Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Food for Cure .... edition 1.

We eat when we're hungry, we eat to celebrate, we eat to drown our sorrows ...... but, food can be accredited with healing powers. Depending on one's level of well being there are foods that can reduce the pain or aggravate it !

I'm going to try,(to the best of my abilities and knowledge) and share the power of certain foods :

1.Migrane sufferer !!?
Avoid : eating cheese and stir clear of Vanilla fragrances.
Helpful : before popping a pill try subsiding the pain by inhaling steam infused with peppermint or eating an/a few jalapeno peppers.

2. Arthritis (Rheumatoid/Osteo)
Avoid :
-milk and milk products, if you must then the safest is hard cheese. Yoghurt is a complete NO NO !
- heavy (gassy) lentils : red kidney beans, chick peas.
- red meat.
- refined flour, it's bad for you anyway, so it's a good reason to stop.
Helpful foods:
- fish 2-3 times a week or try fish oil or fish oil tablets, its often difficult to find a fish oil tablet that agrees with you.
- egg's .... 1 per day
- add cayenne pepper to main meals while cooked, they are known to be attributed with anti-inflammatory qualities. 1/16 th of a teaspoon is good to start with if you're not fond of chillies and move it up to 1/8th of a teaspoon over time.
3. Persistent stomach troubles:
re-occurring stomach troubles are annoying & restrictive but more importantly can be dangerous to your health.
Avoid:
- stomach troubles are more than often related to intolerances, gluten & milk being the most common. discontinue all gluten & milk products for 3 weeks and re-introduce then one at a time to effectively judge your body's reaction to these.
- eating heavy (high carb) dinner & eating within 2 hours of sleeping at night
- fried foods
Helpful foods:
- Pro-biotic tablets, they're good to ease regurgitation & bloating
- Fresh leafy green vegetables
- Fruit (not to be eaten alongside a main meal) - snack on fruits or isolate them as a small meal to be eaten between meals.

Look out for the next edition ....... be kind to yourself :)

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