Living with pain is no fun. If it only happens once in a while it's no big deal. But if you suffer from chronic back pain here is an approach that your doctor probably hasn't told you about.As a nurse, and someone that used to live with chronic back pain everyday, I know that doctors don't usually know about foods you can eat that heal chronic pain. It's not their fault. They are trained to dispense medications and they take few or no nutrition courses in medical school. That's why I'm so excited to teach and share some of the easiest and most effective tips and tools to relieve chronic pain.This smoothie recipe is great for cleaning out the toxins that can accumulate in your muscles causing inflammation and pain. If you suffer from pain with no relief and you are tired of taking more and more pain pills give .. more >>

Going by the name alone, you would think that every food in a health food store was good health food.Not exactly.Health food stores are great places to shop, but like any other food store, you need to be read labels. Not every food you pick up is a good health food. It would be wonderful if it was that simple, but unfortunately, it's just not.For instance, one of the foods you might need to reconsider is granola. It has a reputation for being a good health food, mostly because it's better than the highly processed and heavily sugars seen in the cereal aisles of most food stores. However, granola can still contain a lot of fats, and even sweeteners, depending on the brand, and is usually pretty high calorie.Granola bars are even more likely to be questionably healthy. There has to be some way to make that granola stick together .. more >>