Alternative Cures
Alternative Cures is a special lens aimed at helping people to break away from the drug-orientated grip of modern medicine by informing you about alternative cures, remedies and therapies that can help to alleviate a whole host of different ailments, health issues and personal problems.
Having said that, an alternative cures approach to general health can actually compliment some modern medicines and therapies that are available from your medical doctor, giving you access to the best of both worlds.
Alternative Cures will allow you to open your mind and heart to the lesser known alternatives to the world of modern medicine and artificial drugs giving you a real and viable choice that you may never have had or realised were there for you before.
This Alternative Cures lens also compliments my main website at Alternative Cures, which has an up to date blog as well as a wealth of informative articles and resources to enrich and promote a healthier lifestyle.
Terry Didcott
High Blood Pressure - The Silent Killer
Here is an excerpt of an article by Terry Didcott
Over on the Alternative Cures website, there is a great article on The Silent Killer. Here is a short excerpt:
High blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension is a common problem affecting around one in four middle aged people in our western society. Sufferers of high blood pressure rarely display any visible symptoms, so often they are completely unaware they even have high blood pressure. If it is left untreated, high blood pressure can cause strokes or heart attacks. This is why it is also commonly known as "the silent killer".
To read the whole fascinating article, please click on this link: The Silent Killer
High blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension is a common problem affecting around one in four middle aged people in our western society. Sufferers of high blood pressure rarely display any visible symptoms, so often they are completely unaware they even have high blood pressure. If it is left untreated, high blood pressure can cause strokes or heart attacks. This is why it is also commonly known as "the silent killer".
To read the whole fascinating article, please click on this link: The Silent Killer
ASTHMA, NATURALLY!
Here is an excerpt from an article on asthma by Terry Didcott
Edited to remove duplication: 16th Nov 2007
On my Alternative Cures website, there's an informative article on Asthma. Here's a short excerpt:
Asthma affects around 5.2 million people in the UK and close to 23 million people in the United States. According to current reports, these numbers are continuing to grow yearly. This begs the very important question, "Why are there so many people that suffer with asthma?"
There are numerous factors contributing to these numbers. Take into account the polluted air that we breathe, the polluted water that we drink and the poisoned food that we eat. Make no mistake, that hard hitting statement is no fanciful ramble. It's based on facts, cold and hard...
To read the full article, click this link: Asthma Naturally
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As an extra detailed source of allergy asthma information, there is a very informative and well stocked site at Allergy Asthma Treatment that I'm sure you'll find a very helpful informational resource when it comes to asthma treatment, medicines, inhalers and much more.
On my Alternative Cures website, there's an informative article on Asthma. Here's a short excerpt:
Asthma affects around 5.2 million people in the UK and close to 23 million people in the United States. According to current reports, these numbers are continuing to grow yearly. This begs the very important question, "Why are there so many people that suffer with asthma?"
There are numerous factors contributing to these numbers. Take into account the polluted air that we breathe, the polluted water that we drink and the poisoned food that we eat. Make no mistake, that hard hitting statement is no fanciful ramble. It's based on facts, cold and hard...
To read the full article, click this link: Asthma Naturally
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As an extra detailed source of allergy asthma information, there is a very informative and well stocked site at Allergy Asthma Treatment that I'm sure you'll find a very helpful informational resource when it comes to asthma treatment, medicines, inhalers and much more.
Alternative Cure for Yeast Infections
Updated 17th Feb 2009 - Terry Didcott
Alternative remedies can be found for any number of different problems. One of these is yeast infection.
Unfortunately, some not so enlightened visitor to this lens has taken it upon themself to be judge jury and executioner and deem that the subject of yeast infections is not suitable for a lens. Because of this, I have had to remove this highly informative and useful article which covers the many aspects of a problem that can only affect members of one half of the entire population of the world (I mean women). Obviously that is too "minority" for our visiting self-righteous zealot who reported this site as spam because of this article.
So if you think that writing about a valid and relatively common ailment and putting forward natural remedies (NOT pills, drugs or anything else nasty) to support it is rather more valid than this particular person would have you all believe, please feel free to leave this lens and read about it on my website that is not subject to the censorship of those that are not so flexible in their thinking.
Read the article here: Yeast Infection
Unfortunately, some not so enlightened visitor to this lens has taken it upon themself to be judge jury and executioner and deem that the subject of yeast infections is not suitable for a lens. Because of this, I have had to remove this highly informative and useful article which covers the many aspects of a problem that can only affect members of one half of the entire population of the world (I mean women). Obviously that is too "minority" for our visiting self-righteous zealot who reported this site as spam because of this article.
So if you think that writing about a valid and relatively common ailment and putting forward natural remedies (NOT pills, drugs or anything else nasty) to support it is rather more valid than this particular person would have you all believe, please feel free to leave this lens and read about it on my website that is not subject to the censorship of those that are not so flexible in their thinking.
Read the article here: Yeast Infection
How Do You Beat Arthritis Without Drugs?
Part 1
Well, to actually beat arthritis you need determination and a can-do attitude.
It's no good sitting around waiting for the next miracle cure to come from the drug companies - it may never happen and you'll just get worse over time. It's also no good hoping that someone else will beat it for you.
