To help control stress, get plenty of B vitamins in your diet.  With all of the processed foods in our society, these vitamins get stripped away so a deficiency in this nutrient is not uncommon. Contact you doctor before taking any nutritional supplements. Foods high in B-Complex are whole grain bread, wheat germ, liver, beans, meat, fish and nuts.

Avoid "white" foods - products made with white sugar and white flour.  These types of refined carbohydrates contain very little nutrients and have an inflammatory action on the body.

Eat more foods that contain Omega 3. Omega 3 is a substance that has an anti-inflammatory action on the body and reduces pain and muscle tension.  Foods that contain Omega 3 are wild salmon (not farmed), wild tuna, sardines and grass fed meats.  Farmed salmon is fed grains and contains very little Omega 3.  The fish are so unhealthy that they actually have to have pink dye added to them before they are sold.  Click here to read more about the hazards of farmed salmon.  Flax seeds and flax seed oil contain a substance that converts to Omega 3 but this is not always very absorbable in the body.

Make sure you are getting enough magnesium in your diet.  A deficiency of magnesium can cause muscle tension.  Foods that contain magnesium are dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach and swiss chard, avocados, whole gains, and nuts.

Drink fresh vegetables juices.  Muscle pain can sometimes be caused by too many toxins in the body and fresh vegetable juices are very cleansing and detoxifying.

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