Diet and Nutrition

Anti-Inflammation Diet (useful for all patients with pain anywhere in the muscles, joints, tendons associated with warmth or swelling):

Based on her naturopathic practice, naturopathic doctor Jessica Black has devised a complete program for how to eat and cook to minimize and prevent inflammation and its consequences...While providing delicious food choices, the revolutionary diet in The Anti-Inflammation Diet and Recipe Book eliminates allergens and reduces the intake of pesticides, hormones and antibiotic residues. Appropriate for men and women of all ages - and especially beneficial for children - the book will help people learn to eat and cook healthily. Most of the dishes can be prepared quickly by novice cooks. - Doni Wilson ND, President of New York Association of Naturopathic Physicians.

Mediterranean Diet Can Lower Need for Antihyperglycemic Medication in Type 2 Diabetes

September 15, 2009 | Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM

Four years after diabetes diagnosis, only 44% of patients on the Mediterranean Diet required medication to reduce HbA 1c levels. Reviewing: Esposito K et al. Ann Intern Med 2009 Sep 1; volume 151: page 306