Arthritis is a painful, debilitating illness that you are suffering from and only you have the power to do anything about it. Not your doctor, not your family and not me. You.
I can give you some of the tools to work with but if you don't use those tools then they are not worth the time spent writing about them.
The first tool you'll need in abundance is belief. Belief in yourself and in the fact that you CAN do this for yourself, despite what other people might say or your doctor might recommend. You have to look past these things and figure this out one thing for yourself: and that is - has the advice that other people and my doctor or specialist have given me worked? Did it cure my arthritis? Do the drugs I take do me any good?
If you answered "NO" to those three questions, then what do you think the alternative is? Well you have two options.
1. Sit back, abandon all hope and put up with the pain and the stress and the anguish because tomorrow might be better.
2. Stand up and thump the table with your fist and say to yourself "I'm going to make me well again!" and if you want to use a swear word or two for good measure, go right ahead. I won't mind.
Ok, I'll assume you picked option 2. What can you do to make yourself well again?
First you need to know what is making you ill. When you can identify the cause of the problem, then you can try to eliminate that cause and give yourself a head start to recovery.
I'll tell you what is causing your arthritis, but you may not like what you hear and many people, some doctors included will shake their heads and disagree. Well ignore them because they just haven't worked it out yet.
The number one, two and three causes of arthritis, gout and other associated complaints (too many to go into) is DIET, DIET and DIET.
Ouch!
But when you think about it, it makes so much sense you'll wonder why this isn't common knowledge. What do you eat every day, over a period of a week, or a month or a year? Add to that what you drink as well, because it makes a difference.
In the next instalment we'll look at a typical diet.
It's no good sitting around waiting for the next miracle cure to come from the drug companies - it may never happen and you'll just get worse over time. It's also no good hoping that someone else will beat it for you.
Arthritis is a painful, debilitating illness that you are suffering from and only you have the power to do anything about it. Not your doctor, not your family and not me. You.
I can give you some of the tools to work with but if you don't use those tools then they are not worth the time spent writing about them.
The first tool you'll need in abundance is belief. Belief in yourself and in the fact that you CAN do this for yourself, despite what other people might say or your doctor might recommend. You have to look past these things and figure this out one thing for yourself: and that is - has the advice that other people and my doctor or specialist have given me worked? Did it cure my arthritis? Do the drugs I take do me any good?
If you answered "NO" to those three questions, then what do you think the alternative is? Well you have two options.
1. Sit back, abandon all hope and put up with the pain and the stress and the anguish because tomorrow might be better.
2. Stand up and thump the table with your fist and say to yourself "I'm going to make me well again!" and if you want to use a swear word or two for good measure, go right ahead. I won't mind.
Ok, I'll assume you picked option 2. What can you do to make yourself well again?
First you need to know what is making you ill. When you can identify the cause of the problem, then you can try to eliminate that cause and give yourself a head start to recovery.
I'll tell you what is causing your arthritis, but you may not like what you hear and many people, some doctors included will shake their heads and disagree. Well ignore them because they just haven't worked it out yet.
The number one, two and three causes of arthritis, gout and other associated complaints (too many to go into) is DIET, DIET and DIET.
Ouch!
But when you think about it, it makes so much sense you'll wonder why this isn't common knowledge. What do you eat every day, over a period of a week, or a month or a year? Add to that what you drink as well, because it makes a difference.
In the next instalment we'll look at a typical diet.
Red, Red Wine
12th September 2007 - Terry Didcott
It has for centuries been the staple tipple of the French, Italians and Spanish, not to mention probably every one else who lives around the Mediterranean!
Red wine comes in many varieties, but they all, to a greater or lesser degree, have one thing in common.
Apart from the alcohol, that is.
Red wine contains certain chemicals such as flavenoids and resveratol which are known to reduce your risk of heart disease, strokes and more recently cancer. Better still, it has been recently discovered that resveratol also has anti-aging properties.
Oh joy!
But don't go out and buy a few case-loads to throw down your neck with gusto just yet. There is a slight drawback in that the best health effects of red wine are believed to be when it is drank at a rate of one glass per day.
So downing a bottle a day is counter-productive and will do more harm than good, especially in the liver department. So remember, moderation in all things etc...
Its not so bad, really - you can enjoy a glass of your favourite red wine with your main meal of the day and you really can toast you your good health!
Red wine comes in many varieties, but they all, to a greater or lesser degree, have one thing in common.
Apart from the alcohol, that is.
Red wine contains certain chemicals such as flavenoids and resveratol which are known to reduce your risk of heart disease, strokes and more recently cancer. Better still, it has been recently discovered that resveratol also has anti-aging properties.
Oh joy!
But don't go out and buy a few case-loads to throw down your neck with gusto just yet. There is a slight drawback in that the best health effects of red wine are believed to be when it is drank at a rate of one glass per day.
So downing a bottle a day is counter-productive and will do more harm than good, especially in the liver department. So remember, moderation in all things etc...
Its not so bad, really - you can enjoy a glass of your favourite red wine with your main meal of the day and you really can toast you your good health!
How Do You Beat Arthritis Without Drugs?
