Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diet as an Alternative Treatment
By Jonathan Mitchell
When you are diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis you start of with medicine and treatments your doctor prescribes for you, some of these remedies will work for you while others have so many side effects that it is worse then the illness itself. usually it takes people one ore two years in the regular health care before they start looking for other remedies. A rheumatoid arthritis diet is one of these alternative remedies we want to inform you about.
Of course the symptoms vary, rheumatoid arthritis is a disease where people react totally different to the disease itself but also to the medicine. Some people have severe pains every day and others have mild pain but do have very inflamed joints. Also the way they react to medication can be completely different. Some really have very good results with the prescription drug their doctor gave them while others have severe side effects. All of this is because rheumatoid arthritis is an illness of the immune system and people have a tendency to react different to it.
Is rheumatoid arthritis diet an alternative to regular treatment?
People usually only start looking at alternatives when the regular treatment is not working or the side effects are to severe. A rheumatoid arthritis diet is such an alternative. There has always been much discussion about rheumatoid arthritis diets although you should not see it as a diet in the traditional sense. In fact it is just a list of foods that you should avoid and a list that most people have good results with. But just as with the regular treatments, rheumatoid arthritis diet is something you should experiment with a little. Regular doctors usually do not recommend a rheumatoid arthritis diet because they say it is never proved to be effective and everybody reacts different on it, they are right people do react different on it but they also react different on the regular prescription drugs. So that is a lousy argument especially when you know how many people are suffering from this disease.
It is a diet that you should discus with your doctor because the diet increases the intake of omega-3 fatty acids and as the name already said this can be an increasing of the total amount of fat. We say it can be, because if you look at the other recommendations fresh vegetables and fruits and the things you should avoid the total amount of fat can be much less than your regular diet depending on what you are eating right now. Fatty acids, omega-3, can be found in soybean oil, fish oil, walnuts, avocado oil, walnuts and canola oil.
This might seem like a large amount of fats but these fats are in the food you eat, fish oil can be eaten in many fatty fish like salmon and many other fish. And because you avoid fats from fried and processed foods you will probably eat less fat in total. you should also avoid alcohol and coffee
A healthy weight is also important
There is one aspect on a rheumatoid arthritis diet that your doctor would agree with, you have to become and stay on a healthy weight. So its is not the list of foods where there is an agreement about but the fact that with a good healthy weight your rheumatoid arthritis symptoms will be much less and that is a good thing to remember in a world with people who are getting more and more obese.
What are the alternative remedy for arthritis?
Norwegian cod liver oil is healthy and works great.
My husband has just been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Are there any alternative meds that may help?
He is 46 and it came on suddenly. He really suffers with it. The doc put him on Enbrol?? It’s a weekly injection. We are waiting for it to be shipped to us so he can begin. I can’t help but wonder if there are other options? There is another med he can’t take because he has FLD.Anyone have alternative remedies that may help?
Here are some ideas, all of which together will alleviate the pain and discomfort:
–on a daily basis, take one tablespoon of an omega-rich
oil like flax or cod liver. It is anti-inflammatory.
–on a daily basis, take at least a quarter teaspoon of
cinnamon. It contains chemicals that are also
anti-inflammatory.
–on a daily basis, do some lite exercise, like gardening
housecleaning, working on the car, shopping . . .
Keeping your body in a constant state of movement will
really fight off the progressive nature of rheumatism,
and will also alleviate current symptoms.
–if you and your husband can work your way up to it, then
go to a yoga class. In this case, it is the best way to
fight/alleviate the symptoms.
–green tea or yerba mate tea. These, when fresh brewed,
contain complex chemicals that ward off the damage due
to rheumatism, and slow the progression of future damage.
Drink them on a daily basis.
–Chondroiton and glucosamine. These have not been proven
effective in people who do not suffer from rheumatism,
but they have been shown to have mild therapeutic effects
in people who have advanced rheumatoid arthritis.
You must do these things on a daily basis. Give it a few weeks and you will feel a change.
Best of luck to both of you, and I hope you post a follow up question, just to let us know how both of you are doing.
Read the arthritis book by Dr Jarvis who also wrote the well known book folk medicine (Vermont). Try eBay, amazon, or library. I got it through inter-library loan as my library did not have it.
Very fascinating book but the gist of it is raw apple cider vinegar about 2 fingers width in a glass with the same amount of honey (raw preferred) with water 3 times a day around mealtime will remove all the pain of arthritis according to his studies and use with both people and animals; however, if you stop it the arthritis and pain come back.
