Top five diet tips to help ease Arthritis.

To mark National Arthritis Week this year (7-13th of October)

 

Arthritis is a debilitating condition that causes pain and disability for one in six people in the UK. It causes pain and stiffness in the joints and muscles, stopping you from doing simple things many take for granted – walking, moving, lifting and standing.

The most important link between your diet and arthritis is your weight. Being overweight puts an extra burden on the joints, especially weight-bearing joints – the back, knees, hips, feet and ankles.

Weight loss

If you’re overweight, losing some weight will reduce the strain on your joints so you may find you don’t need to take painkillers quite so often. The only way to lose weight and keep it off is to change the way you eat and the amount of exercise you do. You need to balance your food intake against the energy you burn

Cut down on fat

Cut down on sugar

Eat more fruit and vegetables

Exercise regularly

 

Calcium

• Dairy products such as milk, cheese, yogurt (low-fat ones are best – skimmed and semi-skimmed milk contains more calcium than full-fat milk)
• Calcium-enriched varieties of milks made from soya, rice or oats.
• Fish that are eaten with the bones (such as sardines)

Iron

• Red meat
• Oily fish e.g. sardines, salmon, mackerel etc
• Pulses e.g. lentils and haricot beans
• Dark green vegetables e.g. spinach, kale and watercress.

Omega 3

• Anchovies
• Eel
• Salmon
• Sardines
• Tuna (fresh)
• Trout
• Mackerel
• Herring
• Whitebait

Broccoli

 

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To read the full article click on the link to the BBC Good Food Website.