Arthritis - Ease/Stop the Pain with Whole Food Nutrition

For additional support with vitamins A and vitamin D food add:

The key to strong bones, joints and cartilage is to eat the right kinds of foods, including foods with phosphorus (see Bone-Joint Nutrients) not just calcium. And, good oils and fats help lubricate joints. Vitamin A and D foods also encourage strong bones, as does weight-bearing exercise (see Cod Liver Oil) Also, the musculoskeletal system (especially bones) needs a good supply of vitamin K as well (see Alkaline Food).

Arthritis and Gout
Arthritis and Gout are problems that may be helped by making the body more alkaline and may respond well to an Alkaline Diet. As part of this program, alkaline ash minerals help reduce acidity in the body (see Alkaline Food). Some of the most acid-causing substances include beef, sugars, alcohol, all refined foods, most drugs and all artificial ingredients.

Chondroitin, MSM, Glucosamine Sulfate
These three substances, chondroitin, MSM and glucosamine sulfate, are made naturally by nutrient-dense foods and their actions within the body due to sulfur-bearing amino acids. Foods to eat include cartilage, and green vegetables as well as sulfur containing vegetables. All of these are contained within Bone-Joint Nutrients.

Glucosamine is made in the body from glucose (a sugar) and the amino acid glutamine. Glucosamine is used as the starting material for tendons and ligaments, mucous membranes in the digestive and respiratory tracts, nails, skin, bone, eyes, heart valves, and synovial fluid in the joints. In its sulfated form, glucosamine provides cartilage with its structure, strength, and "shock absorbing" properties (see Bone-Joint Nutrients).

Glucosamine sulfate is produced in the body through several enzymatically controlled reactions. Food sources containing high concentrations of glutamine include raw parsley and spinach. Glucosamine is found in the largest amounts in cartilage tissue. Cartilage-containing products are available and include those harvested from shark and bovine sources. Contained in Bone-Joint Nutrients are cartilage (bovine trachea), sulfur bearing amino acids. Alkaline Food contain raw parsley and spinach as well as other alkaline producing minerals. Glucosamine sulfate does not appear in significant amounts in most diets and is made in the body.

Sources of vitamin K include green foods as well as several whole food formulas, including Super Green Foods: alfalfa, wheat grass, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, asparagus, lettuce, spinach, and some vegetable juices, as well as green, leafy vegetables.

Other helpful natural health care:

* Chiropractic
* Massage
* Osteopathic adjustments
* Water aeorobics
* Weight bearing exercise for building stronger bones
* Chinese medicine