of too much to do and not enough time. If so, you might also acknowledge your need to prioritize-to let go of what is not so important and focus on what is, so you can take your time and be more mindful about what you're doing.
So, you see, even the pain of a simple cut could contain vital information. If you pay attention, pain can bring insight.
With emotional pain, this is especially true.
For example, let's say you've been a loyal client of a Kung Fu school for years. You've made monthly payments for your son's classes via online BillPay this whole time without fail. One day you get a text from them saying they haven't received your payment for the past two months and they need it TODAY!
You look on your BillPay and see that indeed the checks were sent both months and already cashed! You decide to go in and have a chat with them.
When you arrive at the school, you greet the instructor, who says nothing. After the urgency of the text you received, you expected him to bring up the issue of payment. So, you tell him about the text you received. He replies quickly and defensively, "Well, we have to keep the doors open!"
Immediately you feel hurt, because you've been a loyal customer and paid on time for years. You've even donated equipment and participated in all their fundraisers. You feel disrespected because there is no acknowledgement of your loyalty.
Now, you could just go on with your day, ignoring his comment and continuing to take your son to class. Or you could take the opportunity to look into the situation more deeply.
Maybe you could check in with him and see how things are going? You might learn about the stress he feels and offer emotional support. You could let him know how what he said made you feel. He might not be aware how he was coming across and this might help him with relating to his students and their parents-which would help grow his business.
Now, these may seem like minor moments-a small cut and a few blunt words. Yet, can you see how paying attention to your pain and going into it more deeply rather than avoiding it, even in minor situations, can lead you to insightful action?
How much more important is it to be mindful, pay closer attention, and ask deeper questions with physical and emotional pains that are bigger and more chronic, such as persistent migraines, back spasms, ulcers, insomnia, grudges, and self-sabotage?
Insight #2: Pain is Different from Suffering
Now, that we've seen how important it is to turn toward pain, pay attention, and ask deeper questions, let's move to our second insight-pain is different from suffering. This is important because we normally lump the two together. What happens when we do that?
Suppose you are skiing and break your leg. Immediately, you feel the sharp pain of the break. What does your mind do with that?
If it were me, I'd quickly make a series of mental jumps: wondering how bad it was, how long it would take to recover, how long I'd have to miss work, and how I would pay the bills. As a teacher and trainer of mind-body practices, I use my body all day long-and I can't do what I do without being mobile. With a broken leg, I would quickly imagine I couldn't work and might struggle to pay the bills. These thoughts add a story layer onto the pain that would cause me to suffer.
Studies show that when you add stories of suffering onto physical pain, it makes the pain feel worse. (For example, Dr. Maaike de Boer has shown how telling yourself "catastrophizing" stories about pain increases perception of pain intensity.) Suffering causes pain to intensify and linger.
Attaching to stories about your own suffering may even slow or prevent healing by creating unnecessary tension in your body and blocking your receptivity to the healing messages available in pain.
So, there are two aspects to a painful experience: you have raw physical sensations of pain, then you interpret what your pain means. In other words, there is the pain itself, then there are mental-emotional reactions you layer onto the pain. This interpretive layer could include a wide range of distress such as worry, anger, blame, self-pity, guilt, and so on. It could include beliefs and attitudes toward pain that you have learned such as "Suck it up." "Don't cry." "I deserve to suffer." Or, "Don't show weakness."
Insight #2 says that secondary reactions to the primary pain sensations are the cause of suffering. The raw sensations of pain are unpleasant and uncomfortable, but tolerable and instructive, if you can separate them from unhelpful secondary reactions. This applies to physical pains from injuries and illness, as well as to emotional pains from events such as job loss, loss of a loved one, or divorce.
The Secret to Suffering-Free Pain
A growing body of research has applied meditative mindfulness to pain with astonishing results. (For example, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's MBSR approach.) The secret is the separation of the raw sensation from the interpretation of the sensation.
Let's look at how this works.
Separating Pain from Suffering
The next time you experience pain, whether physical or mental-emotional, try this experiment:
1. First, acknowledge the pain and locate it, rather than turning away from it. Focus inward and turn your attention to where the pain is centered. Even if the pain is emotional, you may find it resides somewhere in your body, perhaps in your gut, solar plexus, or your heart.
