There are a few foods which you should test to see if they result in a decrease in the frequency or severity of your symptoms. Generally these foods fall into categories of foods with specific properties such as high fiber, low sugar content, and/or high anti-oxidant containing foods. These can be eaten as snacks or added to your smoothies.
I will discuss several here which have helped some people. We are all individuals and hence it is important that we observe our bodies responses as those may be different among different individuals. So add one to your diet for a few days, observe how your body responds and then continue to work it into your diet if you observe some benefit. The following are suggested.
Dried Tart Cherries and Tart Cherry Juice Concentrate:
No Sugar Added – available at Rowley www.southridgefarms.com
These products have provided significant relief of the muscle and skeletal pain for my daughter, and there are some very good reasons why. They are fairly expensive, but each pound of the dried, no sugar added product represents up to 8 pounds of fresh pitted fruit, so you only need 1 or 2 ounces of the dried product each day for maximum effect.
The tart cherry contains a number of bio-active chemical components, some of which are:
- A. A chemical which has significant anti-inflammatory properties and;
- B. This fruit is one of a very few natural sources of natural melatonin;
- C. The tart cherry has a very high level of several anti-oxidants.
- D. In addition there are other chemical components that are currently being investigated for a rather broad range of health benefits.
When the Tart Cherry is dried, the fiber, organic acids, and other beneficial components are concentrated by a factor of 7 or 8 times. That concentration effect also concentrates the anti-inflammatory and melatonin effects. Try these as additions to your efforts. You may find the results will be very rewarding.