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Hi John
Back when I was a kid, I remember my neighborhood friend Marty had a cousin who would come to visit and hang out with us. The cousin was just a few years older than us but she walked with crutches and limped, and always seemed to be in a lot of discomfort.
My friend Marty whispered to me that her cousin had arthritis.
I remember thinking at the time, “Arthritis? But she’s only 15—how can she get arthritis?”
Well, I now realize that what Marty’s cousin had was not old age arthritis (aka osteoarthritis) but rheumatoid arthritis.
And I didn’t think about it then, but I realize now that that poor girl has probably led a very pain-filled life and is likely at least partially disabled by now.
Let’s take a closer look at this less “popular” but extremely debilitating form of arthritis, as well as factors that may be causing it and ways to help prevent it or counteract it if you’ve got it.
Rheumatoid arthritis—not just for the elderly
Believe it or not, there are actually over 100 different types of arthritis.
The most common forms include:
- Osteoarthritis (OA): The well-known
old-age arthritis caused by wear on the joints as you age
- Infectious arthritis: This form is
caused by an infection in one or more joints
- Gout: This is a type of arthritis
caused by an accumulation of uric acid crystals around your joints
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): An autoimmune
condition that can affect not only your joints, but also your soft tissues
and organs
Although it typically strikes people between the ages of 25 and 50 (women at 2 ½ times the rate of men), children and even infants can develop the condition too! (In kids it’s called juvenile idiopathic arthritis).
As mentioned above, it's considered an autoimmune condition, meaning that your immune system sees the thin membrane that lines your joints (the synovium) as a dangerous invader and launches an attack.
This leads to the chronic joint swelling, intense pain and increasingly limited range of motion.
It doesn’t stop there
RA can have a huge negative impact on your quality of life over and above daily painful movements and swelling because it can lead to temporary or even permanent disability…sadly many times at a very young age.
It also can affect your overall state of health too. According to the CDC, one study showed that 40% of people with RA were more likely to report fair or poor general health compared to people who don’t have arthritis.
Thirty% reported needing help with personal care such as bathing, dressing or using the bathroom.
Other reports cited by the CDC mention that people who have RA lose functioning “in every domain of human activity including work, leisure, and social relations.”
Certainly nothing to be taken lightly.
It’s a mystery…or not
Autoimmune conditions like RA are very much a mystery to most of the medical world because there’s not one clear-cut reason why someone’s immune system can get taunted into overreacting and attacking healthy tissue.
But a lot of the suspicion lies in the area about 12 inches south of your neck.
Your gut.
Since your gut houses about 70% of your immune system, when things go awry with that immune system, chances are excellent something happening in the gut is the culprit.
For example, poor digestion can cause inadequately digested food particles to get into your bloodstream and put the immune system on alert.
Leaky gut syndrome opens the door for food particles and toxins to enter circulation and tease your immune system too.
Being low in stomach acid, digestive enzymes or friendly gut bacteria can reduce your body’s natural barriers against pathogens so they can burrow their way into your blood and provoke your immune system as well.
The studies are starting to suspect the gut too
Research studies are being done that are continuing to uncover and support the relationship of the gut and autoimmune conditions—including rheumatoid arthritis.
One study has shown that the presence of a certain type of unfriendly gut bacteria known as Prevotella copri (P. copri) correlates with rheumatoid arthritis in newly diagnosed, untreated people.
In the study (which was published online in November 2013 in eLife), Dr. Dan Littman of NYU School of Medicine led a team of researchers that examined DNA in 114 stool samples from both healthy people and those who had rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis.
The researchers found that 75% of the people with new-onset, untreated rheumatoid arthritis had the P. copri bacterium in their intestinal tract.
They also did further testing on mice to see whether the P. copri bacteria could initiate or worsen inflammation, and saw that the mice with P. copri developed more severe symptoms than the mice that hadn’t received the bacteria, thereby supporting that this bacteria worsens inflammation too.
Fight back at rheumatoid arthritis
Although rheumatoid arthritis can be devastating, there are some very effective ways you can either help prevent it from making its home in you, or fight back at it if you’ve got it.
Here are three very safe, effective ways you can help:
1- Eat nutritious foods and encourage good digestion
When you’re dealing with the challenges of rheumatoid arthritis, it’s crucial that your body can eliminate wastes and break down your foods efficiently like they need to be, as well as get the nutrients it so desperately needs to help encourage your tissues, organs and systems to stay as healthy as they can.
