Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Interesting read about foods to ease the pain of arthritis sufferers

SCIENTISTS REVEAL THE MOST EFFECTIVE SUPPLEMENTS AND FOODS TO EASE THE PAIN OF ARTHRITIS!                        

  • Just one-and-a-half fish oil supplements a day reduces inflammation to ease pain
  • Vitamin K, which is found in kale and parsley, promotes bone and cartilage repair
  • Weight loss in the obese helps to reduce the strain on patients' joints
  • Researchers emphasise the importance of lifestyle choices in managing arthritis 
  • Osteoarthritis affects up to one third of people over 45 in the UK

Fish-oil supplements significantly reduce discomfort by easing inflammation (stock)

Scientists have revealed the most effective ways osteoarthritis (OA) suffers can ease their agonising pain.  
After analysing more than 60 studies, the researchers discovered just one-and-a-half fish-oil supplements, or one gram, a day significantly reduces crippling discomfort in OA sufferers by easing inflammation.
Vitamin K, which is found in kale, spinach and parsley, also relieves patients' symptoms by promoting bone and cartilage repair, the study review found. 
Among obese OA patients, weight loss helps to minimise pain by reducing the strain put on joints, as well as excessive weight loss being linked to inflammation, the research adds.  
Study author Professor Ali Mobasheri, from the University of Surrey, said: 'Lifestyle should also be considered when attempting to reduce the pain of osteoarthritis. 
'Patients can’t expect miracles with dietary interventions if they are overweight and drink or smoke heavily.'
OA affects up to one third of people over 45 in the UK. The condition is caused by the cartilage at the ends of bones breaking down over time.
Results further suggest that eating whole fish has the same benefits as taking oil supplements, however, many people fail to meet the American Dietary Guidelines of one portion a week.
Taking supplements may be more convenient than incorporating fish into people's diets. 
High cholesterol levels are also associated with OA due to them causing inflammation and accumulating in cartilage, leading to its destruction. 
Eating more fibre, as well as adding oats or nuts to OA patients' diets may help to reduce their cholesterol levels. 
Calorie restriction does not benefit OA patients who are of a healthy weight.
Study author Professor Margaret Rayman said: 'The importance of a good diet and regular exercise should never be underestimated. 
'Not only does it keep us fit and healthy, but as we have learned from this study, it can also lessen painful symptoms of osteoarthritis. 
'We are what we eat and it is important that we have the right amount of nutrients from our food to ensure that our body systems work as they should.' 
The researchers wrote, in the journal Rheumatology, that given the limited treatment options available to OA patients, 'any risk-free means of reducing progression or relieving debilitating symptoms in such a large patient group should be given a try'. 

Osteoarthritis affects up to one third of people over 45 in the UK (stock)

This comes after scientists ranked the five most effective, non-surgical treatments for knee OA in research released earlier this month.
For pain reduction, cortisone injections provide the most effective short-term relief, followed by ibuprofen, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections, and the non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) naproxen and celecoxib, a study by the non-profit health system Dartmouth-Hitchcock, New England, found.
Yet, naproxen is the best overall remedy to both improve joint function and minimise discomfort, the research adds.
Hyaluronic acid (HA) injections appear to be relatively ineffective at relieving pain or boosting knee function, with 12 out of 53 studies finding such therapies are no better than placebo, the study found.
The researchers believe their findings support the use of naproxen as a first-line drug-based treatment for knee OA.
Previous research also suggests naproxen causes less heart attacks and strokes than other drugs of its class.

Original Post - Click HERE! Credits to Daily Mail

Thursday, April 19, 2018

This song does things to me........


To Build a Home
There is a house built out of stone
Wooden floors, walls and window sills
Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust
This is a place where I don't feel alone
This is a place where I feel at home
'Cause, I built a home
For you
For me
Until it disappeared
From me
From you
And now, it's time to leave and turn to dust
Out in the garden where we planted the seeds
There is a tree as old as me
Branches were sewn by the color of green
Ground had arose and passed it's knees
By the cracks of the skin I climbed to the top
I climbed the tree to see the world
When the gusts came around to blow me down
I held on as tightly as you held onto me
I held on as tightly as you held onto me
And, I built a home
For you
For me
Until it disappeared
From me
From you
And now, it's time to leave and turn to dust

Wednesday, April 04, 2018

Summertime Must-Do List



If You Love Lobster, You’ll Want To Visit This Tiny Village In Connecticut
(click this link)

Starting my MUST-DO list for the Summertime!!  I am not going to miss out this year.  Last year was kind of a dud because I worked so much but this Summer, I am going to be sure to make it a priority to do lots of fun things!!! If you know me, you know that lobster is one of my FAVORITE food on the planet!  My family is from the Northeast and we have always had lobster multiple times a year.  I will want to visit one or all of the places listed on the site when you click the link above.  They all look amazing! 

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I love this website, ONLY IN YOUR STATE.  I go to this site quite often to get ideas on things to do that I haven't done yet or would like to do again.  They have a website for each and every state.

