Explores the relationship between diet and arthritis. Demonstrates how diet can reduce pain, swelling, and stiffness. Presents methods for changing eating and cooking habits. Contains over 100 original, low-fat recipes with nutritional analysis and diabetic exhanges provided.Demonstrates how diet can reduce pain, swelling, and stiffness and presents methods for changing eating and cooking habits along with over 100 low-fat recipes with nutritional analysis and diabetic exhanges provided.
Take Control of How You Cook & What You EatRecent medical studies demonstate that careful attention to a healthy diet can result in significant improvement in the pain, swelling and stiffness that accompanies arthritis. Arthritis can affect nutritional status. Morning stiffness may decrease appetite in the morning. joint problems can interfere with the ability to shop, prepare and eat foods, and arthritis in the jaw can affect chewing ability. Many of the drugs used to treat arthritis may cause nausea or diarrhea and have effects on nutrient absorption, metabolism and bowel movements.
The Essential Arthritis Cookbook is easy and practical to use. It shows you: -How to make cooking more relaxing. -The Secrets for outsmarting energy-robbers. -How & what Arthritis Medications affect your diet -What habits and kitchen tools pamper & protect your joints. -What to do if you're not eating adequately. -Where to go for adaptive equipment & kitchen tools (800 numbers & addresses) -How to get a balanced meal using convenience foods. -And best of all, Over 120 Low-fat, High Nutrition Recipes that save time and energy! Each with nutrient analysis, diabetic exchanges and mini/rest breaks.