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3 Foods to Heal Chronic Pain

More than one third of all Americans suffer from chronic pain, and many rely on pain medication to ease their symptoms.  Certain foods can actually help chronic pain sufferers by blocking pain signals, fighting inflammation, and even healing the disease itself.  By eating healthfully pain can be improved or even eliminated. Here are three pain-relieving foods and how they help:   1. Cherries: These contain compounds called anthocyanins, which block inflammation and inhibit pain enzymes, just like aspirin does. One study in Journal of Nutritionshowed people who ate a bowl of cherries for breakfast reduced inflammation by 25%.   2. Coffee: Caffeine...

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