| What you eat is critical for your good health. A good | | | | healthy immune system - raw (or living) foods are rich |
| arthritis diet is immeasurably important, and may totally | | | | in enzymes and other nutrients |
| cure your malady. | | | | 5. not all supplements are equal - the isolated and |
| A bad diet can cause enormous health problems. So, if | | | | sythetic ones are difficult to absorb and may cause |
| by getting arthritis, if it means you will change things in | | | | problems later - the best ones are superfoods, such |
| your life to healthier options, it was worth getting. | | | | as blue-green algae |
| Who knows what you have avoided getting. But I will | | | | It's unlikely that you will be able to change to a good |
| tell you that arthritis, an inflammation of the joints, is | | | | arthritis diet all in one go. Be kind to yourself. Start it |
| also linked to heart related problems. So get your diet | | | | one step at a time. Work out an agreeable |
| sorted out, and you may be able to avert any heart | | | | replacement, before you give a food up. For example I |
| related problems. | | | | find rice milk an unacceptable replacement. But I find |
| Lets look at some of the foods that shouldn't be in a | | | | oat milk is great. |
| good arthritis diet, but are probably in yours: | | | | If you are a big meat eater, cut down slowly. |
| | | | Bear in mind too, that medication blocks much of the |
| 1. dairy is one of the worse things you can consume if | | | | essential nutrients from being absorbed. So it is making |
| you have any inflammation anywhere | | | | things worse. Cut back as much as you can, and |
| 2. meat, or any animal protein, in consumed in much too | | | | include a whole food supplement. |
| high quantities for good health - it makes your body pH | | | | And take omega 3 as a food, rather than a |
| too acidic | | | | supplement. The one I like best is chia seeds, because |
| 3. junk, fast and processed food are denatured and | | | | it's a whole food. Other foods high in omega 3 are kiwi |
| make your body pH too acid | | | | fruit and freshly ground flax seed. |
| 4. cooking destroys many nutrients essential to a | | | | |