Part 2
Here's a list of great foods and drinks that are popularly consumed by the majority of people regularly.
1. Red Meat:
Beef or any meat from cows
Pork, ham, bacon or anything from pigs
Mutton or any meat from sheep
Vennison
2. Fast Food:
Hamburgers/beefburgers
Hot Dogs
Pizza
Takeaways in general
3. Processed Food:
Prepared meals (such as ready made lasagne)
Pasta filled with meat (ie ravioli)
Meat filled savoury pies (pork pies, steak etc)
Puddings
Cakes
Biscuits
4. Drinks:
Fizzy drinks (ie coke)
Citrus juices (ie orange/grapefruit)
Cordials and soda flavourings
Beer
Alcoholic drinks
Ok, you get the picture. All these things, if eaten or drunk in anything other than moderation (except fast foods, where they should be avoided at all costs) will contribute to your arthritis.
If these are the kinds of things that you grew up on and ate and drank in proliferation because you didn't know any better, it's not your fault. How could you know what these things were doing to your body?
If you still eat and drink these things in proliferation after reading this - don't say I didn't tell you so!
Why?
I'll tell you why.
Meat:
All farmed meat but especially red meats come from animals who have been pumped full of steroids, growth hormones, medicines and fed with totally the wrong food practically from the day they were born, right through their miserable existences until the day they were slaughtered. The vision you might have of cows happily roaming through fields and eating grass and living free and natural lives is false. Not any more they don't. They live in small pens where they can be force-fed and injected regularly to force them to grow at grossly abnormal rates to make as much meat as possible in the shortest amount of time to make the farmers and supermarkets the most profit. Their whole lives are stressful and unnatural. They know when they are going to be killed, which increases the amount of adrenalin coursing through their veins and pumped into muscle. When they die, this adrenalin stays in the muscle, along with all the other toxins, uric acid, hormones, antibiotics and steroids. That toxic muscle is the meat that ends up pumped with red dye so it looks nice on the supermarket shelf.
I mentioned uric acid. That's because uric acid is what creates arthritis. No argument. When your body doesn't eliminate it all, it accumulates around your joints.
And that's the subject for the next chapter, How Do You Beat Arthritis Without Drugs? Part 3, a little further down the page.
1. Red Meat:
Beef or any meat from cows
Pork, ham, bacon or anything from pigs
Mutton or any meat from sheep
Vennison
2. Fast Food:
Hamburgers/beefburgers
Hot Dogs
Pizza
Takeaways in general
3. Processed Food:
Prepared meals (such as ready made lasagne)
Pasta filled with meat (ie ravioli)
Meat filled savoury pies (pork pies, steak etc)
Puddings
Cakes
Biscuits
4. Drinks:
Fizzy drinks (ie coke)
Citrus juices (ie orange/grapefruit)
Cordials and soda flavourings
Beer
Alcoholic drinks
Ok, you get the picture. All these things, if eaten or drunk in anything other than moderation (except fast foods, where they should be avoided at all costs) will contribute to your arthritis.
If these are the kinds of things that you grew up on and ate and drank in proliferation because you didn't know any better, it's not your fault. How could you know what these things were doing to your body?
If you still eat and drink these things in proliferation after reading this - don't say I didn't tell you so!
Why?
I'll tell you why.
Meat:
All farmed meat but especially red meats come from animals who have been pumped full of steroids, growth hormones, medicines and fed with totally the wrong food practically from the day they were born, right through their miserable existences until the day they were slaughtered. The vision you might have of cows happily roaming through fields and eating grass and living free and natural lives is false. Not any more they don't. They live in small pens where they can be force-fed and injected regularly to force them to grow at grossly abnormal rates to make as much meat as possible in the shortest amount of time to make the farmers and supermarkets the most profit. Their whole lives are stressful and unnatural. They know when they are going to be killed, which increases the amount of adrenalin coursing through their veins and pumped into muscle. When they die, this adrenalin stays in the muscle, along with all the other toxins, uric acid, hormones, antibiotics and steroids. That toxic muscle is the meat that ends up pumped with red dye so it looks nice on the supermarket shelf.
I mentioned uric acid. That's because uric acid is what creates arthritis. No argument. When your body doesn't eliminate it all, it accumulates around your joints.
And that's the subject for the next chapter, How Do You Beat Arthritis Without Drugs? Part 3, a little further down the page.
Alternative Weight Loss Tips
A lot of information already exists online for various weight loss methods, but most of them are mainstream methods and techniques that involve either strict diets or exercise regimes designed to fight the flab from one direction or another.
This is fine if you have the determination and motivation to work like this, but there are also alternatives to weight loss that can work in as effective a way as the mainstream methods, or in many cases even better.
The main power of alternative methods of weight loss is in their whole person approach and not just this diet or that exercise work out system. A whole person approach takes into consideration a person's food intake, the quality of that food intake as well as the person's own thoughts on the process of weight loss and their approach to exercise that is especially geared for their own body shape, size, levels of fitness and personal circumstances.
So these alternative weight loss tips and techniques are generally much more effective because of this regard for all of a person's circumstances and not just focusing on one or two areas.
