March 8, 2021

Managing Chronic Pain & Inflammation With Food | Jenifer Tharani

Managing Chronic Pain & Inflammation With Food | Jenifer Tharani
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EPISODE 72 | Jenifer Tharani, MS, RD, has completed a master’s in human nutrition from Texas State University and training in dietetics from Emory University Hospital. She believes that eating healthy does not have to be boring, time consuming, or expensive and is extremely passionate about helping you adopt an anti-inflammatory eating pattern without restrictions. In her virtual nutrition practice, Jenifer focuses on helping clients adopt a non-restrictive, gut healing, anti-inflammatory eating pattern to help with weight loss and manage chronic illnesses like diabetes and autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, lupus, psoriatic arthritis, and IBD. In the episode, she shares tips for managing chronic pain with nutrition, common misconceptions about “anti-inflammatory” diets, a few of her favorite inflammation-busting spices…and more! Enjoy!!

EPISODE WEBPAGE: thehealthinvestment.com/chronicpain

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QUESTIONS I ASK JENIFER IN THE EPISODE:

  • What’s your story? (Specifically, what made you want to become a nutritionist? Why did you decide to focus on chronic pain?)
  • When you say “chronic pain,” what conditions are you speaking to, specifically?
  • Can you define “inflammation”? And why should we care about it?
  • What are some of the biggest misconceptions floating around out there, re: chronic pain?
  • I know certain foods and food groups get blamed for a lot of issues and inflammation. “Anti-inflammatory” diets are quite popular! Do you recommend eliminating any foods/food groups (like gluten or refined grains)? Why or why not?
  • Is it possible to manage chronic pain through nutrition alone?
  • How does eating for chronic pain management differ from eating healthy in general? Anything you should be sure to include MORE or LESS of?
  • You had a recent post about ginger—what are some herbs and spices that may help with chronic pain? Is turmeric anti-inflammatory?
  • What role do supplements play?
  • Aside from nutrition, what positively and negatively impacts inflammation? Stress? Sleep? Exercise? Intermittent fasting?
  • In your research on chronic pain, what has surprised you most? What do you still want to learn more about?

LINKS [SOME MAY BE AFFILIATE LINKS; PLEASE READ MY DISCLOSURE FOR MORE INFO]:

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