Can diet assist handle power ache? In this episode of On Nutrition from Mayo Clinic, registered dietitian Tara Schmidt talks with Maja Mazur and Chelsey Hoffmann, PA, RD, in regards to the connection between meals, irritation, intestine well being, weight, and power ache.
Learn how consuming patterns could have an effect on ache flare-ups, the gut-brain connection, psychological well being, and irritation. The specialists additionally break down frequent meals myths about gluten, dairy, bananas, alcohol, pink meat, sugar, and ultra-processed meals.
This episode additionally explores dietary supplements for power ache, together with omega-3s, vitamin D, magnesium, collagen, glucosamine chondroitin, acetyl-L-carnitine, and alpha-lipoic acid—and how one can consider whether or not they’re really serving to.
In this episode, you’ll be taught:
• How power ache is outlined
• The hyperlink between irritation and ache
• How diet impacts the nervous system
• Foods that will worsen irritation
• Anti-inflammatory meals to give attention to
• Budget-friendly methods to eat nicely
• Supplements that will help ache administration
• How to keep away from over-restricting your food plan
Nutrition is one a part of a whole-person method to power ache. Talk together with your healthcare crew earlier than making main food plan or complement modifications.
Listen to extra On Nutrition episodes and discover further sources at https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/podcasts/on-nutrition/
0:00 Managing Chronic Pain With Nutrition
1:01 Maja Mazur’s Chronic Pain Story
3:16 Nutrition Counseling for Pain Management
4:13 Defining Chronic Pain Types
5:08 Inflammation and Chronic Pain Conditions
5:50 Weight, Obesity, and Pain
6:34 Nutrition, Inflammation, and Nervous System
8:42 The Gut-Brain Pain Connection
10:29 Mental Health and Pain Management
13:16 Building a Nutrition Pyramid
14:41 Chronic Pain, Nutrition, and CBT
15:34 Health or Hype: Food Myths
17:47 Alcohol, Fish, and Ginger
20:31 Red Meat and Inflammation
23:15 Sugar and Ultra-Processed Foods
25:17 Anti-Inflammatory Foods on a Budget
28:39 Finding Personal Food Triggers
31:18 Supplements for Chronic Pain
34:17 Choosing Quality Supplements
36:18 Testing Whether Supplements Help
37:29 Avoiding Obsession With Tracking
39:07 Managing Pain, Not Letting It Manage You
41:49 Final Takeaways on Pain Supplements
