Foods that Fight Osteoarthritis
Unlike other forms of forms of arthritis, your risk of developing osteoarthritis is largely…
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Becky Hand
Unlike other forms of forms of arthritis, your risk of developing osteoarthritis is largely related to lifestyle factors like diet, weight, exercise, and previous injury. In fact, dietary and lifestyle changes can have a huge affect on the prevention and management of osteoarthritis. But where do you begin? There exists only preliminary research on the effects of nutrition on osteoarthritis, but these results are promising. At the same time, there are many claims about dietary supplements, foods, and other substances that have no research to back them up. This article will help you separate the facts from the fiction when it comes to fighting osteoarthritis with dietary changes. Keep in mind that nutrition is just one of the many factors affecting osteoarthritis, and you should always create a prevention or treatment plan along with your doctor's recommendations.
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CLEANSING:
Cleansing is the first step to health and wellness. Cleansing re-balances the body and prepares it for proper food absorption. Our bodies will not get the maximum benefits from our foods unless they are properly digested and absorbed.
Elizabeth J Hall
Do you wake up on an installment plan? Do you really not surface until you have another coffee break? Are you out-of-sorts? Downright grumpy? You can improve your mood by changing the foods you eat. How?
Sean Carney
A study from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) finds that American waistlines are still involved in a rapidly expanding movement, not caused by too much exercise, or not enough calories. What is the problem? General wisdom says that we are eating too much and not exercising enough. That analysis is not entirely accurate.
Robert Cohen
In 2014, the average American soda drinker will consume 44.5 gallons of carbonated beverages. Twenty percent of those sodas will be artificially sweetened, so that the average American will consume 35.5 gallons of high fructose/sugar-sweetened soda.
Agatha Thrash, MD
Refined Foods
Heart and blood vessel disease, such as angina and hypertension, and metabolic disorders such as diabetes and hypoglycemia, and many other ailments are recognized as sedentary lifestyle diseases in those who consume a rich and unwholesome diet. The diet in technologically advanced countries has an average fat content of 30-50% of the calories consumed. It is also very high in refined carbohydrates. An especially damaging food combination is refined fats and refined sugars. Investigators have found that in poorer countries where the people eat 20% or less of total calories in fat, where the diet consists mainly of unrefined carbohydrates such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables, these diseases are almost never found. The more fat and refined carbohydrates eaten, the more degenerative disease found.
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The body is fueled primarily by glucose-a simple sugar. In people with diabetes glucose cannot enter the cells as needed. In type 1 diabetes this is due to a lack of insulin, the hormone that allows sugar into cells. With type 2 diabetes, the problem isn't due to a lack of insulin, there is plenty but because of a resistance to it. Signs of diabetes are fatigue, thirst, and blurred vision.
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