You may have heard me complain before about the state of our “food.”  Too much highly processed food (gee, I hate to call it ‘food’) comes out of the supermarket.  The packaging is pretty.  The tastes and smells and colors leap out at you.  It’s planned.

Did you know there are “food chemists” and whole industries whose only job is to get you to buy more of their companies’ products?

Do you know that a lot of the flavors and scents they create and add to your food are petroleum based?  Yup, the same thing that fuels your car.  But your car was built to use petroleum.  You were not.

And ‘spices’?  Turns out that when a package says ‘spice’ is in the ingredients it’s not necessarily what you and I use in our kitchens.  It’s allowed to be fake by the same folks who are supposed to be keeping us safe.

Food colors, additives, pesticides, hormones–all kinds of things that are not good for bodies are in highly processed foods.  The problem with this is YOUR BODY DOESN’T LIKE IT!

And just to prove it, your body reacts with muscle pain, fatigue, aching joints, fibromyalgia syndrome and other complaints.  THAT is how your body talks to you in language that gets your attention.

And another of the biggest culprits that can cause health problems is refined sugar or table sugar.  Sugar causes inflammation.  http://SugarAddictCure.info will give you lots more info about that.  The author is a nutritionist who can start you on the path to feeling better in short order.  She knows just about everything about eating to get  your health back naturally.  (I’m not a nutritionist; I’m just me.)

And salt?  Sea salt will give you minerals to boost your body.  Bodies need minerals.  Table salt (sodium chloride) doesn’t have the range of minerals that sea salt does and it has additives, too.  Sea salt even has a better flavor, more delicate.  Try it.

We were built to eat real food.  Your body could operate well, have energy and even heal if it had all the nutrients you need.  Where can you get them?  Real food.  Colorful foods (Cheetos don’t count.)  Hang out in the produce section and see what you can discover there.

One of the problems with highly processed foods is that lots of the nutrients are removed or destroyed in processing.  Oh sure, you will see on the package that a few have been added back in but not nearly as many as were in the raw product to start with.

Another problem is that some of the additives, like FD&C Yellow #5, actually destroy vitamins in your body.  Some additives cause you to be deficient in vitamins.  Deficiencies lead to your body complaining and yelling at you:  “Help me!  I need some real food here so I can feel good again!”

You have a smart body and it wants to be well.  In order for that to happen, you must provide everything it needs.  Some of its needs are small–like vitamins and minerals are–but so, so necessary for your muscles (and brain) to function well.

Many vitamins and minerals interact–they work together.  If you are lacking enough magnesium, for instance, that will prevent you from absorbing enough calcium.  A magnesium deficiency will cause a calcium deficiency.

According to Travell & Simons, MD’s, you need iron, calcium, potassium and magnesium for normal muscle function.  The B-complex vitamins are all important, as is Vitamin D3.  You can get more vitamins and minerals by selecting healthier foods or by supplementing with a good multi-vitamin and mineral tablet.

Smoking, eating a diet with a lot of heavily processed and artificial foods, heavy alcohol use, sweets and table salt (sodium chloride) can all lead to deficiencies.  If you’re not changing your eating or social habits, consider taking a really potent supplement to help meet your bodies’ nutritional needs.  Also, sea salt (probably especially Himalayan sea salt) has minerals that regular table salt lacks.

As always, I remind you that I’m not a doctor, not a dietitian, not a nutritionist.  I’m The Pain Relief Coach and I’m sharing information today to help you get rid of your muscle pain.

When your muscles are happy–getting what they need from your diet–they are able to function better.

Humans used to eat “natural.”

We ate what grew on trees, bushes in or on the ground.  We ate “wild caught” fish and meat.  Your body was designed to eat real food.

And now?

A lot of the things we eat come out of factories.  Our bodies just don’t know how to process the chemicals, petroleum products and other additives that are added for shelf life and flavor.  (Did you know there is a whole chemical industry devoted to developing new flavors and scents so we will buy more processed “food” products?)

I’m going to send you over to an article at Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief for all the reasons you should consider organic food for pain relief, but here’s my wrap-up:

Yes, organic food WILL help you feel better!  It WILL help your body heal and function better!

Eating organic, fresh fruits, veggies, eggs, and whatever else you like to eat WILL help you get rid of your muscle pain.

You are worth it!