2. Mindfully notice the details of the raw sensation: Does it have a size, shape, color, texture, sound, smell, or taste?
See if you can set aside your secondary reactions to the pain, your story about it, such as, "This is the worst pain ever." "What if it never goes away?" "What if I have cancer?" "What's going to happen to me?" and so on... and just focus into the raw sensation. Notice that when you focus into the raw sensation, it is just a sensation, and you can handle it. It's just a sensation like any other sensation. As you pay attention to the raw sensation of pain, you'll begin to notice subtle shifts in how it feels.
If you notice thoughts, stories, fears, judgments, or other secondary responses, let them go, and return your attention to the raw sensation of the pain. See if it's possible to relax into the sensation, rather than fighting it. Relaxing eases pain, fear and resistance increases it.
3. Breathe around the area, then into it. As you breathe in, imagine your breath gently surrounds the painful area, bringing a sense of spacious ease there and, as you breathe out, imagine you release any pain in the surrounding area in your out-breath. Once you are comfortable with breathing around the pain, see if you can draw your in-breath right into the center of the painful sensation. Imagine your breath brings a sense of spacious ease that infuses and disperses the intensity of the painful sensation. Then imagine releasing the pain out of your body in your out-breath.
Continue breathing in this way and notice any shifts in the sensation.
4. Ask your pain if it has a message for you. Ask it, "What are you trying to tell me?" Notice any words, feelings, images, or actions that come to mind. How does this pain connect to what is happening in your life at the moment? Adopt a curious attention and see what you notice.
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It's a good idea to practice this process with minor physical pains and emotional hurts first to grow your skill. For example, try it the next time you stub your toe, cut your finger, or feel emotionally slighted. You can try it right now with any lingering physical pains or unresolved emotional hurts from the past. As you grow your skill, you can apply it to bigger pains and suffering as needed.
Also, keep in mind you are not a failure if you momentarily find certain pains too intense to handle. Sometimes you may need painkillers for acute trauma. These can be good short-term aides. They can take the edge off, while you use the above process to support deeper healing.
If you practice this mindful approach, you can learn to handle all kinds of pain without suffering. You can acknowledge pain, attend to its messages, take appropriate action, and let it go when pain's purpose is accomplished.
Most of us grow up learning that pain is something to avoid. We have whole industries based on this premise. From painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet, to mood drugs like Xanax, Prozac, and Valium, doctors hand out prescriptions like candy to help us deal with physical or mental-emotional pain.
Let's be clear, these drugs can provide welcome relief when needed. They can be useful in the short term. However, they are poor long-term solutions. Used as solutions, they end up covering up, perpetuating, and exacerbating the cause of your pain rather than addressing, resolving, and healing it.
What if you have an innate ability to transform how you relate to pain that not only releases you from suffering, but also heals the cause of your pain itself? Let's explore two fascinating insights and a technique that empowers you to do this!
Insight #1: Pain is a Messenger
Let's begin by revising a basic premise around pain. What if instead of pain being something to avoid, it's a signal alerting you to pay closer attention? What if the purpose of pain is to acknowledge something and take action on it? What if pain carries important messages?
If this is so, then, instead of distracting yourself from pain or killing it, it's important to acknowledge it, turn toward it, and seek to understand what it is asking you to do.
Now, in the case of physical injuries, this may seem straightforward. For example, if you cut yourself while dicing vegetables, it hurts, and this signals you to clean the wound, apply pressure to stop the bleeding, and use a bandage. With a minor cut, this is probably all that's required.
Yet, you might also make a mental note to slow down and be more mindful when cutting veggies in the future. Maybe you'd been rushing around feeling the stress of too much to do and not enough time. If so, you might also acknowledge your need to prioritize-to let go of what is not so important and focus on what is, so you can take your time and be more mindful about what you're doing.
So, you see, even the pain of a simple cut could contain vital information. If you pay attention, pain can bring insight.
With emotional pain, this is especially true.
For example, let's say you've been a loyal client of a Kung Fu school for years. You've made monthly payments for your son's classes via online BillPay this whole time without fail. One day you get a text from them saying they haven't received your payment for the past two months and they need it TODAY!
You look on your BillPay and see that indeed the checks were sent both months and already cashed! You decide to go in and have a chat with them.
