How Foods Fight Pain
Biologically speaking, pain is not a localized event. It is a series of reactions, starting at the site of injury. When someone steps on your toe, your joints flare up, or a migraine kicks in, the injured area then sends a signal through the nervous system to your brain. Only when your brain receives and interprets the signal do you feel any pain. If the injured area or the nerves become inflamed, the damage and pain can intensify.
We can tackle pain at any one of four major links in the chain: the ini - tial injury, the inflammatory response, the pain message traveling through the nerves, and even the brain’s perception of pain. In the posts that follow, we will use each of these strategies, depending on the type of pain you have.
