I know you’ve heard before what I’m about to suggest.  Healthy food is like the oil in your car; it lubricates the system and keeps everything running smoothly.  Both toxins and waste clog the system making your body sluggish and creaky.  Toxins help grind down the needed cushioning that keeps the joints running smoothly.  Waste that remains in the system too long begins to decay that which surrounds it.  Not good!  How does your body react to this?  Like a car that limps, you begin to slow down and feel pain.

Are you willing to change your diet?  Has an attitude of persisting in not changing your diet improved how you feel?  If you continue to eat the way you’ve always eaten and you continue to be in pain isn’t it worth trying something new to help yourself?  After all, you are worth the effort it will take.

It doesn’t take much effort if you start slow.  Look at all the dark, green, leafy vegetables and the cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli or cauliflower, (using fresh vegetables, not canned or frozen) and pick one that you will make a point to include in your diet on a regular basis.  Check out several recipes and use at least three of them.  Make the one that you like best a part of your regular menu planning.

Once you have gotten used to eating that vegetable try another one and repeat the process.  Add recipes as you become accustomed to the taste of the vegetable so that you are using a particular vegetable in more than one way, like sautéing, steaming or baking.  Continue this method until at least three new vegetables have been added to your regular food intake.

Next get adventuresome and put some of these new vegetables together with each other or with other ingredients that you have been eating all along.  Include fresh fruits in this method of improving your diet in a slow, steady pace.

It will take time for your body to become accustomed to the new procedure, but the new diet will improve how your body is able to eliminate toxins and waste and you will gradually notice a lessening of arthritic pain.  And remember, that you are worth the effort!