When you arrive at the school, you greet the instructor, who says nothing. After the urgency of the text you received, you expected him to bring up the issue of payment. So, you tell him about the text you received. He replies quickly and defensively, "Well, we have to keep the doors open!"
Immediately you feel hurt, because you've been a loyal customer and paid on time for years. You've even donated equipment and participated in all their fundraisers. You feel disrespected because there is no acknowledgement of your loyalty.
Now, you could just go on with your day, ignoring his comment and continuing to take your son to class. Or you could take the opportunity to look into the situation more deeply.
Maybe you could check in with him and see how things are going? You might learn about the stress he feels and offer emotional support. You could let him know how what he said made you feel. He might not be aware how he was coming across and this might help him with relating to his students and their parents-which would help grow his business.
Now, these may seem like minor moments-a small cut and a few blunt words. Yet, can you see how paying attention to your pain and going into it more deeply rather than avoiding it, even in minor situations, can lead you to insightful action?
How much more important is it to be mindful, pay closer attention, and ask deeper questions with physical and emotional pains that are bigger and more chronic, such as persistent migraines, back spasms, ulcers, insomnia, grudges, and self-sabotage?
Insight #2: Pain is Different from Suffering
Now, that we've seen how important it is to turn toward pain, pay attention, and ask deeper questions, let's move to our second insight-pain is different from suffering. This is important because we normally lump the two together. What happens when we do that?
Suppose you are skiing and break your leg. Immediately, you feel the sharp pain of the break. What does your mind do with that?
If it were me, I'd quickly make a series of mental jumps: wondering how bad it was, how long it would take to recover, how long I'd have to miss work, and how I would pay the bills. As a teacher and trainer of mind-body practices, I use my body all day long-and I can't do what I do without being mobile. With a broken leg, I would quickly imagine I couldn't work and might struggle to pay the bills. These thoughts add a story layer onto the pain that would cause me to suffer.
Studies show that when you add stories of suffering onto physical pain, it makes the pain feel worse. (For example, Dr. Maaike de Boer has shown how telling yourself "catastrophizing" stories about pain increases perception of pain intensity.) Suffering causes pain to intensify and linger.
Attaching to stories about your own suffering may even slow or prevent healing by creating unnecessary tension in your body and blocking your receptivity to the healing messages available in pain.
So, there are two aspects to a painful experience: you have raw physical sensations of pain, then you interpret what your pain means. In other words, there is the pain itself, then there are mental-emotional reactions you layer onto the pain. This interpretive layer could include a wide range of distress such as worry, anger, blame, self-pity, guilt, and so on. It could include beliefs and attitudes toward pain that you have learned such as "Suck it up." "Don't cry." "I deserve to suffer." Or, "Don't show weakness."
Insight #2 says that secondary reactions to the primary pain sensations are the cause of suffering. The raw sensations of pain are unpleasant and uncomfortable, but tolerable and instructive, if you can separate them from unhelpful secondary reactions. This applies to physical pains from injuries and illness, as well as to emotional pains from events such as job loss, loss of a loved one, or divorce.
The Secret to Suffering-Free Pain
A growing body of research has applied meditative mindfulness to pain with astonishing results. (For example, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's MBSR approach.) The secret is the separation of the raw sensation from the interpretation of the sensation.
Let's look at how this works.
Separating Pain from Suffering
The next time you experience pain, whether physical or mental-emotional, try this experiment:
1. First, acknowledge the pain and locate it, rather than turning away from it. Focus inward and turn your attention to where the pain is centered. Even if the pain is emotional, you may find it resides somewhere in your body, perhaps in your gut, solar plexus, or your heart.
2. Mindfully notice the details of the raw sensation: Does it have a size, shape, color, texture, sound, smell, or taste?
See if you can set aside your secondary reactions to the pain, your story about it, such as, "This is the worst pain ever." "What if it never goes away?" "What if I have cancer?" "What's going to happen to me?" and so on... and just focus into the raw sensation. Notice that when you focus into the raw sensation, it is just a sensation, and you can handle it. It's just a sensation like any other sensation. As you pay attention to the raw sensation of pain, you'll begin to notice subtle shifts in how it feels.
