REUMA JA RAVINTO

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Lähettäjä: Soijuv Lähetetty: 13.4.2005 11:14

Niveltulehduksia voi hoitaa eri tavoin. Artikkelin mukaan Amazonin alueen intiaaneilla ei esiinny reumaattisia sairauksia. He syövät paljon esim. avokadoa. Intiaanit sairastuvat niveltulehduksiin sen jälkeen kun he alkavat syödä länsimaista ravintoa. Niveltulehduksiin on menestyksellisesti käyttetty myös glukosamiinia, yrteistä Boswellia ja Devil´s Clawta yms. 16 v. sitten tehdyssä laajassa tutkimuksessa havaittiin että niveltulehduksen oireet helpottivat merkittävästi paaston aikana ja palasivat entiseen dieettiin palattaessa. Dieetin ei tulisi sisältää maito- eikä viljatuotteita.

(Ps. Sukulaiseni antoi niveltulehduksesta kärsivälle koiralleen Devil´s Clawta ja koira on ollut siitä lähtien oireeton.)


"An avocado a day .... keeps arthritis away."

Eat an avocado a day.

Dr John Heinerman, a medical anthropologist, reports he has not found a single case of RA among the Mayan Indians of the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala who regularly consume ripe avocado pears. The same is true of various native North West Amazon tribes who live in areas where wild avocados grow in abundance. Only when they give up avocados and start eating a Westernized diet do they start suffering from the disease....

Sixteen years ago, a major study clearly showed that arthritis symptoms improved on fasting, but worsened when patients began to eat certain foods. One of the authors of that landmark study was Dr John Mansfield, who has a large practice treating arthritis through diet.

He is convinced that most arthritis is caused by adverse reactions to just a few foods or chemicals. The culprit foods differ from person to person, but the most common ones are cereals and dairy products. In Dr Mansfield's experience, eliminating problem foods from the diet will cure 75 per cent of rheumatoid arthritis and about 50 per cent of osteoarthritis cases.

Two nutritional supplements are also beginning to revolutionise alternative treatments for arthritis. These are glucosamine and chondroitin, now recognised to be of major importance in the growth of cartilage, the spongy material that covers the ends of bones in the joints and protects them from wear.

The evidence for their beneficial effects is impressive. To date, there have been over 14 clinical trials, all showing a significant reduction in pain and joint stiffness. Virtually all the research has been done on osteoarthitis, the most common form of the disease. A recent major study has shown that 1500 mg of glucosamine a day protects against joint damage in osteoarthritis and may even reverse it.

Other, more usual nutritional supplements may also be of benefit as people who develop rheumatoid arthritis have been found to have low levels of vitamin E, beta-carotene, selenium and zinc.

Three herbs have been found to be particularly useful in arthritis: Boswellia, Devil's claw and white willow bark. A herbal formula based on Boswellia was recently tested in over 40 osteoarthritis patients in a double-blind trial, with highly significant effects on pain and joint mobility.