No, I don't think I've seen that story but thanks for posting it here. I believe it, and anyone who is skeptical has likely never experienced that kind of unrelenting pain with no known end in sight.
I talked about my issues on arthritis and I don't deal with RA, it's osteo in my life and lower back issues came on at 18 and I'm 83....I believe NOT bringing breadstuff into my house for over 10 yrs has made a major difference. People are addicted to refined carbs and hence a lot of RA and other arthritic issues. My issues are stiffness, aches and a mess from hip replacement......
Life is short. If the occasional pills give you relief, I say go for it. I've yet to see the natural supplement that gives you immediate relief.
He was a pioneer in the use of methotrexate for RA and the local medical community tried to get his license removed for using cancer drugs for RA and other autoimmune diseases.
We don't change because we are addicted to junk food. Look at all the cases of fatty liver disease and kidney disease because of sugar and simple carbs we can't stop eating. Causing Insulin resistance.
Yep. I couldn't wait a week, a month, two months, etc. to see if eating or avoiding some food might help. I needed pain relief RIGHT NOW. Aside from that there is no sound, scientific evidence that diet has much to do with osteoarthritis. I could have went on a potato skin, cranberry juice, and chicken gizzard (or whatever) diet in May and claim that it was helping my arthritic pain by July. I didn't know it at the time because change was SO slow, but my pain stabilized in late June/early July, and I noticed it actually decreasing by early/mid August. It continued to decrease until October/November and has changed little since then. I do stretching and strengthening shoulder exercises every other day for tendonitis and my wrist/hands are 90-95% good. The diet did it! But I never went on that diet, the arthritic pain got better for some other unknown reason. And my doc said it can come back any time. There's an old scientific method that throws a monkey wrench into so many would-be cures, inventions, and revolutionary ways of doing things: Correlation does not imply causation. 1) What could have happened: "I went on a potato skin, cranberry juice, and chicken gizzard diet and my arthritic pain decreased dramatically in a couple months." 2) What did happen: "I didn't change my diet at all, and my arthritic pain decreased dramatically in a couple of months." What conclusions are there to draw? Had I taken step 1, would a logical, sound, scientific conclusion be that that diet helped my pain? No, because there was no evidence that the two events were related other than happening simultaneously.
Nothing more painful than bum knees, especially when you have long passed 70. I am so slow moving now and the neighbors cat comes over to eat and he likes to run ahead of me while I take his food dishes to the bedroom, I have to give him a little boot in his bum to make him get out of my way. I can't stop very fast heh
for quite some time now, one of my ongoing interests has been in the field of phytochemicals and nutriceutical delivery platforms (plant based medicinal foods). recently, while working on a nutrient rich whole foods replacement diet, it occurred to me that i had assembled a highly anti-inflammatory combination. one which has now replaced the turmeric i used for that purpose. this may sound outstanding but there is one major caveat... inflammation is a vital immune response. i can't overstate the importance of rigorous testing but for me at least, it's such a relief from that ever present ache that lets you know you're still alive.
I totally agree with you about a nutrient rich Whole Foods diet, and since that is what my cardiologist also recommends as a heart-healthy diet, that is what i try to adhere to, as my basic food plan. I have as much food as possible that is fresh, and raw when doable, and have very little meat or animal foods. I more add a little as a flavoring than as a main part of the meal. As long as I am doing this, I usually do not have a lot of trouble with arthritis, and my system stays alkaline and not acidic. When I do go off course, then I can feel the repercussions from any kind of processed foods, especially ones with sugar added. My go-to anti-inflammatory (when needed) is fresh raw pineapple, because it has a natural pain killer and also anti-inflammatory. Most of the good stuff is actually in the pineapple core, so I quarter the pineapple, slice out the core, and then put that in the food processor until it is well processed and easy to eat. Then I add the rest of the pineapple and process that until it is like the texture of crushed pineapple like you would buy in cans. I add this to my muesli, or into yogurt or even cottage cheese.
awesome choice... and thanks for reminding me of bromelain the active ingredient in pineapple. with an organic one you can also make a potent tea from the skin and cuttings!
