Joint Pain / Arthritis

Is your diet causing your joint pain or arthritis?

Is it possible your diet could be making it worse or damaging your joints permanently?

There are millions of people in the world who suffer from severe debilitating arthritis

Arthritis is a word which means inflammation inside the joints

So many people think "I have worked hard and worn my joints out", this is inaccurate, your joints are constantly being regenerated  and renewed with new cells and cartilage 

Joints can be improved with diet, I know of a doctor (Dr Ken Berry) who had patients waiting for surgery to have a knee/hip replacement, he asked them to try a low carb diet for 3 months before going ahead with the surgery and many of the cancelled their surgery

So what can you eat?

As the name suggests, you need to eat low carb so you need to drastically reduce your carbohydrate intake, this will then reduce inflammation in your entire body and improve the lining of your joints

The next thing is to eliminate all grains from your diet in particular wheat, rice and corn, this should  make a noticeable difference in joint pain and swelling

Then you need to stop using oils that are bad for you in particular vegetable oil and margarine, swap for good healthy oils such as lard, butter, avocado, coconut or olive oil

Liquid dairy, for example milk is also not helping your joints.  Milk protein can inflame your joints

Instead use full fat cheeses and full fat cream, stay away from low fat as it will probably be high in sugar

Nightshade vegetables should be avoided such as tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and aubergine.  

Do an experiment and stop eating them one at a time to see if you notice any difference and for some people legumes such as beans and peas can cause joint pain

Chronic inflammation which is treated with pills/steroids will stop the pain as the inflammation is being blocked however this is only treating the symptom and not the cause and you may damage other parts of the body

And if you can Stay Active

Alison