Thursday, March 29, 2018

RIP - To a True Hero....

I HOPE YOU REST IN PEACE, MY GOOD MAN, YOU DESERVE IT

Click this link to read about this incredible human being.  People like this wonderful person are the people I look up to, not celebrities.  People that stand up for what they believe in.  I would like to think I would have tried to do the same thing.  I hope his soul is at peace.

Friday, March 02, 2018

Incredible story about how TURMERIC is the bomb diggity!

A woman who battled blood cancer for years without success finally halted the disease with turmeric, it has been reported.
Dieneke Ferguson is now leading a normal life after giving up on gruelling treatments that failed to stop it.
Doctors say her case is the first recorded instance in which a patient has recovered by using the spice after stopping conventional medical treatments.
With her myeloma spreading rapidly after three rounds of chemotherapy and four stem cell transplants, the 67-year-old began taking 8g of curcumin a day – one of the main compounds in turmeric.
Dieneke Ferguson had been diagnosed with the blood cancer myeloma in 2007 and had undergone three rounds of chemotherapy as well as four stem cell transplants
Dieneke Ferguson had been diagnosed with the blood cancer myeloma 
in 2007 and had undergone three rounds of chemotherapy 
as well as four stem cell transplants
Dieneke is still taking 8g of curcumin in tablet form daily — the equivalent of about two teaspoonfuls of pure powdered curcumin
Dieneke is still taking 8g of curcumin in tablet form daily 
— the equivalent of about two teaspoonfuls of pure powdered curcumin
The cancer, which has an average survival of just over five years, was causing increasing back pain and she had already had a second relapse.
But it stabilised after Mrs Ferguson, from north London, came across the remedy on the internet in 2011 and decided to try it as a last resort.
 The tablets are expensive – £50 for ten days – but as kitchen turmeric contains just 2 per cent curcumin it would be impossible to eat enough to get the same dose.  Mrs Ferguson, who was first diagnosed in 2007, continues to take curcumin without further treatment and her cancer cell count is negligible.
Her doctors, from Barts Health NHS Trust in London, wrote in the British Medical Journal Case Reports: ‘To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in which curcumin has demonstrated an objective response in progressive disease in the absence of conventional treatment.’
The experts, led by Dr Abbas Zaidi, said some myeloma patients took dietary supplements alongside conventional treatment but ‘few, if any, use dietary supplementation as an alternative to standard antimyeloma therapy’. 
Doctors say Dieneke Ferguson's case is the first recorded instance in which a patient has recovered by using turmeric (pictured) after stopping conventional medical treatments
Doctors say Dieneke Ferguson's case is the first recorded instance in which a 
patient has recovered by using turmeric (pictured) after stopping conventional 
medical treatments
Since the turn of the century, more than 50 studies have tested curcumin – the pigment in turmeric that gives it its bright yellow colour
Since the turn of the century, more than 50 studies have tested curcumin 
– the pigment in turmeric that gives it its bright yellow colour
Dieneke tried Curcumin, a component of turmeric, and five years on, her cancer cell count is negligible. Pictured: Dieneke Ferguson with the Olympics Torch in Brazil
Dieneke tried Curcumin, a component of turmeric, and five years on, 
her cancer cell count is negligible. Pictured: Dieneke Ferguson 
with the Olympics Torch in Brazil
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But they added: ‘In the absence of further antimyeloma treatment the patient plateaued and has remained stable for the past five years with good quality of life.’
Since the turn of the century, more than 50 studies have tested curcumin – the pigment in turmeric that gives it that bright yellow colour.

A CENTURIES-OLD EASTERN REMEDY

  • Turmeric is a yellow spice widely used as a flavouring in the Indian subcontinent and as a food colouring by industry
  • It is ground from the dried root of an Asian plant called Curcuma longa and has been used in Eastern medicine for centuries
  • Curcumin - turmeric’s active ingredient - has significant antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties
  • Studies have shown it is an effective painkiller and also reduces the risk of lung disease, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and depression.
But although it is widely used in Eastern medicine, and has been studied for its anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects, curcumin is not widely prescribed because it has never been tested in large-scale trials.
The doctors wrote that the ‘biological activity of curcumin is indeed remarkable’, including its ‘anti-proliferative effects in a wide variety of tumour cells’. 
But Professor Jamie Cavenagh, one of the authors of the paper, stressed it may not work for all patients. He said: ‘A lot of my patients take curcumin at different stages of their treatment. I don’t object to it.
‘Dieneke’s is the best response I have observed and it is clear-cut because we had stopped all other treatment.’
Mrs Ferguson, who runs Hidden Art, a not-for-profit business helping artists market their work, is frustrated doctors cannot recommend the spice and wants more research carried out.
She said: ‘I hope my story will lead to more people finding out about the amazing health benefits of curcumin.’
Myeloma affects some 5,500 people in the UK every year, killing nearly 3,000.


I did not write this post.  I reposted this from DAILYMAIL.  Click the original link HERE.