Maintain your brain! The YOU 101 focus for May is how to maintain and improve your brain health. Keep your eyes open for great tips via our blog, YOU 101 Facebook page (www.facebook.com/you101) and Twitter page (www.twitter.com/you101tips).
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When you suffer from arthritis, managing pain can become a daily struggle. Luckily, Mother Nature has supplied some relief of her own that is easy-to-take, nutritious, and delicious. Just by altering your diet in a few simple ways, you can begin to change the way your body reacts and help to reduce pain in a natural way.
Getting Started
The first step along the path to eating for pain relief is to eliminate pain-inflicting foods from your diet. Don’t think you can cut them out entirely? Start by cutting back. Once you feel the difference, it may be easy to eliminate these foods altogether.
Tomatoes: The acid-producing skin and seed in tomatoes can make arthritis pain worse. Can’t live without these summer fruits? Try eating just the flesh and discarding the skin and seeds.
White flour: When you digest white flour, it breaks down into sugar that can aggravate arthritis pain. Many processed foods like pasta, pastries, and breads contain white flour. Read labels closely and choose whole grains instead.
Corn, soybean, sunflower, and safflower oils: These oils are high in Omega-6 fatty acids which increase inflammation and the pain that accompanies it. Check our list below for oils that help alleviate arthritis pain.
Dig In
Now that you know what to avoid, let’s talk about a few delicious foods that you can pile on your plate without worrying about aggravating your arthritis pain.
Oily fish: Oily fish like salmon and sardines contain Omega-3fatty acids. Over time, consuming Omega-3s can help reduce overall pain for arthritis sufferers. Don’t like fish? Take a fish oil supplement or try eating fl ax seed oil which is also high inOmega-3s.
Anti-oxidant foods: Fresh vegetables and fruits like broccoli, cabbage, avocado, and berries contain vitamins C and E which can help lower your risk of developing arthritis.
Onion and leeks: These vegetables contain quercetin, a substance which inhibits the inflammatory chemicals in your body and helps reduce inflammatory pain. Kale and apples are also good options.
Red grapes, mulberries: The skin of these fruits contains resveratrol, a substance that works like aspirin to reduce pain without affecting the lining of your stomach.
It’s a joint effort! The YOU 101 focus for April is bone & joint care. Keep your eyes open for great tips via Facebook and Twitter (http://twitter.com/you101tips).
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Don’t let chronic pain control your life! The YOU 101 focus for March is pain management. Keep your eyes open for great tips on our blog and via Facebook (www.facebook.com/you101) and Twitter(www.twitter.com/you101tips).
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It’s Week 1 of your heart-healthy challenge! Did you know that in order to burn off 1 glazed doughnut, you would need to run 2.5 miles or walk briskly for 4 miles? Are you being mindful of what you’re putting in your body? Are you getting enough activity to counter those sweets and calories? Your challenge: Make it a point to pass on the sugary treats this week. You’d be amazed at how much the average person consumes in a year. So try it out, just one week. And remember, we’re here to support you–check in and let us know how you’re doing, ask questions, etc. You can do it!
~Matt Nipper, Exercise Physiologist, PeaceHealth Southwest Heart & Vascular Center Cardiology
Have a heart-to-heart! Join Matt Nipper, PeaceHealth Southwest Heart & Vascular Center Exercise Physiologist, on our Facebook page for some great one-on-one interaction. He’ll present a weekly tip or challenge to help motivate you to get heart-healthy. Post your progress, thoughts, or questions and Matt will respond to you personally. He’ll be posting his first tip/challenge soon!
Take your health to heart! February is American Heart Awareness Month and the YOU 101 focus is heart care. Keep your eyes open for great tips!
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Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! January’s YOU 101 focus will be about getting a healthy start in 2012! It’s the time of year of new beginnings and making changes. What is your healthy new year’s resolution? Share with us and be entered to win a $50 iTunes gift card. Simply ‘like’ our YOU 101 Facebook page by visiting www.facebook.com/you101 and post your plan (and we want details!) on how to become a healthier you in 2012. Feel free to upload photos or video. One entry per person, one winner will be chosen. Contest ends January 31, 2012.
Play an active role in your health! November is American Diabetes Month and our YOU 101 focus is how-to prevent or manage diabetes. Keep your eyes open for great tips!
For more helpful, healthy tips on how-to improve you, follow our PeaceHealth Southwest-sponsored YOU 101 Facebook page http://facebook.com/you101 and Twitter page http://twitter.com/you101tips.
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No one knows you better than you! October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and our YOU 101 focus is breast care. Keep your eyes open for great tips!
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