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www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/chronic-pain/our-mob
YOU CAN CHANGE your pain
Look after your mind, body and spirit to manage pain
What you eat and drink affects your pain?
Food with sugar and fat can make your pain worse
Healthy food will give you energy to get moving
Healthy food will reduce your weight
Healthy food will help your blood sugar
(glucose control).
It may take 3 months to feel better.
What can you do? Make a DEADLY Pain Plan
www.aci.health.nsw.gov.
au/__data/assets/pdf_
file/0018/406521/OurMob_
HealthPlan_Fillable_Form_
ACI161214.pdf
Talk to your health worker*
Make water your drink, avoid energy drinks
and coffee
Eat smaller meals
One step at a time
Plan your weekly shop
Look at what is in your trolley
Buy fresh food and cook at home
Eat bush tucker when you can.
* Your doctor, your Aboriginal Health Worker or dietition (helps you manage your chronic disease through your diet and food choices)
More tips and recipe ideas:www.makehealthynormal.nsw.gov.au/finding-new-
normal/for-aboriginal-people
www.maarima.com.au/pdf/documents/2013-our-
mob-our-health-our-tucker.pdf
www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Healthy-living
Vegetables including legumes (baked beans, kidney beans, split peas)
Meat
Drink water
Breads, cereals,rice, pasta,noodles
COUS COUS
Make healthy eating normal for our mob
LOW FAT
Snack foods
Fruit
Dairy