Osteoarthritis is becoming most common disease not only limited to old people but it is rapidly increasing among young and middle age people. Osteoarthritis is a form of Arthritis which occurs due to wear and tear of cartilage of joints. Commonly it affects the knee joint, but other joints can also be affected. Common symptoms of it are pain and stiffness in the joint, which limits ability of the joint. Lifestyle changes can limit or delay osteoarthritis changes. One should focus on natural cure for Osteoarthritis rather being dependent only on medicines. Natural cure for Osteoarthritis are weight loss, exercise and balanced, controlled diet. Regular diet should consist of grains, pulses, green vegetables, fruits, milk and oil. Divide your diet into two parts. First half should consist of rice, Chappati, potato, protein rich food like milk, yogurt, cheese, fish, chicken or pulses. Other half of diet should consist of green vegetables and fruits.
DIET FOR OSTEROARTHRITIS
- Eat various color fruits
- Use less oil and ghee in food.
- Control your weight. Weight gain leads to increased pressure over back, hips, knee, ankle and legs.due to arthritis these joints are weak already, increased weight put more pressure on these joints and increase the damage. Weight loss also gives relive to pain.
- Don’t lose weight by dieting, rather try to take a healthy balanced diet.
- Eat more boiled, grilled or baked food.
- For non vegetarian people Fish is good for health.
- Consume fruits and vegetable in large amount.
- Fruits like apple, orange, grapes, Jambolan are rich in vitamins and anti oxidants and should be added to diet. While mango, Chickoo etc should be restricted.
- Vegetables like broccoli, tomato, spinach, sugarcane, should be added to diet.
- Intake of cold drinks should be restricted as they have high content of sugar.
- Food like burger, pizza, cakes, cookies, biscuits, sandwich should be restricted as they contain large amount of calories.
- Low calorie food to be taken more like, curd, fresh fruits, roasted gram, Soya paneer, whole wheat biscuits .
- Avoid alcohol.
ROLE OF CINNAMON IN OSTEOARTHRITIS:
CINNAMON is rich in fibre, iron, manganese and calcium. It controls blood sugar and cholesterol. According to a research people taking half tablespoon cinnamon powder with one big tablespoon honey daily before breakfast, are seen to get relive from symptoms of osteoarthritis very early. Results are seen within one week.
ROLE OF VITAMIN D IN OSTEOARTHRITIS:
Role of vitamin D in osteoarthritis is very important. Intake of vitamin rich food gives relive from pain of arthritis. Vitamin D is made naturally in body on Sun ray exposure. So, people suffering from osteoarthritis should sit in sun daily for 30 mins. Fish oil are rich in omega 3 fatty acid. Oil of fish like salmon are rich in omega 3. Food like mushroom, beef liver, cheese and egg yolk are rich in vitamin D.
