A 50-year-old woman is after advice on how she can prevent arthritis, as both her parents suffer badly from the condition.  “I am already aware of aches in my hips for no good reason,” she says.  “What do readers recommend?”

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Hi there,

For any joint discomfort, I have found (organic apple cider vinegar is one of those wonder substances that prevail in so many cases.  I would take something like a cap full or table spoon of the vinegar in a glass of water, and I usually find this pretty quickly (within a day) stops and prevents and further discomfort....You can find lots on the net about the wonderful benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar, and a wonderful book by an MD called Jarvis with a title something like Folklore medicine is well worth a read.

 Hope this helps. By the way, it is not acidic, it becomes alkaline in the body...

 

I recommend the lady starts to drink Aloe Vera from Forever Living Products with added glucosamine, chrondroitin and MSM - the drink is called Forever Freedom and is often used by sports people to support their joints when under stress, and by people starting to age and have concerns about arthritis. The great thing is you also experience brilliant side effects when drinking Aloe - like more energy, feeling better, less stressed and your immune system is boosted so less problems with colds etc. A excellent all round health tonic.

Hope this helps.

Litozin, the Rosehip derivative has helped my husband considerably.  So much so, he's walking in the Alps next month.  A lot of research has been done in Denmark and it's beginning to be researched here.  It's in powder or pill form and is available at chemists without prescription.

'...... for no good reason.'?

 Doubtful; there is a reason and it's probably a body that's not strong enough or flexible enough to keep itself in proper alignment. Sitting in chairs all day and not exercising produces all manner of dysfunctions, metabolic, musculo-skeletal and psychological.

Get someone to take a photo of you in your swim suit, from the front, back and side and see for yourself whether you're out of alignment.

Then buy the book 'Pain Free' by Pete Egoscue and start doing the exercises he recommends. Better still, look up his website www.egoscue.com and see whether there is an Egoscue pracitioner near you.

 Do you have a good gym program that includes Pontius Pilates type exercises.

Yoga and tai chi would be very good to strengthen and loosen the body. In fact a good yoga teacher may be the best place to go.

But I can tell you one thing. If you don't exercise it will get worse.

The word 'arthritis' comes from the Latin, 'bone inflammation'. When two bones are out of alignment, the joint becomes inflamed. Get them back into alignment by strengthening and loosening the muscles that control them.  

With hips this may be a big ask. Backs and necks seem easier to fix.

If your feet and knees are out of alignment the likelihood of hip dysfunction may be increased. You may need orthotics or if you've got bunions, an operation, so your standing properly.

If the problem is more metabolic in nature rather than mechanical, the Glucosamine, Ezorb and omega 3 fats may be helpful.

John Miller

 

 

I have heard good results of the mineral selenium.  details of food containing this mineral are readily available on the web but I understand that soil levels in the UK are extremely low anywhere but Norfolk.  I and my mother (91) have taken selenium as it is known to be an excellent antioxidant for several years and neither of us shows any sign of arthritis.  The Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH) states that "surveys indicate that individuals with rheumatoid arthritis, reduced selenium levels in their blood [50-51]. In addition, some individuals with arthritis have a low selenium intake [52].
The body's immune system naturally makes free radicals that can help destroy invading organisms and damaged tissue, but that can also harm healthy tissue [53]. Selenium, as an antioxidant, may help to relieve symptoms of arthritis by controlling levels of free radicals [54]."  hope this helps.

hazel glendinning

Try excluding all polyunsaturated (vegetable oils) and trans fats from your diet; both are harmful to the body but in particular polyunsaturated fat is a potent immunospressant. In addition, ramp down on carbohydrates and especially of the grain variety. Rather than keeping a check on your blood pressure watch instead your blood sugar level and learn to keep it low. If you have been brainwashed into believing that saturated fats are harmful then you are missing out on the body's natural food to supply energy and better health. If in doubt Google for the information. Arthritis is probably the long-term cause of having too high a diet of carbohydrates; it is one of the diabetic-type illnesses. Fish oils are harmful and so too are those omagas. The body requires very little omega fats and can actually make its own from satuated fats which is contrary to the cherished beliefs of many. Too much omaga fat in the diet is distinctfully harmful. All the necessary and latest research is published on the Net.

I have been searching for a form of pain relief for my mother who suffers from arthritis in her elbows and wrists. She had been prescribed by her doctor Glucosamine Sulphate in tablets but they were so huge that she hated taking them and therefore didn't. She has tried most of the usual supplements and "arthritis cures" that contain lots of herbs and chondroitin sulphates. I have been researching through your blogs and google for many months now and the only types of products that seem to have any affect are green shell mussel tablets. she is using one that has been recommended a few times on this site from www.maxavita.com and they have just sent her a massage gel because she wanted to try it and it has seemingly had good affects within half an hour of rubbing it in, her quality of life is just so much better. I also have her now taking glucosamine liquid as i feel that the glucosamine level in their product is too low, although they say that theirs is the optimum dose. I would be very interested to hear from other readers of their findings of the maxavita product.

