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Arthritis and joint complaints.

1. Gelatin.
Is made of collagen, the raw material for joints and connective tissue and helps rebuild healthy joints.
Buy at least a kilogram of unsweetened gelatin from a restaurant food supplier or similar (it will be very cheap).
You can also use unsweetened gelatin from the supermarket.
Every day take a heaping tablespoon of gelatin in water (with vitamin c powder with bioflavinoids is best).
Preparation of the gelatin:
fill a glass of water one quarter full with cold water.
Sprinkle the heaping tablespoon of gelatin in the water and let it sit for 2-3 minutes.
Add about a third of a glass of hot tap water and mix in the gelatin well with a spoon.
Add in a quarter of a glass of cold water and the vitamin c powder and stir in.
Drink.
Gelatin is also almost pure protein with about 20g of protein in a heaping tablespoon.
In a harvard study taking a heaping tablespoon of gelatin by itself completely cured 28 out of 29 patients with incurable, long term rheumatoid arthritis in 90 days! It should only take about 10 days to see significant improvement. This part of the protocol is also ridiculously cheap.

There is also a recipe on the site glorioushealth that you can use to make gelatin with fruit which is more palatable than drinking gelatin.

2. Pharmaceutical grade fish oil.
Reduces or eliminates the inflammation of arthritis (first shown to be effective in 1775 and many times since).
Take 2-4 teaspoons of pharmaceutical grade fish oil every day (8-16 capsules a day).
This is the equivalent of 16-32 capsules a day of normal health food grade fish oil but taking health food grade fish oil in doses like this could present health problems in the long term.

Pharmaceutical grade fish oil is very pure of contaminants.

3. Glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate.
Shown in many studies to relieve the symptoms of arthritis (both nutrients help build healthy joints and cartilidge).
Take around 1500mg glucosamine sulphate and 1200mg of chondroitin sulphate every day.
Two seperate doses (around 750mg glucosamine and 600mg of chondroitin sulphate) is better but not crucial.
You don't have to be precise with the amounts.
Some preparations come with a herb called boswellia seratta.
Boswellia seratta is also shown to reduce the inflammation of arthrits.

4. Take vitamin c with bioflavinoids to bowel tolerance 4-6 times a day.
To help kill off the chronic infection of mycoplasma spp. Which is probably the initial cause of arthritis.
Also vitamin c helps reduce inflammation in various ways.

5. Enzymes and calcium.
Osteoporosis often coincides with calcium and could be reversed with agressive calcium supplementation.
To help the absorption of calcium and other nutrients in older people (over 45 years or so) it’s worth considering pancreatic enzymes and betaine hcl 15 minutes before each meal (they usually come in the same capsule and will be called some fancy name including the word enzyme).
You need to choose your calcium carefully.
The most absorbable forms of calcium are:
calcium hydroxyapatite
calcium citrate/malate
calcimate
calcium citrate
colloidal calcium (majestic earth or tj clark brands)

(although there are no scientific studies I know of about colloidal calcium and osteoporosis the smaller molecular size of colloidal calcium and clinical results suggest that colloidal calcium is absorbed particularly well.

To find out how much calcium is in a product you need to look at the total elemental calcium in a tablet or dose.
You also want a calcium supplement that has magnesium (in half the quantity of the calcium) and vitamin d.
Also zinc, vitamin k4, manganese, boron and even the herb horsetail in the supplement can all help but are not essential.
So take one enzyme/betaine hcl capsule 15 minutes before every meal (three times a day).
And around 700 mg of calcium and 350mg of magnesium immediately before or with each of those three meals.
A total daily supplementation of around 2000mg of calcium and 1000mg of magnesium.
It can take around 90 days for your body to replace its skeleton.
And 90 days is the usual time required for relief from arthritis and many osteoporitic complaints.

6. Exercise.
The cartilidge in joints is squeezed like a sponge whenever the joint moves.
This squeezing pushes out all the impurities, toxins etc from the cartilidge.
When the cartilidge expands again it sucks in liquid and nutrients.
So moving affected joints is absoloutely essential to allow nutrients into the cartilidge of joints.
Find ways of moving the joints that are gentle and don't cause pain.
The more times a day you can move your joints the quicker your joints can heal and return to normal function.

7. Hygiene
mucus, saliva and your fingernails have similar proteins and sugars found in the connective tissue and lubricating fluids of joints.
Combined with germs under your fingernails these proteins could confuse your immune system into attacking your joints and cartilidge.
Don't put your fingers in your mouth or bite your nails.
Use utensils to eat with, not your fingers.
Use clean zone soap from advanced hygiene products to clean your fingernails.
Or in australia you can buy clean zone soap from absolutehealthproducts

8. Diet
diet is also essential to reduce the inflammation of arthritis.
Eat low fat protein (fish, turkey breast, chicken breast, gelatin) with every meal (try to limit red meat -especially the fat on red meat - and egg yolks).
Try to eat mainly fruit and vegetables as carbohydrate and limit carbohydrate consumption.
Eat good fats with every meal (almonds, avacados, macadamia nuts, fish).
Eat lettuce and especially leafy greens with every meal if possible.

See /glorioushealth for a free recipe and download the free book from depression to glorious health for a comprehensive protocol which should reduce or eliminate the inflammation of arthritis.