Arthritis
Home remedies for arthritis
• Quaker Oats helps with arthritis flare ups – but not eating the oatmeal, instead applying it to your aching joints!
The healing power of ginger
• Cayenne pepper and ginger reduce the pain of arthritis.
• Ginger also reduces the pain and swelling caused by rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
Stressed out?
• Eating fresh basil will wipe out arthritis pain in 24 hours up to 73%.
No drugs
• Eating at least one cup of white or red grapes daily helps curb joint pain.
• Taking 240 mgs. of willow bark and 1,000 mgs. of boswellia will give arthritis a one-two punch.
• Therapeutic taping soothed arthritic joints of 73% of the people who participated in a study in Australia.
• A cup of green or black tea once a day will help sabotage the process tied to causing arthritic inflammation.
Stay ache-free with pineapple
• Pineapple is the only food that contains bromelain, which is an enzyme that slashes osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis pain.
5 ways to prevent arthritis
1. Prevent pain by shedding 11 pounds
2. Work out for 15 minutes a day
3. Align your feet with inserts
4. Stop knee pain with vitamin C
5. Stop swelling with this spice
Stop arthritis before it starts!
• Step barefoot on a damp floor – if your footprint doesn’t have an empty space for an arch then you have a one in three chance of getting arthritis.
• 30 minutes of walking daily or yoga daily will make your joints 30% more flexible and strong to prevent arthritis.
Keep your joints pain free
• Stop stiffness with avocado and soy.
• People who cut back on inflammation-triggering red meat are half as likely to complain of joint pain.
• Cod-liver oil slows the destruction of joint cartilage in 86% of people who take 1,000 mg. a day for ten weeks.
• Cycling thickens cartilage in the legs and hips without wearing down your joints.
Water in the diet
• Water helps to relieve and prevent lower back pain, maintain muscle tone, regulate body temperature, and lubricates the joints.
Your health
• Knee osteoarthritis sufferers should think about going barefoot – it relieves stress on their beleaguered joints.
Ease arthritis pain
• Crushed sea shells are used to create glucosamine, which is a supplement proven to reduce pain and inflammation, build cartilage and repair damaged cells.
Fight arthritis with flavor
• While there are multiple compounds in basil’s essential oils, eugenol shows the greatest potential for helping people with arthritis.
Prevent arthritis
• Women who are 10 pounds overweight are 10 times more likely to develop osteoarthritis, but dropping 11 pounds over 10 years cuts the risk in half.