This is fine if you have the determination and motivation to work like this, but there are also alternatives to weight loss that can work in as effective a way as the mainstream methods, or in many cases even better.
The main power of alternative methods of weight loss is in their whole person approach and not just this diet or that exercise work out system. A whole person approach takes into consideration a person's food intake, the quality of that food intake as well as the person's own thoughts on the process of weight loss and their approach to exercise that is especially geared for their own body shape, size, levels of fitness and personal circumstances.
So these alternative weight loss tips and techniques are generally much more effective because of this regard for all of a person's circumstances and not just focusing on one or two areas.
Alternative eBooks
You may find just what you need amongst these excellent eBooks:
- Natural Sleep Secrets
Do you want to learn how you can easily master the natural art of revitalizing, re-energizing sleep? Do you want to finally break free from that daytime drowsiness once and for all?
If you lie awake in bed at night staring at your alarm clock for hours because you just can't fall asleep or are constantly feeling tired, unfocused, and lacking in energy because you so rarely get a good night's sleep?
If this is you, then here is what you have been searching for all along.
A natural, drug-free night's sleep.
You can Click this link: ALTERNATIVE CURES to find out more
________________________________________________________- Natural Cancer Treatments That Work
The information contained in this incredible ebook could literally save your life! Discover how this alternative cancer treatment has been successfully used by over 2,000 people. Discover over 350 gentle and non-toxic cancer treatments that no one else will tell you about!
Unbelievable as it may seem, 18 months of research by a blue-ribbon research team shows there are over 350 existing natural and alternative cancer treatments. People have used these gentle and non-toxic treatments instead of or alongside conventional treatment, or after conventional treatment has failed.
What's more, thousands of people are using them RIGHT NOW and beating their cancer!
If you want to be one of them, you can CLICK HERE to view the site.
________________________________________________________- The Silent Killer Exposed
Uncover The Truth About Hypertension And Discover An Alternative Solution To Harmful Drugs!
Medical research reveals the astonishing but true method of how almost anyone can greatly reduce their blood pressure using an all-natural secret alternative to harmful drugs... almost overnight...
This amazing but true discovery is destined to humiliate the big drug companies as millions of consumers abandon high-priced drugs with harmful side effects in favour of this shocking, all natural method to lower blood pressure!
You can CLICK HERE to view the site.
________________________________________________________- How To Naturally Regrow Lost Hair in 15 Minutes a Day
REVEALED: The secret techniques used by Hollywood actors to naturally regrow lost hair!
If you had resigned yourself to believing your hair loss was a genetic trait and you might as well just accept it, well you are in for a shock! This well laid out ebook will show you how you can reverse that confidence sapping trait without resorting to surgery, dangerous chemicals or harmful drugs!
If you want to not only halt your hair loss but regrow most if not all of it, then this is undoubtedly the most important book you'll ever read.
Learn how you will regrow hair all over your head, covering bald spots, thickening hair, and replacing that youthful hairline.
You can CLICK HERE to view the site.
________________________________________________________- The Dramatic Asthma Relief Report
For everyone who suffers with allergy and asthma symptoms, their greatest wish is to be free of them. Unfortunately, up until recently there have only been powerful drugs available to combat these debilitating symptoms.
But now there is a drug-free alternative. The Dramatic Asthma Relief Report shows you exactly how to rid yourself of asthma and other allergy symptoms.
You can CLICK HERE to view the site.
________________________________________________________- Overcome Diabetes
The most common question when it comes to an alternative cure for something like diabetes is; "How do I know this book Overcome Diabetes will actually work for me?"
The simple answer is that you won't until you try it. Like anything practical, it's something you have to discover for yourself. The information in Overcome Diabetes, which covers both type I and type II diabetes is invaluable. It's drawn from profound knowledge acquired over the past 5000 years. The techniques highlighted in this book have already benefited millions of people.
There's a saying that if you lose your wealth you've lost nothing; if you lose your health, you've lost something; and if you lose your peace of mind, you've lost everything. So think of it as converting a little bit of your wealth into a lot of your health and peace of mind!
You can CLICK HERE to view the site.
________________________________________________________- Heart Secrets Revealed
REVEALED: The Shocking Truth of How to Save Your Life From Cardiovascular Disease - A Self Help Guide Without Drugs or Surgery!
If you've had bypass surgery and are still alive, count yourself lucky! The death rate from bypass surgery, varies from 1% to as high as 25% depending on which surgeon performs the surgery. The differences used to be greater, but publicity forced several hospitals to transfer those surgeons whose death rates were too high. But the average death rate is still as high as 5%.
So is there an alternative cure for heart disease that negates the need for bypass surgery?
Yes. There is a simple and inexpensive natural therapy and preventive for cardiovascular diseases including heart disease, arrhythmia, stroke, blood pressure, overweight and numerous other circulatory diseases. It has been proven in almost a thousand patients.
This ebook explains why it works and how you will benefit from it.
You can CLICK HERE to view the site.
________________________________________________________- Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle
This fantastic fitness ebook has been hailed as the "Best Selling Diet & Fitness E-Book In Internet History".
It is currently estimated that around 64% of Americans are overweight. Fast food, junk food and processed additive laden foods are killing people faster than just about anything else. People who are overweight run a greater risk of dying from weight-related diseases than those who are at their correct weight.
