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Soothe Back Pain with This Delicious Apple, Pomegranate, and Ginger Smoothie | Bite And Diet

Low back pain is one of the main problem of modern society and when pain becomes chronic, life really becomes difficult. We keep changing medicines, experiment with different therapies but no relief. Even if it offers some relief we cannot escape from the side effects of medicines.pain



Weight gain is most common side effect of most of the pain killers. The more you gain weight, pain increases. But do you know, besides classical and alternative methods of treating pain diet also helps a lot.

Many food items like processed and ultra-processed food items, food with added sugar, refined grains etc.…increases inflammation which may alleviate chronic pain. Apart from this deficiency of nutrients like omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins B & D and magnesium is also associated with inflammatory pain.  Other cause of chronic pain is excess weight, smoking, and stress which has a negative impact in the management of pain. That is why we often don’t get complete relief even with medicines.  

It has been found that chronic pain can be reduced by pain avoiding inflammatory food items in your diet and increasing the intake of anti – inflammatory nutrients and antioxidants. Although diet may help in reducing pain, you won’t feel different in the short-term. You need to follow the diet for at least 8-12 weeks for effective result.


Apple, pomegranate and ginger smoothie is rich in antioxidants like polyphenol which helps in reducing inflammation and pain. Here is the list of  food to eat and avoid if you have low back pain.

Food to avoid

Food to eat

 

Refined grains, including Maida and its product like bread biscuit, cakes, pastries and readymade breakfast cereals

 

 

Whole cereals and millets like Jwar, Bajra, Barley, Oats, Ragi and its product

 

Fried foods

 

Pulses and legumes like moong, channa, rajmah, peas, horse gram etc

 

 

Packed fruit juices that contains fructose, sodas and other sweetened drinks

 

Fresh colorful fruits and vegetables like apple, pomegranate, carrots, papaya, beetroot, tomato etc.

 

 

Sugar and other food items with added sugar

 

 

Probiotic food like curd

 

Red meat and processed meats

 

 

Omega 3 rich food like fatty fish, flaxseeds, walnuts etc..

Find Relief with Bite And Diet

Food can help relieve back pain, but your plan needs to be customized depending on cause of back pain and other health complications.


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