Super Foods For Seniors | Joint Soothers March 10, 2014

Hello Friends and Happy Monday

I trust you all had a wonderful weekend with an opportunity to get out and enjoy the warmer winter temps.  If you did any yard work or other activities that your body wasn’t ready for, you may need to eat a few of these Super Foods to soothe those aching joints.

 After the age of 50, four out of five adults are affected by some sort of osteoarthritis (OA) due to the wear and tear on the soft tissues in the joints.  Doctors don’t have many medical cures for arthritis, but they can prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs, painkillers as well as exercise and weight loss.  However, good nutrition is essential and probably your best bet to soothe the soreness of swollen joints.

 Super Foods for Joint Soothers

• Apricots – colorful fruits provide antioxidants and are potassium rich

• Dates – Sweet treat also rich in potassium

• Strawberries – Vitamin C to make collagen, key building block for cartilage in joints

• Papaya – Beta Cryptoxanthin, powerful antioxidant that can save your knees

• Almonds – try dry-roasted or plain almonds

• Apples – “eat an apple a day” still holds true

• Olive Oil – healthy monounsaturated fat contains oleocanthal that works the same as ibuprofen

• Cherries – folk remedy for gout is now scientifically proven they have pain-prevention powers

• Water – helps to dilute and flush uric acid from the body, lubricates and cushions the joints

• Coffee – Same as water in flushing uric acid from the body, which causes gout

• Fish – protein and unsaturated fat are critical parts of a diet to rid body of gout

• Garlic – high in selenium and other antioxidants

• Tea – skip the bottled version, drink Green, Black or Oolong tea for their pain fighting powers

• Beef – contains a polyunsaturated fatty acid called conjugated linoleic – “fat that fights fat” and cuts down on pain in the joints

• Canned Salmon – Rich in Vitamin D which as we get older our bodies loses it’s ability to convert sunlight into Vitamin D. Keep a can in your pantry during those cloudy days and short winter days.

•  Pomegranate Juice  – the extracts from this fruit can upset the development of osteoarthritis

• Wheat Germ – Vitamin E with powerful antioxidant that ease joint inflammation

• Indian Dish like curry – curcumin reduce inflammation, an active ingredient in turmeric

The most common treatment for joint pain are anti-inflammatory drugs, including aspirin and ibuprofen, but you can can also reduce inflammation through your diet.

So save yourself a little money paying high prices for drugs and instead make meals that are packed with natural joint rebuilding nutrients.  If you can, try eating more fatty fish, fruits and veggies, cook with olive oil and spices like turmeric and ginger to soothe the soreness in those achy joints.

Stay Blessed – No Stress in 2014!

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