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Broccoli Builds Bone

Chomp on broccoli for arthritis relief! Its massive dose of vitamin K is a blessing for sore joints. That little known vitamin slows joint deterioration and is suspected to be crucial for rebuilding bone and cartilage. Broccoli also has a decent dose of dietary calcium, which helps prevent bone spurs. 1. Vitamin K prevents and slows osteoarthritis. Broccoli and other cruciferous veggies are stunning sources of vitamin K, ...

Not Just for Holidays: Winter Squash Beats Arthrit...

Don’t wait for a special occasion to enjoy the healing powers of pumpkin and winter squash. They may brighten up the holiday table, but they are also everyday arthritis healing superfoods with an array of benefits, from fighting inflammation to rebuilding cartilage. 1. Squash stops arthritis where it starts. Squash and pumpkins are loaded with carotenoids, potent antioxidants which neutralize one of the underlying...

Not All Yogurts Are Created Equal

We all know yogurt is great for digestion, but it is also a potent inflammation-fighter. This makes yogurt an important part of the Arthritis Healing Diet. But choose your yogurt carefully: heavily-sweetened yogurts spiked with artificial gunk won’t help your arthritis. 1. Yogurt’s super bugs tame inflammation. Researchers have discovered that yogurt’s beneficial bacteria snuff out different kinds of...

Spinach Tackles Inflammation

Emerald green spinach cools them achin’ joints. It’s loaded with one of the essential omega-3 fatty acids which are potent anti-inflammatory. And it offers calcium and copper for building strong bones. Popeye was right: eat your spinach! 1. Omega-3s in spinach stamp out inflammation. While the richest source of joint-protective omega-3s are found in cold-water fish, plant sources of omega-3s have a unique type...

Pineapple: A Sweet Pain Reliever

Come to the tropics for effective pain relief! Pineapple is loaded with joint-protecting vitamin C, making pineapple a superior arthritis-healing superfood. The manganese in this sweet treat strengthens bones and protects joints, while the bromelain tackles inflammation. 1. Pineapple’s C protects your joints. Higher intake levels of the antioxidant vitamin C is essential for people with arthritis–and one cup of...

How to Magnify Olive Oil’s Healing Power

This versatile Mediterranean staple has the healing power of pain medications without the side effects, and is able to lower inflammation and reduce arthritis pain at the easy rate of about a spoonful or so a day. And if you pour that olive oil on other healing superfoods, you’ll get more bang for your buck than if you eat the foods separately. 1. Cool the pain in your joints. Olive oil is an especially beneficial...

Flaxseed: Inflammation’s Foe

In addition to omega-3s, flaxseed delivers significant amounts of protective soluble fiber, another influential inflammation-fighter. Two daily tablespoons of ground flax contains the equivalent amount of fiber you’d get from more than a cup of cooked oatmeal. 1. Flaxseed fiber fights joint inflammation. You probably know that fiber has a constellation of health benefits, but in addition to its starring role in keeping...

Berries Are Nature’s Pain Pills

Cherries and berries are sweet treats for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). These juicy fruits are nature’s richest sources of anthocyanins, a group of antioxidant flavonoids with exceptional anti-inflammatory properties. Anthocyanins serve as the cleanup crew for free radical molecules, released during oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol, which initiate and aggravate inflammation and...

Nibble Brazil Nuts to Protect Joints

It may sound a little nutty, but snacking on a Brazil nut every day is good for your arthritis. That’s because this chunky nut contains more of the trace mineral selenium, a powerful joint-healing antioxidant, than any other food. 1. Low selenium means more arthritis. Scientists studying people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) have discovered that low selenium blood levels results in damage to the...

Tiny Flaxseeds Offer Big Arthritis Benefits

Flaxseeds may be tiny, but their arthritis-healing properties are huge owing to their rich supply of alpha-linoleic acid (ALA), one of the omega-3 fatty acids that also make cold-water fish such a powerful joint protector. Flaxseed, in fact, is the very best plant source of healing omega-3s. Just two daily tablespoons of ground flaxseed, or ground flax meal, provides you with 140% of the daily recommendation for omega-3s. 1....

Arthritis Super Soup

Glucosamine-chondroitin is the top-selling nutritional supplement on the market today. The reason is simple: It halts the pain and discomfort of arthritis that makes life miserable for more than 40 million arthritis suffering Americans. And medical studies prove it works. In 2006, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conducted the largest study ever on glucosamine-chondroitin and found that the majority of study subjects...

Olive Oil “Lubes” Your Aching Joints

Olive oil is one of the most healing substances you can put in your body–especially if you have rheumatoid (RA) or osteoarthritis (OA), thanks to its powerful inflammation-fighting compounds. 1. A top Arthritis Healing Superfood. Olive oil is a mainstay of The Arthritis Healing Diet due to its rich supply of polyphenols, powerful antioxidants also found in green tea and red wine which block the oxidative damage that...

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