Click here to visit the new home of that's fit!

Hot on HuffPost Healthy Living:

AOL.com
MAIL

En Español

That's Fit

Send Feedback

Got aches and pains? Your diet may be to blame

Posted on Apr 24th 2007 6:24PM by Martha Edwards

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Nutrition & Supplements

You know that phrase you are what you eat? There's a lot of truth to it. Diet can have a bigger impact on your life and body than you think. To prove my point, I found this article from eDiets which suggests that the aches, pains and inflammation that are considered part of entering middle age can be worsened by an unhealthy diet containing lots of refined sugar, process white flours, dairy, unhealthy fats and much more. To help with the aches? Choose things like tea, fish, healthy fats, vegetables, water and spices.

What's your experience with pain and food?

Source

1 Comment

Tags: aches, dairy, fats, imflammation, omega 3, Omega3, pains, processed, refined, sugar, veggies, white, whole grain, WholeGrain

Around the Web

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Sara 4-24-2007 @ 11:27PM

Excellent post, Martha. There is evidence to suggest that arthritis may be due to a lack of certain nutrients. In general, the stress from the modern American diet (free radicals, inflammatory fats, sugars, etc.) causes significant damage to our health - obesity, diabetes, depression. Yet our medical establishment can't seem (or is unwilling) to put two and two together. I always like to recommend Mark's view at the controversial but spot-on health blog http://www.marksdailyapple.com. He has been railing against sugar and grains for some time and it is finally getting some attention. Another great blog is http://www.healthbolt.net (just got a facelift!). Good luck to everyone in pursuit of great health!