Rheumatoid Arthritis Natural Joint Pain Relief
10 Natural Ways To Reduce Your Pain from Rheumatoid Arthritis
This blog is 10 natural ways to get joint pain relief from Rheumatoid Arthritis:
1. Do not eat sugar
All forms of simple sugars feed negative microforms in your intestines. This includes yeast and bad bacteria. By eating sugar you are allowing the proliferation of these tiny cultures that are crowding out your 'healthy' bacteria (sometimes called 'probiotics') which are one of the most under appreciated components of our wellbeing. All forms of simple sugars found in candy, cake, soda's etc must be avoided. If you are truly hard-core about wanting to get results, then also avoid fruit for a period of time. Fruit is not essential to the diet as long as you get the same (or more) nutrition from other sources. Green leafy veggies below are the ultimate in nutritional sources
2. Stop eating after 6pm
Sound like something your mum would tell you? Well mum was right. Even for a healthy person, digestion places the biggest burdon on the body's resources. When you have RA you have a depleted amount of enzymes in your body. Enzymes are all of the catalysts that make all the cellular activity in your body work and function properly. Without enzymes you couldn't breath, think, move or read this sentence. From an RA perspective, we desperately need enzymes to break down our food into small particles to prevent larger, undigested molecules to enter our bloodstream through our 'leaky gut'. When we stop eating after 6pm we reduce the burden on the body and allow our digestive enzymes to be converted into metabolic enzymes to repair, heal and energise the rest of our body. I suggest you make friends with gentle hunger.
3. Drink copious amounts of water
Water is the basis of life for the human body. Your muscles are 75% water, your blood is 82% water, your lungs are 90% water and your brain is 76% water. Even your bones are 25% water. Dr Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, author of 'Your Body's many cries for water" says that Rheumatoid arthritic joints and their pain can be viewed, in part, as an indicator of water deficiency in the affected joint cartilage surfaces. Arthritis pain is a local thirst signal of the body. Unlike bone cells, which are immersed in calcium deposits, the cartilage cells are water-dense. Inside the joint structure the actively growing blood cells in the bone marrow take priority over the cartilage for the available water. So to adequately hydrate the cartilage, an abundance of water should be available. The best water to drink is water that is naturally alkaline, since it helps gently shift the body back towards health and away from acidity. It also replenishes some minerals to the body. Avoiding tap water is also important since most city water supplies have added flourine and chlorine which kill your 'good' intestinal bacteria.
4. Eat Salad like you're a crazy person
Salad will set you free. Leafy green veggies are going to save your life and reduce your pain. Green leafy veggies like bok choy, kale, spinach, cos lettuce and so on are the world's most nutrient-dense foods. They are high in Potassium, which is essential for RA sufferers (see my blog Potassium and Rheumatoid Arthritis). These plant-based foods also contain chlorophyll, which is almost identical in molecular structure to haemoglobin in human blood. The only difference is the central atom (in chlorophyll the central atom is magnesium and in haemoglobin it is iron). This means that the body finds it easy to create new red blood cells from eating foods rich in chlorophyll, which is essential if you are anemic. These leafy greens are also full of enzymes, allowing for easy digestion of the food which they accompany as well as replentishing you 'enzyme bank' a little bit meal by meal. Further, greens are the favourite food for your healthy bacteria, so you can feed your little guys naturally and cheaply and avoid expensive and less-effective probiotic supplements.
5. Sprout it up hard
Sprouts (such as alfalfa sprouts and mung bean sprouts) are the richest known sources of enzymes. These will be a wonderfully cheap alternative to taking enzyme supplements. They should be included in any long-term plan to recover from RA. Alternate your sprouts each day since sprouts contain alkaloids, which, if eaten in very large quantities can cause some unwanted symptoms such as headache etc (but nothing as bad as RA itself!) So just mix up your sprouts. Clover sprouts and onion sprouts are both good too.
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