If you notice thoughts, stories, fears, judgments, or other secondary responses, let them go, and return your attention to the raw sensation of the pain. See if it's possible to relax into the sensation, rather than fighting it. Relaxing eases pain, fear and resistance increases it.
3. Breathe around the area, then into it. As you breathe in, imagine your breath gently surrounds the painful area, bringing a sense of spacious ease there and, as you breathe out, imagine you release any pain in the surrounding area in your out-breath. Once you are comfortable with breathing around the pain, see if you can draw your in-breath right into the center of the painful sensation. Imagine your breath brings a sense of spacious ease that infuses and disperses the intensity of the painful sensation. Then imagine releasing the pain out of your body in your out-breath.
Continue breathing in this way and notice any shifts in the sensation.
4. Ask your pain if it has a message for you. Ask it, "What are you trying to tell me?" Notice any words, feelings, images, or actions that come to mind. How does this pain connect to what is happening in your life at the moment? Adopt a curious attention and see what you notice.
--- --- ---
It's a good idea to practice this process with minor physical pains and emotional hurts first to grow your skill. For example, try it the next time you stub your toe, cut your finger, or feel emotionally slighted. You can try it right now with any lingering physical pains or unresolved emotional hurts from the past. As you grow your skill, you can apply it to bigger pains and suffering as needed.
Also, keep in mind you are not a failure if you momentarily find certain pains too intense to handle. Sometimes you may need painkillers for acute trauma. These can be good short-term aides. They can take the edge off, while you use the above process to support deeper healing.
If you practice this mindful approach, you can learn to handle all kinds of pain without suffering. You can acknowledge pain, attend to its messages, take appropriate action, and let it go when pain's purpose is accomplished.
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Glucosamine can help to win the Battle against Osteoarthritis
More than 50 million Americans are suffering from arthritis. Most of them have osteoarthritis, also called "wear and tear arthritis." By the time we reach the age of 50, almost everyone have some sign of this degenerative disease.The cause is a breakdown of the protective cartilage layer that covers and cushions the ends of all bones.
As the cartilage wears down and its cushioning effect dissipates, smooth joint function suffers, causing pain and inflammation. The accumulated wear and tear on our joints from routine walking, typing,lifting, and running eventually results in the thinning and breaking down of the cartilage. This in turn leads to inevitable pain, inflammation, and loss of motion associated with osteoarthritis. This can happen even faster for athletes and obese people.
Until recently, most doctors thought that once osteoarthritis set in, there was no cure; all they could do was give pain relief. However, the drugs they prescribed caused serious side effects over time, like stomach bleeding, ulcers, and other problems. Finally, steroid injections (such as cortisone)at the joint, or opiates are used. None of these drugs does anything to fix the underlying problem. In fact, they may well contribute to further damage, since without pain it is easier to overwork arthritic joints.
Over the years several blind clinical studies have shown that glucosamine sulfate supplements may help to maintain healthy joints, restore full range of motion, and reduce the pain and inflammation of osteoarthritis. Unlike the painkillers that doctors prescribe, glucosamine doesn't just cover the pain.It has been shown to stop further joint degeneration, and may help to rebuild cartilage, thus alleviating the cause of the pain.
About 20 years ago, few doctors believed that glucosamine worked. While there where some short-term clinical trials, the conventional wisdom said that there were no long-term studies on a large enough group to prove that glucosamine was effective. Then, at the 63rd Anual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, a new report of a three-year randomized placebo- controlled, double blind study on 212 patients dispelled the conventional wisdom. This study showed, for the first time, that glucosamine not only reduces the symptoms (pain and inflammation), but it actually stops deterioration and induces re-growth of the cartilage.
Other recent studies on glucosamine have finally convinced the skeptics that glucosamine works. The Arthritis Foundation published a report: "Glucosamine, the truth about the talk." The National Institute of Health awarded a four-year research contract to the University of Utah School of Medicine, totalling approximately $6.6 million, to study glucosamine at nine centers across the U.S. Many doctors are telling their patients to take glucosamine supplements, and the use of glucosamine by professional athletes is growing rapidly.
Glucosamine is the most fundamental building block required for the biosynthesis of cartilage. It is a simple amino sugar and the primary building block of proteoglycans-the molecules that give cartilage elasticity.