If you are overweight, you don't have to be! You certainly don't need diet pills with all their frightening side effects to lose weight either.
There is a completely natural and safe way to lose weight.
You can CLICK HERE to view the site.
________________________________________________________- The Complete Self Steps Program
Eliminate Chronic Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Depression without resorting to drugs, therapies or medical treatments.
Anxiety, panic attacks, fear and depression are conditions that for many sufferers means endless visits to therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors and a whole host of alternative practitioners in the struggle to overcome their debilitating symptoms.
But it doesn't have to be that way.
Here is an alternative that is natural, drug-free and works!
You can CLICK HERE to view the site.
________________________________________________________- Sweat No More!
End Excessive Sweating In 3 Simple Steps!
If you're fed up with sweating profusely all the time this book could be the answer you've been searching for. It uses totally natural methods without the need for drugs, shock therapy or medical intervention of any kind.
Learn the true facts about excessive sweating and how to control it with this incredible e-book!
You can CLICK HERE to view the site.
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47 Household Remedies
If you were looking for some natural, drug-free remedies that you can find by using everyday things that you can find around the house, this might just be for you.
47 Household Remedies
How Do You Beat Arthritis Without Drugs?
Part 3
Uric Acid
So what has uric acid got to do with arthritis (and gout)?
Everything.
It is the excess uric acid in the body that accumulates in the joints (and muscle tissue) and causes so much damage.
Here's how.
Every joint in your body contains a smooth, lubricated membrane known as the synovial membrane which allows the bones of the joint to move smoothly across each other. All bone tissue is alkaline by constituent, because of the presence of calcium. Likewise, the synovial membrane and fluid is also alkaline.
Like the opposite poles of a magnet, as every school pupil will tell you, acid is attracted to alkaline. The excess uric acid in your bloodstream is attracted to the alkaline synovial membrane like a moth to a flame. What happens is the acid then accumulates around the synovial membrane as it attacks the alkaline structure. Over time, the uric acid forms a hard, eggshell-like deposit around the synovial membrane making joint movement stiffer and painful.
The body's own immune system comes to the rescue and tries to attack the joint to relieve what it sees as a foreign body in the hard uric acid shell. This is what causes the painful swelling around the joint. In cases of gout (which is actually a severe and localised attack of arthritis), the uric acid shell crystalises and fragments lodge in the joint causing severe pain. Again the body's immune system attacks what it sees as a foreign invader and floods the area with histamines, causing extreme swelling around the affected joint.
There is no medically known cure for this condition apart from surgery, but this extreme step is often only taken after years of suffering by the patient, by which time the uric acid has done so much damage to the joint that the synovial membrane has been completely destroyed and bone rubs against bone causing extreme wear. This condition is known as crepitus.
What can you do to stop this happening?
Unfortunately, your doctor can do very little, once the damage has been done as by the time you are suffering the painful swelling and other symptoms of arthritis, the affected joint or joints are already under attack. Pain killers and NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory) pills are the most commonly prescribed drugs.
Prevention is the best method, but this is not much comfort to someone already suffering with arthritis.
Is there an alternative method of dealing with arthritis?
Yes.
But that will be covered in the next chapter, How Do You Beat Arthritis Without Drugs? Part 4, down the page a little further still.
So what has uric acid got to do with arthritis (and gout)?
Everything.
It is the excess uric acid in the body that accumulates in the joints (and muscle tissue) and causes so much damage.
Here's how.
Every joint in your body contains a smooth, lubricated membrane known as the synovial membrane which allows the bones of the joint to move smoothly across each other. All bone tissue is alkaline by constituent, because of the presence of calcium. Likewise, the synovial membrane and fluid is also alkaline.
Like the opposite poles of a magnet, as every school pupil will tell you, acid is attracted to alkaline. The excess uric acid in your bloodstream is attracted to the alkaline synovial membrane like a moth to a flame. What happens is the acid then accumulates around the synovial membrane as it attacks the alkaline structure. Over time, the uric acid forms a hard, eggshell-like deposit around the synovial membrane making joint movement stiffer and painful.
The body's own immune system comes to the rescue and tries to attack the joint to relieve what it sees as a foreign body in the hard uric acid shell. This is what causes the painful swelling around the joint. In cases of gout (which is actually a severe and localised attack of arthritis), the uric acid shell crystalises and fragments lodge in the joint causing severe pain. Again the body's immune system attacks what it sees as a foreign invader and floods the area with histamines, causing extreme swelling around the affected joint.
There is no medically known cure for this condition apart from surgery, but this extreme step is often only taken after years of suffering by the patient, by which time the uric acid has done so much damage to the joint that the synovial membrane has been completely destroyed and bone rubs against bone causing extreme wear. This condition is known as crepitus.
What can you do to stop this happening?
Unfortunately, your doctor can do very little, once the damage has been done as by the time you are suffering the painful swelling and other symptoms of arthritis, the affected joint or joints are already under attack. Pain killers and NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory) pills are the most commonly prescribed drugs.
Prevention is the best method, but this is not much comfort to someone already suffering with arthritis.
