| The answer is YES. Painful osteoarthritis or any | | | | Mulberries |
| arthritic pain for that matter starts with chronic | | | | Raspberries |
| inflammation and swelling around the joint area. Studies | | | | Rhubarb |
| have shown that adding certain foods to your diet will | | | | Strawberries |
| help reduce the swelling, which in turn offers some pain | | | | Acerola (West Indian) cherries |
| relief. | | | | Guavas |
| Diet is a choice and sometimes the pain may be a | | | | Kumquats |
| choice based upon what you are putting in your mouth. | | | | Lemons, limes |
| Most of us seem to be seduced by food in one way | | | | Vegetables: |
| or another we know it is not good for us but we still | | | | Kale, collards, chard, turnip greens, etc. |
| eat it. For example, in one hand you are holding your | | | | Onions (also green onions and leeks) |
| favorite sugar treat (ice-cream, cookie, etc.) which | | | | Spinach |
| may cause you more chronic pain, and in the other | | | | Sweet potatoes |
| you are holding a nice fresh spinach salad that you | | | | Chilies |
| know will help reduce the pain. | | | | Garlic |
| You only get to choose one. You would think the | | | | Fish: |
| choice would be obvious, but for some reason the | | | | Salmon (wild Alaskan is best) |
| ninja in us seems spring from nowhere, snatching the | | | | Sardines |
| spinach bowl from your hand leaving you with the | | | | Striped bass |
| tasty sugar treat and the pain. | | | | Tuna, blue fin and white (canned) |
| By choosing your food more wisely you may be able | | | | Whitefish |
| to reduce some of the pain, so tell the ninja in you to | | | | Arctic char |
| back off and take your pain with him, because you are | | | | Herring |
| the new boss in town and you make the decisions | | | | Oysters |
| around hear. | | | | Rainbow trout |
| Fruits, vegetables and fish are food groups that offer | | | | By adding some of the above foods to your diet it |
| high-ranking anti-inflammatory benefits. | | | | may make your pain a little more tolerable and your life |
| Fruits: | | | | a little happier. |