Diet For a Pain-Free Life
Pain Free Recipes
Making the right choices in what we eat is a major concern for most Americans. Whether you are a vegetarian, or a meat eater who wants to eliminate meat in your diet, the following Pain-Free Recipes will help keep your joints strong and pain-free. All recipes are low in fat and calories, and high in healing nutrients. New recipes will be added weekly.
Preparing meals is a time-consuming task for any cook. For the nearly 43-million Americans with arthritis, cooking can also be painful. When joints are stiff and sore, meal preparation can be one of the most physically demanding of all household chores. Your physician, physical therapist or occupational therapist may have more suggestions as to how you can protect your joints while doing daily living tasks.
New Pain-Free Recipes By Chef Virginia
DESSERTS & SNACKS
Bright & Crunchy Veggie Dip *
Ingredients
Directions
In a medium sized bowl combine all ingredients. This dip marinates over night and is even more delicious the next day. Use your favorite vegetables to dip such as baby carrots, celery, broccoli and cauliflower
Yield: 8 servings
Hint: Consider water chestnuts for a more crunchy dip.
Ingredients
Consider a handful of grapes - try freezing them first!
Hint: Just healthy and very good for your anti-inflammatory diet.
Orange Fruit Spritzer
Ingredients
1
Directions
In a large pitcher combine all of the ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon. Prepare two small bowls; one with the sugar (spread over the bowl) and one with the lime juice. Dip each glass rim in the lime juice then the sugar to frost the edge of the glass. Fill the glasses with ice and the spritzer. Put a lime twist on rim of each glass.
Make 4 servings
Tropical Fruit Platter *
Ingredients
1 pineapple
1 mango
1 papaya
2 kiwi
2 cups of seasonal melon, cantaloupe or honeydew
Directions
Peel pineapple and slice into 1/2-inch-thick rings. Peel mango and cut off fruit from the core. Slice into long strips. Peel papaya and dice into desired bite-size pieces. Peel kiwi and slice into 1/2-inch thick rings. Using a melon ball scoop, cut the melon into round balls. Place the pineapple slices decoratively in a ring around the edge of a large platter. Then place a layer of mango on top of the pineapple, more toward the center. Continue layering the fruit until all the fruit is on the platter. Stack melon balls in the center of the fruit ring.
Yield: Serves 4
Hint: This fruit platter combines the best fruits for arthritis pain: papaya and mango are full of vitamin E and beta-carotene, and cantaloupe has a high amount of beta carotene as well.
Hint: You can purchase most fruits pre-cut in your produce section at your grocery store. By using pre-cut fruit you save the pain of the cutting motion on you wrists and time. This fruit tray takes 10-15 minutes to prepare.
Hint: Pineapple and berries are very effective on your anti-inflammatory diet. Add these fruits to salads and other recipes--be creative!
Hint: Vitamin C may prevent the progression or osteoarthritis. Try to eat five servings of fresh fruits and vegetables a day.
DIET FOR A PAIN-FREE LIFE, McIlwain, HH & Bruce, DF, Marlowe/Avalon, NY, in press, January 2007PAIN-FREE ARTHRITIS, McIlwain H, Bruce D, Henry Holt & Company, NY 2003.
*The purpose of this page and linked pages is to answer common questions for health problems as well as to present unique ideas towards taking care of your health. The ideas, procedures and suggestions are not intended as a substitute from the medical advice of a trained health professional. All matters regarding our health require medical supervision. Consult your physician before adopting the suggestions in this book, as well as about any condition that may require diagnosis or medical attention. The authors disclaim an liability arising directly or indirectly from the use of techniques described here.
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