If you are starting to feel the early warnings of osteoarthritis-, stiffness or minor aches and pain, or if you've already gone beyond that and aspirin is part of your daily routine, a high-quality glucosamine sulfate supplement may help you to enjoy many more years of pain-free, active life.
Friday, February 8, 2019
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Joint Pain Remedies The Natural Way
With age often comes constant nagging soreness throughout the body, from the neck, shoulder, back, elbows, hands, knees to make life at times almost unbearable. It is not always age related, young ones get it too and more so in the last couple of decades than ever before. Arthritis is one name for it, there are many types of arthritis and many have similar pain related issues and symptoms.
Lots of research being done on this type of illness, no medical cure has been found being successful; this also includes any drug medicine. The best pharmaceutical has to offer are painkillers with unhealthy side effects which can make this situation even worse. Maybe the question here is: Why has this illness become more common and widely spread through different ages over the last few decades?
What Causes Joint Pain?
The cause of joint pain could come from any injury from the past. It could be sport related, overuse in a work place, obesity and wrong diet; these are the most common ones. Most likely you can rule out most of them. If this is the case where else can it come from? Some medical report would say it been caused from inflammation. So, what causes inflammation? The first sign of inflammation is redness and swelling of the joints, accompanied by pain. Also, inflammation is the cause of many illnesses, as well as cardiovascular disease.
Cause of Inflammation
Everyone's body reacts different to different things; therefore, inflammation can affect everyone in a unique way. A chemical reaction takes place, mainly in your blood stream where white blood cells being released into affected areas to protect from foreign things such as inflammation. This not only causes arthritis and joint pain it also triggers many other illnesses. The immune system can overact to bacteria caused from wrong food. Stress, constant emotion can also bring on inflammation.
As well, short supply of hyaluronic acid, also known as hyaluronan is found in most of our body's cells. The principle of the synovial fluid is to reduce friction between cartilage and joints during movement to lubricate. Intake or production by our body of hyaluronic acid rebuilds the pillow of fluid that cushions joints and reduces pain.
Inflammation is the cause of many things, but at the same time it is an important part in your body because it is trying to heal the body from injury. For example, when the joints become red looking, swollen and painful it is part of a healing process.
Best Solution Is Food
Foods that lower inflammatory situations and bring your body back into balance. Also, food is the best option to rebuild the necessary hyaluronic acid in the cells. You can eat specific foods and supplements to increase hyaluronic acid needed for lubrication of joints.
You can consume any type of root vegetable, although, be eaten as raw as possible, including carrots and sweet potatoes. Also lots of fermented foods, onions, garlic, broccoli, pineapple, spinach, olive oil, wild caught salmon. Include plenty of olive oil, as in salad dressing etc. Take one or two tablespoons of olive oil daily as is. Use coconut or macadamia oil for frying and other types of cooking. Anything that is high in omega 3, natural nutrients help to keep your joints from trying out; the right proteins act as lubricant between cartilage, joint and connective tissues.
Turmeric, known as the yellow powder, is an extraordinary powerful compound and a must for joint pain and arthritis sufferers. In fact, turmeric's antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits are so powerful in natural pain relieve, better than any pain killers, and it is safe.
Natural foods as such have the best healing power without any side effects. Most likely the reason for developing arthritis and joint problems in the first place is lack of natural nutrients. This has become more noticeable over the last few decades with increased processed and sugar laden foods.
Exercise as in maintaining joint movement and muscle strength, although, movement such as exercise be painful but is necessary.
Foods to Avoid
For example, don't be lured into choosing farmed fish instead of wild-caught fish. Avoid farmed fish of any kind. They could make joint pain worse. Farm-raised fish contain a lower amount of inflammation fighting omega 3. They also have unhealthy levels of pro-inflammatory omega 6 fatty acids. This is because farmed fish being fed unhealthy amounts of soy pellets, which increases the ratio of omega 6 which promotes chronic inflammation in the human body. On top of farmed fish being fed substantial amounts of antibiotics to control diseases caused by crowded conditions in which they are raised.
