The Effective Sweet Treat that Relieves Arthritis Painby Jim Healthy

Did you know that there are certain kinds of foods that actually help reduce or even stop arthritis pain?

These “superfoods” are usually easy to find and inexpensive.

Of all the foods that help fight against arthritis — delicious, sweet pineapple comes up close to the top of the list.

The Sweet Pain Reliever

For generations, people around the world have used fresh pineapple to ease their arthritis inflammation.
Loaded with joint-protecting vitamin C, pineapple is undoubtedly a superior arthritis-healing food.
Its anti-inflammatory ingredient — bromelain — is so potent that many boxers drink the juice after fights to heal their bruises.

A 1960 study compared boxers who took bromelain with those receiving a placebo.

In just four days, an amazing 78% of those taking bromelain were inflammation-free, while only 14% of the control group had recovered.

Other than bromelain, pineapple also contains manganese, which strengthens bones and protects joints.

Here are 5 reasons you should be indulging in this delicious fruit if you struggle with joint pain and arthritis:

  Reason #1: Joint Protection

Higher intake levels of the antioxidant vitamin C is essential for people with arthritis…

And just one cup of pineapple has a whopping 94% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA)!
Research published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases showed that vitamin C-rich foods protect against inflammatory polyarthritis, a type of rheumatoid arthritis in which two or more joints are affected.
If you have osteoarthritis, you may be concerned by warnings that you should not increase your vitamin C intake. But know that those warnings are based on a 2004 study on guinea pigs!

Studies on humans show vitamin C actually reduces pain, cartilage loss and disease progression.

  Reason #2: Healthier Joint Tissue

Pineapple is a great source of the trace mineral manganese.

Manganese is absolutely essential for building healthy joint tissue and dense bones. One cup of pineapple provides 128% of the RDA for manganese.

Research shows that manganese tackles free radicals that can damage joint cartilage.

Tip: It’s best to eat your pineapple raw. Fruit skewers alternating fresh pineapple chunks with strawberries is a great way to do that. Grilled and cooked pineapple is extraordinarily tasty too.

Reason #3: Smoother Joint Movement

Pineapple’s enzymes literally clean up “rusty” joints. When you eat pineapple on an empty stomach, the enzymes go right to work on your joints.
Tip: If you eat pineapple with other foods, the enzymes divert their activity to digesting the rest of your meal instead of the gunk in your joints.
So keep pineapple around for between-meal snacks. Juice the hard inner core as well to take advantage of the concentrated bromelain located there.

Reason #4: Pain Relief

For optimal arthritis pain-relief, eat fresh pineapple.

The bromelain in pineapple is destroyed by heat, so fresh pineapple will give you the most benefit.
Frozen pineapple retains active enzymes, but canned fruit and commercially processed juice don’t provide the anti-inflammatory benefit of fresh fruit.

It’s important to note bromelain causes anti-clotting activity…

So you should consult with your physician before combining pineapple with blood-thinning medications such as warfarin (Coumadin), heparin, or aspirin.

Tip: If the fruit needs to ripen, keep it on your kitchen counter for a couple days. You’ll know it’s sweet and ready to eat when the bottom softens a bit.

Reason #5: Protection from Inflammation

Pineapple’s bromelain halts inflammation.

The sulfur-based enzyme bromelain in fresh pineapple is one of the best-researched natural anti-inflammatory agents around.

Bromelain clobbers inflammatory agents that trigger joint pain and cartilage degeneration.
A 2006 study cited in Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology found that supplemental bromelain is effective in easing discomfort from hip arthritis.

The Arthritis Foundation stated that pineapple’s bromelain produces effects comparable to NSAIDs for relieving pain and inflammation.

UK researchers reviewed ten studies on osteoarthritis and bromelain. They found that every single one confirmed bromelain’s benefits.

Tip: Most of the bromelain in pineapples is found in the core and the stem. So don’t throw away that tough, fibrous core!

