One of my friends at Xavier's, (lets call her F) did research on the kind of diet that will help ease my discomfort due to arthritis, and put it all together in this note. It was one of the most personal and caring gestures I can recall among my varied experiences with people. We weren't even very close, and she wasn't the kind of person who vocalized her concerns.
For Kate:
1. Apples- regarded as excellent food medicine for arthritis and rheumatism especially when these diseases are caused by uric acid poisoning. The malic acid in them is said to neutralize the uric acid.
2. Bananas- A diet of bananas only for 3 or 4 days is advised- The patient can eat 8-9 bananas daily and nothing else. [personal note: I've lived on only bananas for 2 days when I was on some strange diet and it really isn't as difficult as it sounds- but then I love bananas! ]
3. Cucumber juice, in combination with the juice of carrots, beets and celery has a beneficial effect in conditions such as rheumatism, arthritis and gout.
4. Garlic- In Russia, garlic is used extensively in the treatment of arthritis and associated diseases. In Japan too, garlic extract was used to treat patients with Lumbago and arthritis and a large number of them were benefited without any side effects. This is probably due to the anti-inflammatory properties of garlic.
The most popular method is to take the garlic cloves orally [don't forget to brush your teeth later] although you may also rub the affected parts with cloves of garlic. Garlic oil is rapidly absorbed through the skin and into the blood stream, and quickly reaches the affected areas.
She ended it with a personal note:
That's all I could find on arthritis for now. Make sure you actually do some of this stuff. Apples are easy to eat, cucumber and carrot juice is yummy (although some people think it is an acquired taste)
I don't know how you'll feel about the Garlic and Bananas, but I would say that anything is worth a shot.
happy healing,
F.
Thanks for this, F., and just for you, I'll have a glass of carrot juice tomorrow!
3 comments:
so, how was your experience with the carrot juice? I do like it and when in canteena I order it, my friends (who generally go for :mango-pupled: shakes) comment my food habbits taste weird :D...
but, it is really good for helth... it is also anti-oxident, I read somewhere!
I'm not known for picking benefit over taste, hence the natural aversion to carrot juice.
precious. i should do some mailbox scrounging of my own.
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