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Joy Bauer MS, RD, CDN
JoyBauer
TODAY nutritionist and diet editor
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If you have some form of arthritis, it’s important to control inflammation in your joints. Here’s a sample menu, based on 1600 calories, that will give you an idea of how you can use food to help alleviate your condition:
Breakfast:
Vanilla Pumpkin Breakfast Pudding: 1 cup nonfat, vanilla yogurt mixed with 1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree and topped with 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts and 1 tablespoon wheat germ.
Lunch:
The Ache-Less Salad: 3 cups leafy greens topped with 4 ounces total of one of the following high protein options; wild salmon, sardines, mackerel, crab, shrimp, pacific oysters, tilapia, black cod, turkey breast, grilled chicken or 2 hard boiled eggs; mixed with ½ chopped tomato, ¼ chopped red onion, ¼ cup sliced mushrooms, 1 sliced red bell pepper, 1 sliced jalapeno pepper, 2 chopped beets, ½ cup chopped carrots, ¼ cup corn, optional red cabbage and chopped celery; tossed with 1-2 teaspoons olive oil and unlimited balsamic vinegar or fresh lemon (or 2-4 tablespoons low calorie dressing).
Afternoon snack:
One Ginger Spiced Pumpkin Muffin (see recipe below)
Dinner:
Chicken Curry and Cauliflower with Brown Rice: One serving Crock PotChicken Curry and Cauliflower (see recipe below) over ½ cup cooked brown basmati rice.
PM snack:
One cup fresh berries
For more information on healthy eating, visit TODAY nutrition expert, Joy Bauer’s website (and check out her new book Joy Bauer’s Food Cures) atwww.joybauernutrition.com