Just chop it up, throw it in a blender with some water and pulse to convert it to juice.
If you’d like to discover more “superfoods” that can halt your arthritis…

And also drastically reduce your chances of being afflicted by cancer, heart disease, diabetes…

Check out my Arthritis Interrupted e-book. It provides you with real and immediate ways to start improving your health and healing your arthritis…

For a pain-free life!

About the Author:

Jim Healthy is a noted health reporter, author and the co-author of The Healthy Body Book and Arthritis Interrupted, with Stephen Sinatra, MD.

During his 35-year writing career, Jim has helped break the news about the biggest healing discoveries of the past 30 years, including glucosamine-chondroitin, fish oil, omega-3 foods, and olive oil, as well as the inflammatory effects of eating refined carbs and processed food products.

Which of your loved ones deserve to live without debilitating joint pain from arthritis?

人生五不：生活本来就不需要太累

心理引言：给的愈少，孩子愈贤；给的太多，就不贤；什么都给的家庭，孩子铁定什么都不会，只会茶来张口，钱来伸手，徒增其苦   ——心灵咖啡网

 

人生有五不：不等、不管、不看、不做、不给 

年过半百，不经意的撞见几出人生荒谬剧，凭添恐慌。原来人生比想象的还要来去匆匆，早年一起坐在繁星点点夜空下，谈佛论禅，激辩老庄，溺在康德、海德格尔与尼采之间的友人，慢慢有人离开，尘归尘、土归土了。

 告别式来得突然，老友们不禁唏嘘，往年都是在婚宴上巧遇的，而今改成公祭，多出几分酸楚。

读书的意义从他身上看出吊诡，他因为学业成绩优异，抢得一项忙碌的工作；因为忙碌，而日以继夜，最后榨干自己。他是卖力之人，得了不少钱，却从未好好享用，临走前的一个月，一直长吁短叹，直称不值。

我因他，而添得了许多感触，有了觉醒。

一 . 我不等
 

朋友什么都等：等退休、等一千万存款、等孩子长大、等房贷缴清……最后等到了告别式。

他有感而发告诉我们这群探病友人，人都会走，可是他走得有些遗憾，有点不甘，非常后悔，除了工作之外，他什么事也没做过。

离开医院，所有人眼眶泛红，并且许愿，绝对不等，一定好好活着，享受生活，但盼这些允诺全是真话。

二 . 我不管
 

友人什么都管：他管成绩、管分数、管第几名、管英文、也管数学……

这当然是累人的，他常说，没有他怎么办？

事实上，这个世界没有谁都照旧，地球照转，别人照活，太阳月亮依旧浮浮沉沉。

不管孩子就好多了，我只要管好自己就行。我管健康，我管快乐，我管自己的游山玩水。

人是从依赖到独立，我们却常把孩子从独立教成依赖。当孩子需要我们的时候，我们忙得不可开交，经常不在，让孩子留在安亲班；当我们需要孩子的时候，换成他们很忙，没空，不在，我们顺理成章住进养老院。

三 . 我不看

两眼看，不如单眼瞧，睁一只眼闭一只眼好些，什么事都太精明，反而自找苦吃。

孩子只是孩子，不可能什么都会，可是大人总希望他们快快长大，什么都懂。这是冲突，没有解药，唯有少看为妙，孩子有自己的成长轨迹，而非揠苗助长。

不会到会是必然历程，学习中挫折很多，但从中吸取经验，于是会了。可是一般人却奢望孩子要武功高强，什么都会，后来发现，除了读书考试，这些人什么都不会。不看，并非什么都不看，而是看该看的；不该看的、看不见的，就不必一直想看了。

四 . 我不做

我不做对孩子无意义的事，但做有意义的事；做不来的不做，做起来很辛苦的也不做，做了之后会后悔的当然不做。

我打羽毛球深知其味，救不到的球不救，救到了会扭伤脚的不救……人老了，必须服老，不服老就惨了；而今我更明白，什么是适可而止，量力而为，来日方长了。

五 . 我不给

给不起的，不给；不必给的，也不给。

需要的，我给；想要的，不给。

柴米油盐，给；房子、 车 子、名牌、好的手机……，不给。

给的愈少，孩子愈贤；给的太多，就不贤；什么都给的家庭，孩子铁定什么都不会，只会茶来张口，钱来伸手，徒增其苦。

（作者：游干桂）

The Easiest Way To Live LongerBy Lisa Collier Cool

 

Did you know that every minute you walk can extend your life by 1.5 to 2 minutes? In addition, many studies show that people who walk regularly live longer, weigh less, have lower blood pressure, and enjoy better overall health than non-walkers.