The Great Taste No Pain system can help you accomplish this very important goal.
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Both systems show you how to create healthy, nutritious meals featuring real foods that are not only scrumptious, but are also a snap to prepare and much easier for your system to digest.
When your system can more effectively break down your foods, not only can you have less trouble with heartburn, acid reflux, gas and bloating, but you help ensure that your foods are small enough when they're absorbed so they don't taunt your immune system and that the nutrients in those foods are in the form that they need to be to be used by your body.
2- Consider supplementing with probiotics
Probiotic supplementation has been shown to help counteract three of the immune system "teasers" I mentioned above--reduced barriers, leaky gut and poor digestion.
And having a strong population of healthy bacteria lining your gut may also help you in the fight against dangerous bacteria like P. copri!
And
for a high quality, potent probiotic that's up to this important challenge,
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One of Super Shield's strains, Lactobacillus Rhamnosus, helps to strengthen gut-barrier function and has been shown to have a beneficial impact on autoimmune conditions as well as constipation, diarrhea and IBS symptoms.
Additionally, Super Shield's 12 other superstar strains will help keep your gut flora in proper balance, encouraging the formation of more anti-inflammatory immune cells.
Note: Be sure to talk to your doctor about probiotics, especially if you are on immunosuppressive medication.
3- Supplement with Omega-3 essential fatty acids
Rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by chronic inflammation.
What can make this inflammation even worse is when you have an imbalance of Omega-6 and Omega-3 essential fatty acids.
You see, Omega-6 EFAs stir up inflammation (such as when you’re sick or injured) and Omega-3’s cool down inflammation, and when they exist in about a ratio between 2:1 and 5:1 in your body, they effectively initiate and control inflammation as needed.
But when you have too many Omega-6 EFAs in action, this can cause inflammation to go overboard and become more chronic in nature.
And chronic
inflammation that’s something a person with rheumatoid arthritis doesn’t need
any more of!In addition to eating natural sources of Omega-3 like fatty fish, walnuts and flax seeds, you can help replenish your Omega-3 supply with a pharmaceutical-grade Omega-3 supplement like VitalMega-3.
- http://www.bluerockholistics.com/product/vitalmega3.asp
VitalMega-3 is a pure, super-potent, fish oil formula that delivers a full 1,000 mg. of the necessary EPA and DHA essential fatty acids in every daily 2-capsule serving, in the 3:2 ratio recommended by most experts.
It’s not hopeless
Rheumatoid arthritis is a very painful, challenging condition, but it’s not hopeless.
Especially when you put natural measures into place that can help your body counteract the autoimmune process that’s underlying RA (and other autoimmune conditions too)!
See what a difference in can make in how you feel when you give your body some help from within.
To your health,
Sherry Brescia
Thank you, thank you, and thank you - 1000 times over again.
I had been diagnosed with diverticulosis seven years ago. The truth is I have always had to be very careful about what I ate and when I ate it. Food was not my friend.
After a recent visit to the doctor (I had been experiencing non-stop tummy problems for 3-4 months) and the nurse practitioner looking at me and asking me what I wanted to do about it, I went home and decided that they (the medical profession) had no plan to help me with my situation. I did a search on the internet for diverticulosis and up your website popped!
Life has been ever so much better since I have been on your eating plan. I have lost 14 pounds (most of it poop I believe!); sleep very soundly at night now, no need for extra pillows because I don't get clogged up anymore (I thought I had allergies - I did - only the allergies were caused by eating the wrong foods together) and my energy level has soared.
My arthritis has also subsided. I was fortunate that I was not on any medication, but after following your plan, my overall aches and pains have significantly been reduced.
My brother, who has suffered from Crohn's Disease for 18 years, is also on the plan. He has basically stopped taking all of his medication. He tells me every day how much better he feels and the problematic diarrhea is non-existent. He can't believe how much better he feels. He just turned 66 and tells me this is the best he has felt in years!
For me, not having stomach pain every day, not having to worry about eating (will I have to be close to a bathroom just in case the food ran through me) - all of those worries/issues have disappeared. I feel released from an endless cycle that had me almost chained to my house each day for fear of having some unexpected 'accident' while out in public.
Again, thank you, thank you, and thank you.
Age 64 and feeling better than ever thanks to your plan!
Susan
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