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Foods for Healing and Recovery!

Foods for Healing and Recovery

Have you ever thought about how your nutrition can impact your healing from an injury?  What you eat can play a vital role in your recovery, allowing for proper healing times and improving energy levels.  Below is a list of anti-inflammatory foods, herbs, and spices along with foods high in protein to keep on the grocery list!!!

 

Foods, herbs, and spices that can have an anti-inflammatory effect:

 

Olive oil

Avocados

Fish Oil

Flax oil or ground flax

Salmon

Mixed nuts and seeds

Carrots

Sweet Potatoes

Spinach

 

Turmeric

Garlic

Pineapple

Cocoa

Tea

Berries

 

Good forms of protein include:

 

Grass fed beef

Chicken

Turkey

Eggs

Greek Yogurt

 

So the next time you head to the grocery store, remember to keep some of these items on your list in order to provide your body with the right fuel for recovery and healing!

 

Katie Cordery, PT

 

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