Foods that seem to help in OA are in 2 categories: those which have specific medicinal effects, such as pineapple, which contains bromelain, and those which help with symptom-relief. My new cookbook, Cooking the RealAge Way, contains over 80 recipes that can help people with OA who are overweight by helping control the proteins that their genes make.
For example
*lower calorie, higher nutrient foods: a 220 pound person who loses 10% of his body fat by weight cuts his risk of OA by half. Half! Avoiding even 1# of weight gain helps you avoid
four times more knee stress.
*higher calcium foods, but not just yogurt (highest) and nonfat milk. Try supplemented soy products, broccoli, kale, figs, salmon, and sardines (bones and all, with lemon and garlic and red chile!).
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Comment by Alice Marshall — March 13, 2011 @ 12:04 pm
What should I eat or take to reduce high enzymes in the liver?
Comment by DrLaPuma — March 13, 2011 @ 5:18 pm
Hi Alice: that depends on what the high enzymes are from, and which enzymes they are.
The most common cause of elevated enzyme levels is fatty liver, which is part of metabolic syndrome, a pre-diabetic/high visceral fat/pre-hypertensive state. Those enzyme levels can be reduced when you lose visceral fat.
What is really important is that people who want to lose weight and keep it off find a method and a someone to be strongly accountable. And stick to the method and the accountability: that works, over and over again, in my practice.
The best diet is one you can stay on, that uses Real Foods. Meals that fit for you, into your lifestyle, time-frame, and capabilities. And that help change your life, and liver functions.
Other causes of high liver enzymes include other liver injury: alcohol, poisons, trauma. I would see a gastroenterologist to evaluate the causes.
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