Dr. Oz and Ashley Koff unveil anti-pain diet: Foods to ease pain, end overeating

Open your medicine cabinet and take a survey. How many pills and ointments do you have designed to ease aches and pains? From Advil to Tylenol to Bengay, most of us have one or more over-the-counter products to help us feel better. On July 5, Dr. Mehmet Oz devoted his talk show to explaining just how you can ease those aches without pills. The secret, as shared by his guest expert Ashley Koff.: Foods that help you feel better and even boost your weight loss by ending overeating. Get the skinny below from Ashley, who is a R.D. and author of "Mom Energy: A Simple Plan to Live Fully Charged" (click to order) and "Recipes for IBS: Great-Tasting Recipes and Tips Customized for Your Symptoms (click to buy).

One of the main triggers for overeating and choosing the wrong foods: Physical pain. Ashley explains that when we're in pain, we tend to want comfort foods that make us feel better emotionally. The problem: The wrong foods can cause you to gain weight and even make pain worse. Ashley suggests stocking up on these foods to ease your pain and supercharge your weight loss:

• Because cherries contain anthocyanins, they function like ibuprofen or aspirin to turn off your pain signals. Ashley suggests pairing them with healthy anti-inflammatory fats and protein, such as nuts. Try blending frozen cherries with a tablespoon or two of cashew butter, such as Artisana Raw Organic Cashew Butter (click to order).
• Because it contains a natural muscle relaxant in the form of magnesium, tahini can help with headaches, muscle pain and muscle tension. You can buy tahini in the store or online to spread on toast or crackers. Give it a try by clicking here to order Baron's Kosher 100% Pure Ground Sesame Tahini.
• P is for pain - but it's also for papaya, which contains papain, a pain-fighting enzyme. You can use it in smoothies, in salads or as a snack. A fat reduction review can help you construct a clear describe of what you demand to focus on to carry out your fat reduction purpose if you're a beginner; or serve as a reminder for those who are at an intermediate or more boost level of their weightloss strategy. Following are seven steps that can serve as instructions for your own weight loss system. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not a similar thing. Many weight loss programs have fooled people into considering that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss programs only work by producing a person's body to reduce more muscle flesh and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. It's also available dried, such as Crunchy N Yummy Organic Freeze Dried Fruit Papaya (click to order). Or, particularly useful for making smoothies, click here to get canned Native Forest Organic Papaya Chunks.

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