Is there an alternative method of dealing with arthritis?
Yes.
But that will be covered in the next chapter, How Do You Beat Arthritis Without Drugs? Part 4, down the page a little further still.
Alternative Health Resources
Here is a constantly updated list of alternative health related resources, such as books etc that may be useful to you. It seems that some not so natural or alternative products have from time to time squeezed into this list and if that happens, please accept my apologies. The feed comes direct from eBay and the keywords that it should sort its results from are "Alternative Health" so it should only display natural products and books.
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Part 4
Don't Dehydrate!
One of the surest ways of allowing uric acid levels to increase in the bloodstream is by dehydrating. That's because without a constant flow of liquid to process, the kidneys become less efficient and over time that can be a health hazard in may ways.
Not least of all the ability to filter uric acid out of the bloodstream is diminished. This happens gradually over a long period of time. It often begins to happen in early adulthood, when the body is strong and you believe you are invincible.
You party, smoke, drink excessively and maybe even partake in so-called social drug taking, eat junk food and totally abuse your body. But at that age, you don't feel any particular ill-effects of all this abuse, apart from the hangovers, which are gone after a few hours anyway!
You think you aren't doing yourself much harm because you recover from all this excess very quickly. But you are wrong.
You also won't listen to anyone trying to tell you otherwise, because you think you know it all and anyone older is just a grumpy old so and so!
But you are soooo wrong. And it's not until you reach middle age (and more commonly it seems these days your late 20s and early 30s) that you start to experience the odd twinge of pain here and there.
Guess what? That's not going to get any better as you get older. But you still won't listen, will you?
All that partying, alcohol, excessive living and coffee to cure those hangovers all combine to dehydrate your body. When you're a young adult you just don't realise it.
So over a period of maybe ten years you may have been regularly dehydrating your body and slowly but surely reducing the effectiveness of not only your kidneys, but also your liver too.
Your body has already begun to reduce its ability to remove all the excess uric acid from your bloodstream. The process of that uric acid migrating to the joints has already begun, but you won't realize that for another few years.
Then the aches and pains associated with middle age will begin. The odd joint will swell up and become painful for a few hours then it'll go away.
Still you won't realize there is anything wrong!
Even by this time, it's not too late to do something to fight back, but the longer you leave it, the worse the swelling and pain and the more frequent the attacks will be.
Bottom line - drink plenty of water every day!
It's a start in the right direction, but there's more you can do...
One of the surest ways of allowing uric acid levels to increase in the bloodstream is by dehydrating. That's because without a constant flow of liquid to process, the kidneys become less efficient and over time that can be a health hazard in may ways.
Not least of all the ability to filter uric acid out of the bloodstream is diminished. This happens gradually over a long period of time. It often begins to happen in early adulthood, when the body is strong and you believe you are invincible.
You party, smoke, drink excessively and maybe even partake in so-called social drug taking, eat junk food and totally abuse your body. But at that age, you don't feel any particular ill-effects of all this abuse, apart from the hangovers, which are gone after a few hours anyway!
You think you aren't doing yourself much harm because you recover from all this excess very quickly. But you are wrong.
You also won't listen to anyone trying to tell you otherwise, because you think you know it all and anyone older is just a grumpy old so and so!
But you are soooo wrong. And it's not until you reach middle age (and more commonly it seems these days your late 20s and early 30s) that you start to experience the odd twinge of pain here and there.
Guess what? That's not going to get any better as you get older. But you still won't listen, will you?
All that partying, alcohol, excessive living and coffee to cure those hangovers all combine to dehydrate your body. When you're a young adult you just don't realise it.
So over a period of maybe ten years you may have been regularly dehydrating your body and slowly but surely reducing the effectiveness of not only your kidneys, but also your liver too.
Your body has already begun to reduce its ability to remove all the excess uric acid from your bloodstream. The process of that uric acid migrating to the joints has already begun, but you won't realize that for another few years.
Then the aches and pains associated with middle age will begin. The odd joint will swell up and become painful for a few hours then it'll go away.
Still you won't realize there is anything wrong!
Even by this time, it's not too late to do something to fight back, but the longer you leave it, the worse the swelling and pain and the more frequent the attacks will be.
Bottom line - drink plenty of water every day!
It's a start in the right direction, but there's more you can do...
Is Your Drinking Water as Safe as You Think?
You might be happy to carry drinking that water, but doesn't it make you wonder why levels of allergies are steadily on the rise? Cases of asthma and eczema are also on the rise and there's no good reason for it other than the fact that teh water that comes out of the ground is not as pure as it once was. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are also on the rise. Did you know that Alzheimer's can be brought on by excessive amounts of aluminium in the bloodstream? Well guess what there is too much of in your water!
Sometimes you just have to filter the water you drink, because it just isn't safe any more.
Gaiam supply a big range of water filters at pretty decent prices. Click on the image to see what they've got in stock online - it could literally be a lifesaver!
Probiotics and Crohn's Disease
Crohn's disease is a debilitating ailment affecting the bowel where inflamation and other related prolems cause major distress to the sufferer.
