Foods To Help With
Osteoarthritis
Foods To Help With Osteoarthritis. There are many persons
suffering the painful symptoms of Osteoarthritis (OS), which is
a joint disease. In the United States alone there are 20.7
million who live with pain and stiffness everyday.
Inflammation from the disease causes damage to the ability
of the joint to lubricate and it also causes damage to the
cartilage found in joints. Early in the disease the person may
hardly notice the symptoms, as they may be very mild.
The symptoms will range from a slight pain upon exertion and
repeated motion of the joints to feeling just a little stiff in
the morning. When the stiffness quickly subsides the symptoms
are soon forgot.
Osteoarthritis is a progressive disease, which means it
worsens over time and there is no cure for it. There are
however many foods that when consumed, they can lessen the
severity of the effects of the disease. Foods such as Cold
water fish, organically grown fruits and vegetables, nuts and
seeds, whole grains and the herb - ginger.
It is also beneficial to avoid refined products such as
items made from white flour, white rice, and white pasta. It is
also important not to eat excessive amounts of saturated fats
and foods that contain trans fats. What are Saturated fats and
Trans fats? Saturated fats in large quantities can cause high
blood cholesterol.
It can be found in foods that are made from animals as well
as plant foods. Animal foods that contain saturated fats are:
beef, beef fat, butter, cheeses, cream, lard, milk and other
dairy foods, port, and also poultry fat. Plant foods that
contain saturated fat are: cocoa butter, coconut and coconut
oil, palm kernel oil and palm oil.
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Trans fats can be naturally occurring or they can be
artificial. Trans fats are commonly found in beef and dairy
products. Artificial trans fats are found in found in food
process with hydrogen gas because it reacts with oil. Such
artificial sources of trans fats are: packaged cookies,
crackers, canned icing, potato chips, stick margarines and
popcorn made in the microwave. A big contributor of trans fats
are factory-produced hydrogenated vegetable oil. Trans fats
were used to process foods starting about 20 years ago.
Food manufacturers added trans fats to
processed foods in order to prolong the shelf life of these
foods. Trans fats can clog our arteries and contribute to the
rising rates of heart disease and obesity. They also increase
total cholesterol levels and can drop the healthy HDL
cholesterol in our blood streams.
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When choosing ground meat, make sure that
the packages are 5 - 8% lean. When buying
chicken wings, thighs, breasts and legs always
make the boneless and skinless choices.
If you must have spreadable types of cheeses
make sure you reach for the low-fat spreadable
ones and putting them on wheat crackers makes
your choice even healthier.
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Trans fats are much worse for our over-all
health than natural fats found in butter and beef. Artificial
trans fats found in processed foods like crackers can clog not
only our arteries to our heart but those in our brain as well;
which can lead to an increased risk for heart attacks and
strokes. The processed foods we consume can actually kill us.
Not only do we suffer the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis
but we can add to our discomfort by running the risk of adding
these other diseases to our bodies.
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