Back in the 70s there were a lot of people going to horse vets to buy an anti inflammatory mix for animals. If my memory serves me well it was called MSO. It was well known that it worked for humans also other than just a horse. They would never certify it for human use because it enters the body thru the skin and capable of taking in contaminates or germs. It was also widely known that WD-40 sprayed on an aching joint would get relief. Today I am on the right side of the useful information, that was 50 years ago and I truly understand the pain of those old people I knew then. Today it is like getting a tooth pulled to get any pain relief in this state, they have taken a poor misguided order and turned it into a booming business charging for something that you got for the price of a visit to your doctor. Like everything in America they cannot stop poor decisions of a lot of people and only cause the righteous law abiding citizen to go to extremes and expense. It does not help a drug addict just like attempting to stop gun ownership, the bad guys do not have rules. I thought it was a very bad decision to force people to pay someone to sit on their arse and discuss my pain. I hate politicians, people who are probably the worse abusers of the very things they like to target as bad for me and for you. I lived 74 years and don't need someone to decide what I need in the health care and pain department.
That is DMSO (dimethyl-sulfoxide) that you are thinking of, @Thomas Stillhere . At first, the only place that you could buy it was at a farm and ranch store. They made it in a liniment, and it worked great ! I still have some, but now you can buy it at all sorts of places online, and I get mine from Amazon. You can get straight DMSO, or in a liniment or cream form, and as a roll on, and they all work good. Like aloe vera, DMSO (which comes from evergreen trees) does penetrate the skin, which is a good thing in some cases and not good if the skin is contaminated. If you put the DMSO on clean skin, then you can use it in conjunction with another product (like Ben-Gay ointment) and it will help the liniment to go deeper into the muscle and help with the pain. When I lived in Idaho, we used to collect the little blisters from the tree bark blisters, and it was very healing for wounds and burns. I think that probably it would be similar to the DMSO since they both come from the same species of trees. https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine
Thank you, I got most of it right ;0) Speaking of trees, did you drink sasa-fras Tea when you were young. For years I wondered why I never saw it in the stores, then I stumbled on an article where it was stated that it was cancerous. I don't think I ever met anyone older that drank it to die from the tea. My theory is the big tea suppliers felt threatened and started a rumor. When you die over a hundred and drank it daily I doubt seriously that it was really bad for you. When I would spend a summer at the kin folks place in Arkansas we would take the tractor and pull a few young trees that lined 50 acres, then cut the root to let it dry. Nothing better tasting with a real cheese burger in 1963. I can dream about how good the hamburger was and the fresh lettuce and tomatoes out of the garden. I could go on and on about the little spread but I won't. I did try finding the property on google earth using the only information I still have, which the distance to the Missouri state line was 24 miles down a long winding dusty red rock road from their place. Today it has changed so much it is next to impossible to find it. I remember going with the Uncle to do the shopping at the Piggly Wiggly in Pocahontas, it was a light drizzle rain outside and the dog was following the car, so my uncle stopped and let him jump in but soon as he sat down the skunk smell took over, my Uncle stopped and put him out and said sorry boy go home. I'll always remember it, just old dirt roads then, no pavement until you hit the main highways.
I think the carcinogen in sassafras is in such low concentration that when you make it naturally (in the spring only), it wouldn't cause any harm. If it were available year-round in commercial quantities, it could potentially be a problem. I think sunflower seeds also may have a cancer-causing compounds in them, but consuming enough to cause illness is impossible for humans.
Since for over fifty years they have 'ordered' injecting much worse toxins directly into babies, children, and others, I doubt very much if the reason it wasn't certified for human use had anything to do with potential health issues. As far as all available info looks, it is simply because it works and 'they' would lose billions of dollars if they admitted it and certified it.