Ready to lace on your shoes? If you want to add to the amount of walking you do, just clip on a pedometer. That simple action actually increases your physical activity by over 2100 steps per day, a review that pooled data from 26 studies found.

Here’s a look at ten benefits of walking.

1. Walking Increases Your Lifespan.

Walking more than an hour a day improves life expectancy significantly, a 2011 study showed. The researchers looked at 27,738 participants between the ages of 40 and 79 over a 13-year period. Surprisingly, their lifetime medical costs did not increase—even though they lived longer.

“An increase in walking time at the population level would bring about a tremendous change in people’s health and medical cost,” the study authors wrote.

2. Walking Wards Off Diabetes.

Just thirty minutes of walking a day can prevent diseases such as type 2 diabetes, a 2002 study looking at both overweight and average weight men and women in a population at high risk for the disease showed.

If you already have diabetes, walking is helpful for you, too. A mile or more daily cuts your risk of death from all causes in half, according to a 2007 study.

3. Walking Keeps Your Mind Sharp.

Walking 72 blocks a week (around six to nine miles) helps increase grey matter, which in turn lowers the risk of suffering from cognitive impairment—or trouble with concentration, memory and thought, according to a study which looked at 299 seniors over a nine-year period.

Furthermore, walking five miles per week can provide some protection to the memory and learning areas of the brains of those already suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment, and lead to a slower decline in memory loss.

4. Walking Helps Lower Blood Pressure.

Walking just 30 minutes a day, three to five days a week—even when the 30 minutes are broken into three ten-minute increments—has been found to significantly lower blood pressure.

5. Walking is Great for Bone Health.

Putting one foot in front of the other for about a mile a day led to improved bone density in post-menopausal women, and slowed the rate of bone loss from the legs, according to a 1994 study. “It takes walkers four to seven years longer to reach the point of very low bone density, study leader Dr. Krall told the New York Times.

6. Walking Cuts the Risk of Stroke.

Walking about 12.5 miles a week or more cut the risk of stroke in half, according to a study looking at over 11,000 Harvard University alumni with an average age of 58.

7. Walking Improves Your Mood.

If you’re feeling down in the dumps, walking is a quick and easy solution. Just thirty minutes on a treadmill reduces feelings of tension and depression, according to research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. In fact, the study found that walking lifted moods more quickly than anti-depressants did (and with fewer side effects).

And the more people walk, the better their mood and energy, says California State University Long Beach professor Robert Thayer, based on a study looking at 37 study participants over a 20-day period.

8. Walking Torches Calories.

Just 20 minutes of walking a day will burn 7 pounds a year. The effects are even more dramatic when you add in some dietary changes as well.

9. Walking Improves Insomnia.

Having trouble sleeping at night? Try taking a brisk 45-minute walk in the morning five days a week, and your sleep may improve significantly, according to research from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, which looked at women from the age of 50-74. (Walking in the evening, however, sometimes has the opposite effect—so keep an eye on when you’re exercising and what your sleep patterns are.)

10. Walking is Good for the Heart.

Women who took brisk walks for three or more hours per week reduced their risk of heart disease by 30-40 percent, according to an analysis of over 72,000 women aged 40-65, who were enrolled in the prospective Nurses’ Health Study. As I reported recently, heart attacks kill more US women than men annually. However, the benefits of walking aren’t limited to one gender. A different study showed that walking can cut the risk of coronary heart disease in half for men between the ages of 71 and 93.

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