Nutrition Links
Good nutrition is one way to keep your body healthy. Before making any dietary changes please be sure to speak with your doctor or other healthcare professional so that you can make changes that are right for you.
Arthritis
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Anti-inflammatory Diet recipes | Epicurious has a wealth of great recipes. |
| Anti-inflammatory Food Pyramid | Information from Dr. Andrew Weil. |
| Food Cures for Arthritis | Healthy eating can greatly reduce painful symptoms of arthritis. Here are the best anti-inflammatory foods to pick, plus tips on which foods to avoid. |
| Kenosha Aging & Disability Resource Cneter Arthritis Friendly Recipe Guide | Kenosha County ADRC created a simple recipe guide for arthritis friendly foods. |
| "Nutrition and Your Arthritis: Get tips on eating well." | The Arthritis Foundation's tips for eating well. |
Bones
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Vitamin D and Bone Health | Getting enough calcium and vitamin D is essential to building strong, dense bones when you’re young and to keeping them strong and healthy as you age. The information included here will help you learn all about calcium and vitamin D – the two most important nutrients for bone health. |
| Eating Right for Bones and Joints | The nutrition therapy team at Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center in Boston have some recommendations to help keep your bones healthy and strong. |
Diabetes
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| American Heart Association Diabetic-friendly Recipes | Eating a healthy, balanced diet can be a challenge. Avoiding excess saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, sodium and added sugars can be easy if you follow our tasty diabetes-friendly recipes. |
| Diabetic Gourmet | A website dedicated to diabetic dining and healthy living. |
| Diabetic Self-management | Diabetes Self-Management brings you the information you need to control your diabetes and improve your health. |
| Mayo Clinic Diabetic-friendly Recipes | Diabetes meal plan recipes. |
| Taste.com | Giving support to those you love can make all the difference, help from the American Diabetes Association. |
| Taste.com | Living with diabetes can be a challenge, but these tasty recipes make it easier, and the whole family can enjoy them as well. |
Heart Healthy - Dash Diet
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Epicurious DASH recipes | Epicurious helps you to eat sensibly to lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and reduce your risk of heart disease. |
| Mayoclinic.com - DASH diet recipes | The DASH diet has been proved to reduce blood pressure, which can help you live a longer and healthier life. |
| National Institutes of Health - Lowering your blood pressure with DASH | A 64 page guide to the DASH diet and using it to lower your blood pressure. |
Stress
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Prevention - 13 foods that fight stress | Article about healthy foods that reduce stress and depression. |
| Web MD - Diet for Stress Management | A healthy diet can counter the impact of stress, by shoring up the immune system and lowering blood pressure. |