It dissolves calcium deposits and is also used for removing calcium deposits from hard water on the inside of water heaters and teakettles. Note how it dissolves an eggshell is put in vinegar..in the same fashion when kept in the bloodstream/body it does the same thing. It also has many other health benefits and is not expensive.
Do not use regular vinegar as it is unhealthy for the body. It must contain the cloudy mother..try a brand like spectrum or Bragg’s available at health food stores, co-ops and health food sections of supermarkets like Krogers or giant eagle.
also apply warm to joints or clothes soaked in vinegar.
Good luck!
Here are some other recommendations for a more permanent cure or better yet do as many of the recommendations as possible and also vinegar.. Curing arithitus takes a while so keep staying on the program and you will see relief. It requires lifestyle change for lasting help,,you can’t just look for a pill or supplement to fix living a less healthy lifestyle. By changing one’s lifestyle many other ills will be helped or prevented as well.
I recommend the following:
1. see all the recommendations here. Dr. John R Christopher, the father of modern herbology, was himself a sufferer of juvenile arthritis.
He said when he ate a vegan diet, he had no pain (vegans eat grains, veggies, fruits, nuts, legumes, and seeds)..when he ate a vegetarian diet, he had some pain (vegetarians eat dairy and/or eggs but no meat, poultry, and fish). when he ate meats, it would put him in a wheelchair.
He talks of a permanent cure and how to achieve it and had many recommendations.
http://www.herballegacy.com/id24.htm
… very excellent–please see itl
2. Dr. Richard Schulze recommends his incurables program and deep tissue repair oil for arthritis. Schulze cured many incurables in his over 20 year underground clinic and was a student of Dr.Christopher and some of the other greatest names in naturopathic medicine. His programs has cured MANY different kinds of incurables illnesses, I know people cured of cancer and I also had good luck on the program.
http://herbdoc.com/p64.asp
http://curezone.com/schulze/
His patient handbook shows how to do the program but it is expensive. http://curezone.com/schulze/
You can save money, though, by making his formulas yourself. Also very helpful if doing the incurables is the save your life video series (12 hours) available quite a bit on ebay and amazon. originally $400.
3. I once read people who went on a vegetarian diet (vegan??) for other reasons soon noticed their arthritis improving or disappearing. Had something to do with meat fibers and leaky gut syndrome, so this is further evidence of the superiority of a vegan diet for arthritics.
4. Take the herbs yucca and tumeric (anti-inflammatory). Take for a long time. Use only organic and/or wildcrafted (in the wilds)..it is better to use a tincture than capsules (liquid extract). Take sufficient calcium/magnesium (twice as much calcium).
5.Also if not vegan, eat fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, sardines, and herring for its good effects on the joints. Also use magnets for pain (10,000 guass–magnelyfe).
Good Luck!
Also try 10,000 guass magnets on areas of pain. Works for about 85% of people. It ALWAYS relieves pain for me when I overwork muscle, walk a lot, or injure myself within just a few minutes and definitely by morning. I use magnelyfe mini magnets..I will give you a link (but their tape does not stick well and you will lose them so try a different magnet tape or even waterproof first aid tape at store is better.
arthritis pain?
Has anyone tried alternative remedies for arthritis pain? I’ve tried Glucosamine, over the counter and prescription drugs and nothing seems to help
How do i know if i have Arthritis/ Rheumatoid Arthritis?
And also (because im 90% sure i do) what are some alternative remedies for helping the pain?
I am going to go to a doctor to find out. I’m not in a position to at the moment though. But I’m not going to take any western medicine- so to speak- because i know it doesn’t address the root cause.
So i really want to hear your suggestions
Looking for successful stories using Previcox for dog arthritis?
I am thinking of putting my 18 year old dog on previcox. The internet has lots of terrible stories about previcox (and rimadyl) . Makes sense since people don’t have the urgent need to write about a good experience.. But there have to be some good stories out there….I need some balance here. Don’t know what the percentage is of bad reactions…but if I just go by the internet is seems like 99% — which I don’t think can be true. So please don’t post your bad stories here…I’ve read most of them. But if previcox worked for your dog long term please say something…
p.s. — I have resisted using most western meds on her — she’s had all the alternative remedies plus enteric coated aspirin and was on a 1/4 dose of doxycycline for a year — (doxy is also an anti-inflammatory.) But she needs something more now.
Your doctor will have to diagnose that.