Diet, Exercise and Lifestyle as Therapeutic Alternatives for Pain Management
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2025 | Viewed by 72
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues
Due to high rates of side effects from pharmacological pain treatments, including addiction, nutrition scientists are increasingly interested in investigating behavioral approaches to managing pain. Nutrition scientists have evaluated a variety of putatively anti-nociceptive diets, including those that restrict animal products, those that restrict simple carbohydrates, and those that manipulate fatty acid intakes. Additionally, scientists have promoted adaptations of the Mediterranean Diet and the Dash Diet as “anti-inflammatory diets”. Dietary approaches for chronic pain may also employ exercise or other behavior change strategies in addition to diet and may also include supplements.
This Special Issue will focus on dietary approaches (including supplements) to chronic pain management with or without concurrent physical activity, meditation, or other lifestyle modalities. Systematic reviews and original reports of randomized trials or high-quality observational studies are welcome.
Dr. Keturah R. Faurot
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chronic pain
- nutrition
- diet
- exercise
- behavioral interventions
- dietary supplements
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