Hey guys, I’m Dr. Axe. I want to talk about all natural ways to reduce pain and inflammation in your body. I’ll tell you, there are four main ways that I’ve found over the years in my own body that I’ve noticed that hey, when I do these things I’ve noticed that my joints feel better. I’m a runner, I’m a triathlete, so oftentimes when I’m doing a lot of the running on the pavement, I can feel some pain in my joints. But when I do these things nutritionally, I can notice a difference. So if you are struggling with arthritis, or fibromyalgia, or any type of joint pain, these are things that may be able to help you. Number one thing you should consider adding in to your diet if you are trying to naturally get rid of pain are proteolytic enzymes. And enzymes like proteolytic enzymes are found in certain types of fruits and vegetables. Bromelain is found in the core of a pineapple. Bromelain naturally reduces inflammation. In fact, a recent study has proven that athletes who have injuries to their ACL or sprained ankles, when they were consuming proteolytic enzymes like bromelain, it actually reduced their recovery time by 50%.
A huge difference, especially if you’re an athlete, or have any type of injury. Proteolytic enzymes like bromelain and papain. Here’s my favorite, by far my favorite proteolytic enzyme supplements. It’s called Wobenzym. Wobenzym is incredible, you can find it on DrAxe.com, or go to any health food store, they’ll have this product as well. But again, Wobenzym has proteolytic enzymes that are great for naturally reducing inflammation. Aside from proteolytic enzymes, number two, is herbs. There are certain types of herbs that naturally reduce inflammation. Number one is turmeric.
And turmeric is one of the main ingredients in curry. And what’s in turmeric is called curcumin. It’s been shown to be a natural anti-inflammatory. So doing some turmeric daily, also ginger and boswellia are other types of anti-inflammatory herbs. But specifically, turmeric and ginger. You know, a lot of times I’ll do a shot of ginger. Ginger juice, or I’ll throw some ginger in some sort of Asian cooking dish that I’m making that day. Or just throw
smoothie. But again there are a lot of ways to get ginger. But again ginger is also a natural anti-inflammatory. So turmeric and ginger, two great ways to naturally reduce inflammation. Number three, essential fatty acids, especially omega-3 fats. If you naturally want to reduce inflammation and be pain free, get more omega-3 fats in your diet. And from a dietary standpoint, eating wild-caught salmon, and mackerel, and other fatty fish, is one of your best options.
Also getting some omega-3 fats from grass-fed beef and pasture-raised dairy is great. Along with flax seeds, chia seeds, and walnuts. So flax seeds, chia, seeds, and walnuts, along with grain-fed and grass-fed dairy and wild-caught fish, great sources of omega-3 fats that can help naturally with joint pain. And number four, getting more potassium and electrolytes into your diet. Listen to this principle, sodium brings water and nutrients into your cell, potassium flushes waste water and toxins out of your cell. Americans consume 10x too much sodium and only one-tenth of potassium. What does this do? It causes your cells to swell up and hold on to water. If you’ve ever noticed you have joint swelling and tissue swelling, well that’s because you have too much sodium and not enough potassium.
As you start to consume foods or do cleanses higher in potassium, your body can flush and get rid of even things like cellulite and the extra fluid in your joints. And what I recommend for that is doing a cleanse or drinking a beverage called SueroViv by Garden of Life or Beyond Organic. It’s called cultured whey. Cultured whey has been used for over 2000 years to speed up the healing process. People like Hippocrates actually used this as a healing beverage long, long ago. So cultured whey is high in potassium. Also coconut water and certain types of fruit. So again doing coconut water on a regular basis is good. If you want to know more about the SueroViv check out culturedwheycleanse.com. Getting more, again, potassium to flush out the excess water, speed up the healing process. Another great way to make your joints feel great. Hey, again if you have joint problems or pain whatsoever, try these four things. I know you’re going to see some great results with them.
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