Foods That Heal the Body

In The Energy Times, an article called "Eating to Heal" by Linda Melone explains what happens to the body when it gets injured and how certain foods help heal the body.

For example, problems with the knee, hamstring, or back are also affected by the food the person eats. Conversely, there are foods you can eat to help the knee heal and perform better.

Those dull knees, hamstring, and back aches feel strained from working out. Eating certain kinds of food helps the muscles relax, and the dull aches disappear.

Other successful treatments like massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, or physical therapy help, but the body benefits and heals faster from certain foods in the diet.

Melone explains that it takes only minutes after an injury for your body to react to the discomfort and pain. An injury alerts your body's immune system to send white blood cells to the damaged area. The white blood cells heal the damaged area, and eating the right food helps the white blood cells heal the area.

Read on to find out which foods are best for healing the body.

Mary Shackelton, MPH, ND, a naturopathic physician in Boulder, Colorado, explains that the resulting inflammation and swelling in an injury is a natural part of the healing process. Excessive inflammation may impair healing and cause unnecessary pain.

Light workouts can continue with pain in the knee and hamstring, provided they are not swollen or excessively inflamed. It is necessary not to overdo it. Start eating food that heals your body so your injury is positively affected.

There are nutrients in food that effectively act as anti-inflammatories. Bromelain is one of them. Bromelain is an enzyme found in the fruit, especially in the pineapple stem. Eating fresh pineapple helps reduce swelling, bruising, and pain.

Certain foods naturally heal your body. You should check with a nutritional practitioner when designing an injury-recovery supplementation plan. Why not go natural and eat foods that heal and avoid prescriptions? If you are taking medications or remedies, you need to consult an authority.

I am telling you about natural healing for your welfare. But if you decide to use painkillers or other drugs, that is your choice.

If you are taking medications or remedies, you need to consult with an authority. Bromelain, for example, enhances the absorption of antibiotics and both prescription and herbal sedatives. Why not go natural and eat foods that heal and avoid drugs altogether?

Salmon is the most delicious anti-inflammatory food and contains omega-3 fatty acids. It is healthy for your body, even if you are not injured.

The omega-3 fatty acids in fish contain much fat, like salmon, tuna, and mackerel. You can even find them in dark leafy greens, flax seeds, and some vegetabls. Shvegetablesrecommends 1,000 mg of EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and 500 mg of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) to help correctly heal the injury.

Getting bruises, aches, and other injuries is a painful experience, and an enzyme that reduces bruising and pain is something to notice.

Bromelain is a supplemental supplement that can be purchased over the counter. It functions as a digestive aid, so if you take it on an empty stomach, it won't hurt your stomach. The supplement also works as an anti-inflammatory. Shackelton recommends taking 500 milligrams four times a day.

I eat pineapple and take omega-3-enriched foods when I have an injury. I also take a bromelain supplement called NOW Supplements. I notice my body feeling better when I start chewing on the supplements.

People who eat pineapple before and after surgery help to heal the body faster. More than a hundred years ago, healers used pineapple for dressings to treat deep wounds and encouraged their patients to drink pineapple—even skin injuries healed in the same way.

Today, researchers investigated the success of using pineapple's enzyme for medical purposes. Sure enough, the bromeliad reduced swelling, pain, bruising, and inflammation after surgery. The fruit even relieves pain and discomfort from cancer treatments.

Now that I've explained how certain foods heal the body, try them and see how they help heal your bruises, aches, or pains.