There are some important new treatments on the horizon for Crohn's disease sufferers, but this piece of information caght my eye and I felt it worthy of a mention here in this lens:
There is new support for the use of probiotics in the management of what are collectively known as clinical inflammatory bowel diseases.
Level 1 evidence supports the therapeutic use of probiotics for the treatment of postoperative pouchitis. Levels 2 and 3 evidence is currently available that supports the use of probiotics in the treatment of diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
One significant and consistent known finding has emerged during research carried out in the past year and that is that not all probiotic bacteria have similar therapeutic effects.
Rigorously designed and tightly controlled clinical trials are vital in order to investigate the unresolved issues related to things like efficacy, dose, duration of use, as well as single or multi-strain formulation and concomitant usage of synbiotics, prebiotics, or antibiotics.
Apologies for the scientific tone of that, but I din't have time to paraphrase it down completely into layman's terms so we can all understand it. There's also an article called Health Show Source Today Crohns Disease that may be of use to sufferers to Crohn's disease along with some recommended albeit optional reading.
There are some important new treatments on the horizon for Crohn's disease sufferers, but this piece of information caght my eye and I felt it worthy of a mention here in this lens:
There is new support for the use of probiotics in the management of what are collectively known as clinical inflammatory bowel diseases.
Level 1 evidence supports the therapeutic use of probiotics for the treatment of postoperative pouchitis. Levels 2 and 3 evidence is currently available that supports the use of probiotics in the treatment of diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
One significant and consistent known finding has emerged during research carried out in the past year and that is that not all probiotic bacteria have similar therapeutic effects.
Rigorously designed and tightly controlled clinical trials are vital in order to investigate the unresolved issues related to things like efficacy, dose, duration of use, as well as single or multi-strain formulation and concomitant usage of synbiotics, prebiotics, or antibiotics.
Apologies for the scientific tone of that, but I din't have time to paraphrase it down completely into layman's terms so we can all understand it. There's also an article called Health Show Source Today Crohns Disease that may be of use to sufferers to Crohn's disease along with some recommended albeit optional reading.
Exciting Products From Gaiam
23rd January 2008 - Terry Didcott
If you are a Yoga fan, the nice people at Gaiam have some really great yoga accessories for you to look at and buy at great prices. Check out this banner below:
Gaiam are an environmentally friendly and ecological aware company, so their products are all carefully chosen to leave a minimal impact on our planet.
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And something for the alternative keep fit enthusiast:
High-energy kicks meet stretch-your-limits downward dog in this exhilarating yet easy-to-learn synergy of authentic Japanese and Korean martial arts, power yoga and meditation.
Gaiam are an environmentally friendly and ecological aware company, so their products are all carefully chosen to leave a minimal impact on our planet.
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High-energy kicks meet stretch-your-limits downward dog in this exhilarating yet easy-to-learn synergy of authentic Japanese and Korean martial arts, power yoga and meditation.
Alternative Health Courses
18th January - Terry Didcott
Alternative Health Courses is a new website that is offering online distance learning courses on alternative therapies at very reasonable prices. The courses are relevant to either side of the Altlantic so are just as useful to those in the US as those in the UK.
Even if you don't want to actually train as a practitioner in any of the alternative cure or therapy courses, the information contained in each alternative therapy course is invaluable as self-help aids in many different fields from Hypnotherapy to Reflexology.
The Alternative Health Courses website and its blog were launched on 1st January 2008 with a ready-to-go itinerary of five first class distance learning courses.
So far I've uploaded seven first-class alternative health courses and I'm working on the eighth. Titles already there are:
and the latest course that will get uploaded in the near future will be
Herbalism
Check out the site for more course titles - I'll be adding more health courses as and when I get time...
Even if you don't want to actually train as a practitioner in any of the alternative cure or therapy courses, the information contained in each alternative therapy course is invaluable as self-help aids in many different fields from Hypnotherapy to Reflexology.
The Alternative Health Courses website and its blog were launched on 1st January 2008 with a ready-to-go itinerary of five first class distance learning courses.
So far I've uploaded seven first-class alternative health courses and I'm working on the eighth. Titles already there are:
- Anromatherapy
- Colour Therapy
- Crystal Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Indian Head Massage
- Nutrition
- Reflexology
and the latest course that will get uploaded in the near future will be
Herbalism
Check out the site for more course titles - I'll be adding more health courses as and when I get time...
Alternatively... Reader Feedback
Just a short note for Snoring guy, who has also commented in other lenses of mine with exactly the same cut and pasted text that is just a blatant plug for his own lenses.
Now thats not really in the spirit of the whole guestbook idea.
I'm happy for people to sign the guestbook and say hi, even to tell me what they like and don't like about my lens but please don't just blatantly advertise your own lens.
totalhealth wrote...
nice lens and good information. alternative healing is a healthy way to cure our ailments
Posted November 11, 2008
wellspringholistic wrote...
Thanks for the nice lens with plenty of up-to-date information. The ongoing discussion on arthritis is especially helpful. Keep up the good work!
Natural Health Therapies.
Posted October 27, 2008
emilyava wrote...
Wow what a wonderful article on alternative medicine. Article is very interesting and contains lots of useful information. You might find my lens on Herbal Products useful too.