Jennings:

Try excluding all polyunsaturated (vegetable oils) and trans fats from your diet; both are harmful to the body but in particular polyunsaturated fat is a potent immunospressant. In addition, ramp down on carbohydrates and especially of the grain variety. Rather than keeping a check on your blood pressure watch instead your blood sugar level and learn to keep it low. If you have been brainwashed into believing that saturated fats are harmful then you are missing out on the body's natural food to supply energy and better health. If in doubt Google for the information. Arthritis is probably the long-term cause of having too high a diet of carbohydrates; it is one of the diabetic-type illnesses. Fish oils are harmful and so too are those omagas. The body requires very little omega fats and can actually make its own from satuated fats which is contrary to the cherished beliefs of many. Too much omaga fat in the diet is distinctfully harmful. All the necessary and latest research is published on the Net.

This has totally confused me but I did look it up on the net and found this site:  http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/high-cholesterol-foods.html

I had not heard of the site you mentioned Lesley previously and some of its information is misleading. I will try to find some sites that are more informative and authorative but meantime, consider this. Most fish oils (if not all) are polyunsaturated. The Inuits (Eskimos) traditional diet consisted predominantly of marine life and not dissimilar to the 10,000 year ice age era; fruit and vegetable if eaten consisted of a minute part of their diet yet there was no evidence of cardiac problems. While this sounds impressive and convincing, the hidden information is, that whenever injured those Inuits would frequently bleed to death and the incidence of aneurysms and such like was very high owing to the thiness of their blood so do not take anything that thins the blood especially cod liver oil.

To suppress the body's immune system after an organ transplant or whenever illness makes it necessary to do this, an emulsion of polyunsaturated fat is used. If one's immunity is suppressed I will let you guess what is likely to occur. When plaque was analysed it was found to be made of a massive 70% from polyunsaturated fats, while saturated fats consisted of 23% (there is some evidence that this happens only in the presence of carbohydrates in the diet) and 7% from other sources. Saturated fat provides the body with the fuel necessary for energy (and good health).

You may also wish to Google for goitrogenic foods; the information of which is rather interesting,

 If you are genuinely interested in bringing about better health then as starters try reading Bruce Fife's book, 'Saturated Fats May Save Your Life' and Sally Fallon's book 'Nourishing Traditions' (it is listed in the library as a cookery book obviously by someone who has not read it but, it is more correctly, a treatise on nutrition) also Google for Mary Enig's 4 part article on the 'Oiling Of America'. There are many others equally as informative and interesting. Try http://www.coconutresearchcentre.org/article10612.htm (this is not the page that I was hoping to open but some of the information in it is interesting) also http://www.thescreamonline.com/essays/essays5-1/vegoil.html or Google for Ray Peat's article 'Vegetable Oils: Toxic'. you may also wish to read some of the articles in http://www.second-opinions.co.uk (should this site fail to open then type its URL in the address bar) and try also to see what Ron Rosedale has to say about diet.

 It will take time to discover the diet best for health. strength, and longevity, and while the diet is restrictive it need not be too restrictive to gain numerous health benefits. 

There has been numerous negative reports about fluoride and it's association with major health problems.(See www.fluoridealert.org)One is with arthritic-like conditions and bone fractures. There is evidence that even though it makes bone denser, it makes it more brittle.There is a large amount of fluoride in tea in addition to food (pesticide residue), bottled drinks, and pharmaceuticals. Industrial pollutionalso adds fluoride to the enviroment. A suggestion would be to try an organic diet with fluoride free water to see if it helps.

I am nearly 50 and also had aches in hips and other joints. Two things that work brilliantly for me:

It is very true that apple cider vinegar in a 50/50 water solution drunk 30 mins before ea meal will help 'defurring' arteries. Good example: take some egg shells, place them into ordinaty vinegar (no need to waste apple cider vinegar) and watch them over a few hours how they soften and eventually disintegrate. It also helps with rheumatism one sufferer told me and helps reduce weight.Ingrid

My kinesiologist had me on ACV 3 times a day (I add a little honey to make it more palatable) but I have had to lower it to once a day as it really altered my alkaline levels and gave me heartburn.  I have been off it for a while but have just made some, so it will be interesting to see if the heartburn comes back.  I am taking zinc to help make stomach acid as I (and supposedly most people over a certain age) am low in it. Worse comes to worse I can take Betaine with meals but hope I can avoid it for now.