Others to avoid are sugar carbohydrates, including candies, cookies, sodas, fruit juices, sport and health drinks, any fast foods, especially deep-fried, refined wheat products, white bread, cakes, pasta etc. Refined polyunsaturated vegetable oils, corn, soy, safflower, sunflower and canola oils, avoid them all. Margarines, mayonnaise, commercial salad dressings, dips, energy bars, processed snacks, chips, crackers, microwaved popcorn, veggie burgers and any other fake soy-based food.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/9811458
Lots of research being done on this type of illness, no medical cure has been found being successful; this also includes any drug medicine. The best pharmaceutical has to offer are painkillers with unhealthy side effects which can make this situation even worse. Maybe the question here is: Why has this illness become more common and widely spread through different ages over the last few decades?
What Causes Joint Pain?
The cause of joint pain could come from any injury from the past. It could be sport related, overuse in a work place, obesity and wrong diet; these are the most common ones. Most likely you can rule out most of them. If this is the case where else can it come from? Some medical report would say it been caused from inflammation. So, what causes inflammation? The first sign of inflammation is redness and swelling of the joints, accompanied by pain. Also, inflammation is the cause of many illnesses, as well as cardiovascular disease.
Cause of Inflammation
Everyone's body reacts different to different things; therefore, inflammation can affect everyone in a unique way. A chemical reaction takes place, mainly in your blood stream where white blood cells being released into affected areas to protect from foreign things such as inflammation. This not only causes arthritis and joint pain it also triggers many other illnesses. The immune system can overact to bacteria caused from wrong food. Stress, constant emotion can also bring on inflammation.
As well, short supply of hyaluronic acid, also known as hyaluronan is found in most of our body's cells. The principle of the synovial fluid is to reduce friction between cartilage and joints during movement to lubricate. Intake or production by our body of hyaluronic acid rebuilds the pillow of fluid that cushions joints and reduces pain.
Inflammation is the cause of many things, but at the same time it is an important part in your body because it is trying to heal the body from injury. For example, when the joints become red looking, swollen and painful it is part of a healing process.
Best Solution Is Food
Foods that lower inflammatory situations and bring your body back into balance. Also, food is the best option to rebuild the necessary hyaluronic acid in the cells. You can eat specific foods and supplements to increase hyaluronic acid needed for lubrication of joints.
You can consume any type of root vegetable, although, be eaten as raw as possible, including carrots and sweet potatoes. Also lots of fermented foods, onions, garlic, broccoli, pineapple, spinach, olive oil, wild caught salmon. Include plenty of olive oil, as in salad dressing etc. Take one or two tablespoons of olive oil daily as is. Use coconut or macadamia oil for frying and other types of cooking. Anything that is high in omega 3, natural nutrients help to keep your joints from trying out; the right proteins act as lubricant between cartilage, joint and connective tissues.
Turmeric, known as the yellow powder, is an extraordinary powerful compound and a must for joint pain and arthritis sufferers. In fact, turmeric's antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits are so powerful in natural pain relieve, better than any pain killers, and it is safe.
Natural foods as such have the best healing power without any side effects. Most likely the reason for developing arthritis and joint problems in the first place is lack of natural nutrients. This has become more noticeable over the last few decades with increased processed and sugar laden foods.
Exercise as in maintaining joint movement and muscle strength, although, movement such as exercise be painful but is necessary.
Foods to Avoid
For example, don't be lured into choosing farmed fish instead of wild-caught fish. Avoid farmed fish of any kind. They could make joint pain worse. Farm-raised fish contain a lower amount of inflammation fighting omega 3. They also have unhealthy levels of pro-inflammatory omega 6 fatty acids. This is because farmed fish being fed unhealthy amounts of soy pellets, which increases the ratio of omega 6 which promotes chronic inflammation in the human body. On top of farmed fish being fed substantial amounts of antibiotics to control diseases caused by crowded conditions in which they are raised.
Others to avoid are sugar carbohydrates, including candies, cookies, sodas, fruit juices, sport and health drinks, any fast foods, especially deep-fried, refined wheat products, white bread, cakes, pasta etc. Refined polyunsaturated vegetable oils, corn, soy, safflower, sunflower and canola oils, avoid them all. Margarines, mayonnaise, commercial salad dressings, dips, energy bars, processed snacks, chips, crackers, microwaved popcorn, veggie burgers and any other fake soy-based food.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/9811458
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