Posted October 25, 2008
Lensmaster
the world needs lenses like this that talks about healthy alternative remedies and I'm very grateful I've come across this lens of yours! I actually trying to look for a way to lower my blood pressure and when I've read that segment of your lens, I'm quite relieved. Now, it's only up to me to make this work! Plus the fact that ordering alternative remedies online can sure make us save money, right? Same with what I've experienced a week ago when I ordered my personalized Quickbook checks online. They gave me 50% discount. What nice people! You should take a look at it and I'm sure you will love what you see. I love what I saw in here! Thanks again for this helpful information!
Posted June 19, 2008
m98075 wrote...
Well done. Talks about important aspects of weight loss. I came across a similar hub at diet pills
Again good work. I hope you continue to provide us with fresh information.
Posted June 18, 2008
Histereo wrote...
Hello Tel,this is a great lens on alternative medicines.It is time we go for the natural remedies, to maintain our health and wellness,and to avoid the
side affects of the high-tech medicines.Five *s for this lens.Excuse me for my belated comments.
Pl keep up the good work
Posted June 18, 2008
health_advisor wrote...
Very informative.
Great lens. Rated it 5 stars.
Feel free to visit betterhealth Care.
Posted June 12, 2008
tbfrascone wrote...
great lens, Terry! Thanks for visiting my natural remedies for gout lens. Your list of foods that add to arthritis reads like an foods that cause gout list adding to your point in your comments that gout and arthritis are tightly linked. Here's to your continued success!
Posted June 02, 2008
snoring wrote...
Hi I came across your lens...Really Cool :-) Snoring is a bigger issue in relationships than what many of my friends and experts had originally thought. Snoring is a real problem that at times can separate a couple within their own home and eventually break up a marriage or relationship without really knowing that snoring was the original underlying culprit. Visit also my site and see some other cool stuff for people who snore!
Posted May 18, 2008
Lensmaster
jenny111
Too Good info. Really helpful to me. To know more about alternative therapies with its modalities, watch http://www.rvita.com.
Posted April 27, 2008
Alternative Cures Booster
29th Jan 2008 - Terry Didcott
One of the whole reasons for putting websites and lenses like this one up is to spread the word about alternatives in medicine, health and lifestyle for a better way of living. So its not just one site or one lens doing the talking but more than one, and for this reason, I have more than one site dedicated to this field.
By way of a booster to my main alternative cures website which asks the question Why Do we need alternative cures? it's always worth writing another short article that will in some way benefit the main site.
The best way I can help the Alternative Cures site from this lens is to send it some traffic and get more people to know about how alternative cures can be beneficial.
Its also important that the site stays on page 1 of Google search pages for its main term alternative cures. But there are other keywords that would benefit that site and bring it some more organic search traffic.
One popular keyword is natural remedies which encompasses the same section of its place in the health or alternative health niche, or natural health which is another way of saying it.
By far the best view that the Alternative Cures site would benefit from, however is probably alternative Lifestyle as that covers the whole niche and pretty much says what the site is all about.
Alternative health is a tough niche to be a part of and very competitive, making it difficult to rank highly for many of the popular search terms related to the site. Even this lens struggles with its own main alternative cures keyword so the days when both my Alternative Cures site and this lens held positions one and two in google's index are in the past and the only way to regain them is to work very hard at dong both.
We'll see what happens!
By way of a booster to my main alternative cures website which asks the question Why Do we need alternative cures? it's always worth writing another short article that will in some way benefit the main site.
The best way I can help the Alternative Cures site from this lens is to send it some traffic and get more people to know about how alternative cures can be beneficial.
Its also important that the site stays on page 1 of Google search pages for its main term alternative cures. But there are other keywords that would benefit that site and bring it some more organic search traffic.
One popular keyword is natural remedies which encompasses the same section of its place in the health or alternative health niche, or natural health which is another way of saying it.
By far the best view that the Alternative Cures site would benefit from, however is probably alternative Lifestyle as that covers the whole niche and pretty much says what the site is all about.
Alternative health is a tough niche to be a part of and very competitive, making it difficult to rank highly for many of the popular search terms related to the site. Even this lens struggles with its own main alternative cures keyword so the days when both my Alternative Cures site and this lens held positions one and two in google's index are in the past and the only way to regain them is to work very hard at dong both.
We'll see what happens!
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This is the RSS feed from a high quality and very informative gout treatments blog that has an enormous amount of valuable information about treating gout naturally without resorting to drugs.
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here is some up to the munute news about alternative health issues from Google
- Skin Deep Seeking Natural Remedies for Hot Flashes
- The study was paid for by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Office of Dietary Supplements. Results are due in the fall, ...
- Yeast Infection Cure - Get Rid Fast Without Taking the Usual Drugs
- Natural remedies are one such alternative. If you have tried those creams and suppositories for your yeast infections and have only had to keep going back ...
- Alternative medicine facts
- There are many cures - "FDA Approved" as well as alternative or natural - that are later found to be harmful. Many drugs are launched only to be recalled. ...
- Americans buy into untested, unregulated supplements, treatments
- Health insurers are cutting deals to let alternative medicine providers market supplements and services to members, though consumers pay for such items out ...
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