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List of Healthy Food Choices

by Dr. Leo Galland

List of Healthy Food Choices

 

Taking care of yourself is not only about pills—the vitamins, supplements and medications that you take.

 

It’s also about eating right, making healthier choices for your body.

 

To get started, we made a list of healthy food choices—stuff that has been getting a lot of attention for its health benefits. Like the antioxidants in pomegranates, or the lycopene in tomatoes. And stuff that is easy to find in the supermarket, like apples and oranges, that are also noted for their nutritional value. It’s about fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds, and beverages. The list is adapted from the book The Fat Resistance Diet by Leo Galland M.D.

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January 14, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , |

An Oil Change for Arthritis

by Dr. Leo Galland

 

Here is a quick look at some nutritional approaches to rheumatoid arthritis, a severe type of inflammatory arthritis.

There are several dietary patterns that can help with arthritis:

 

    • The first is following an anti-inflammatory dietary pattern: eating food that is high in fiber (vegetables and whole grains) and high in omega 3 fats (fish, beans, walnuts) and using extra virgin olive oil as the main food oil. It’s like an oil change for arthritis. This type of diet may help many types of arthritis and many types of inflammation. One example is the diet we created for our book The Fat Resistance Diet.

 

    • The second is a vegetarian gluten-free diet: no animal foods and no foods containing gluten (wheat, rye and barley).

 

    • The third involves identifying specific foods that trigger joint pain and swelling and eliminating them. These foods cause pain by mechanisms that are either chemical or allergic.

 

January 8, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , |