Category Archives: rheumatoid arthritis

Low vitamin D levels can alter your gene expression

  By ironman45 | April 8, 2013 - 8:40 pm | alzheimers, Anti aging, cancer, celiac/crohns/UC/IBS, cold/flu/immunity, fibromyalgia, Lupus, MS, parkinson's, rheumatoid arthritis, vitamin D
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Mon. Apr.1, 2013 by Blanche Levine

Antibiotic News(NaturalHealth365) Low vitamin D levels can be the most damaging influence on our genetic health, according to professor George Ebers, Action Medical Research professor of Clinical Neurology and one of the senior authors of published scientific research.

What are the capabilities of vitamin D?

Researchers, at the University of Oxford, have shown the extent in which vitamin D interacts with our DNA. The researchers found 2,776 binding sites from the vitamin D receptor along the length of the genome. These are the ones unusually concentrated near a number of genes associated with autoimmune conditions such as MS, Crohn’s disease, systemic lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and cancers such as, lymphocytic leukemia and colorectal cancer. (more…)

How Inflammation Affects Every Aspect of Your Health

  By ironman45 | March 18, 2013 - 2:05 pm | alzheimers, arthritis, cancer, candida/yeast, celiac/crohns/UC/IBS, chronic fatigue, depression, diabetes, fibromyalgia, lung health, Lupus, MS, osteoporosis, parkinson's, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid
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Dr. David M. Marquis, DC, DACBN

Inflammation controls our lives. Have you or a loved one dealt with pain, obesity, ADD/ADHD, peripheral neuropathy, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, migraines, thyroid issues, dental issues, or cancer?

If you answered yes to any of these disorders you are dealing with inflammation.

Sadly, most of us are suffering from one or more of these disorders but have no idea how to eliminate inflammation. Most doctors are utilizing pharmaceuticals in lieu of getting to the root cause.

It often seems extremely foreign to most people when they realize the majority of inflammatory diseases start in the gut with an autoimmune reaction which progresses into systemic inflammation. To truly be effective at managing or hopefully overcome a disease it needs to be addressed on all levels. Taking a look at where this process starts is the key.

Where Does Inflammation Begin? (more…)

Scientists Discover Chinese Herbal Cure Secret

  By ironman45 | December 28, 2012 - 4:59 am | Anti aging, celiac/crohns/UC/IBS, rheumatoid arthritis
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Scientists in the United States on Sunday offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2,000 years tackles fever and eases malaria.

The herb is an extract of the root of a flowering plant called blue evergreen hydrangea, known in Chinese as chang shan and in Latin as Dichroa febrifuga Lour.

Chang shan’s use dates back to the Han dynasty of 206 BC to 220 AD, according to ancient documents recording Chinese oral traditions. (more…)

A Gluten for Punishment: the Whole Grain Assault on Health

  By ironman45 | December 6, 2012 - 11:32 pm | allergies, Anemia, Austism/ADD, brain health, cancer, celiac/crohns/UC/IBS, diabetes, gluten, Kidneys, Liver, Lupus, migraine/headache, osteoporosis, prostate cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, weight loss
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Nathan Daley, MD, MPH

Waking Times

From Few to You

Among thoughtful and informed medical providers and public alike, there is an ongoing transition toward recognizing adverse health effects from grains as being common and normal rather than rare and abnormal.  Not all medical providers, of course, support this change in perspective and some are downright hostile toward it.  Likewise, a segment of the public seems to be irritated by the gluten free trend and consider it just a silly fad.

Yet, if medicine is to be science based, no credible medical provider can dismiss the possibility that a large proportion of the U.S. (and possibly world) population may be sensitive to certain molecules present in most grains.  Similarly, those that belittle the gluten free movement as a fad might, in fact, be an unknowing victim of grain sensitivity.

Celiac disease may have been described by the ancient physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia in the first century CE.  It was not until the 1940′s, however, that the Dutch physician Willem Karel Dicke connected the disease to wheat as a result of the Dutch famine of 1944, in which wheat was scarce and those suffering from the disease seemed to dramatically improve.  Since that time, modern medicine has narrowly defined the disease as an autoimmune disease resulting from the ingestion of gliadin, a component of wheat gluten. (more…)

The Key How To Heal And Prevent Autoimmune Disease

  By ironman45 | November 30, 2012 - 11:41 pm | candida/yeast, celiac/crohns/UC/IBS, rheumatoid arthritis
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In conventional medicine autoimmune disease is a chronic life-long health condition that is considered to be incurable. This is what we are led to believe. However, a new discovery in the field of autoimmunity gives not only hope but opens new treatment opportunities.

During last decades different models such as molecular mimicry, “bystander effect” and viral persistence were proposed as possible mechanisms that initiate the overreaction of the immune system and lead to an autoimmune disease.

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Heal autism, depression and autoimmune disorders with a GAPS diet

  By ironman45 | November 30, 2012 - 4:39 pm | allergies, Austism/ADD, celiac/crohns/UC/IBS, rheumatoid arthritis, weight loss
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The Gut and Psychology Syndrome diet (GAPS) is not for the faint of heart. It requires patience and dedication, not to mention time — up to three years. But for those suffering from asthma, food intolerance and allergy, developmental delays, depression or a spectrum of digestive disorders, it can be a miracle. Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, creator of the diet, believes that all disease begins with a compromised gut and if the digestive tract is healed, so is health.

A damaged gut equals compromised health

Through poor food choices, environmental toxins or genetic disposition, the gut can develop lesions that leak toxins into the bloodstream. This opens the door to a host of dysfunctional autoimmune conditions, systemic candida infections and neurological disorders. Dr. Campbell-McBride, who specializes in neurology and human nutrition, recognizes the crucial role a well functioning digestive system plays in physical and mental health. Using the GAPS protocol, she has witnessed full recoveries from autism to irritable bowel syndrome to food allergies. (more…)

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Nightshade Vegetables

  By ironman45 | October 2, 2012 - 1:19 pm | rheumatoid arthritis
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Tomatoes Nightshade Arthritis Solanacea Jeffrey Dach MDRheumatoid Arthritis
and Nightshade Vegetables

by Jeffrey Dach MD

Susan, a Young Woman with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Susan, a 46 year old female retired nurse arrived in my office with a chief complaint of joint pain, involving the hands. Susan was post menopausal, and had been taking prednisone (a synthetic steroid) for her diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.  Susan’s  blood test panel was positive for rheumatoid factor.

Above left: The Tomato is a Nightshade Vegetable, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

The pain in her fingers is so severe, Susan finds it helpful to immerse her hands in a bucket of ice water in the middle of the night.   Physical examination shows swollen inflamed joints of the fingers (DIP and PIP joints).

Susan brought in Xrays of her hands which showed synovial erosions along the margins of the affected joints. (more…)

Curcumin: Linking Leptin, Obesity, Joint Problems, Inflammation

  By ironman45 | September 28, 2012 - 4:46 pm | arthritis, cancer, cold/flu/immunity, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis
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Curcumin is the yellow pigment derived from the spice turmeric. Fine quality dietary supplements standardize curcumin for the amount of curcuminoids, the primary biologically active ingredient. It is widely researched as an anti-inflammatory nutrient1 with cancer risk reduction properties2. A number of new studies demonstrate how curcumin can reduce the inflammation associated with obesity and in so doing simultaneously improve joint health. (more…)

Turmeric: A Most Amazing Spice!

  By ironman45 | August 26, 2012 - 4:39 pm | Anti aging, arthritis, cancer cures, Kidneys, Liver, lung health, rheumatoid arthritis
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‘India has among the lowest rates of prostate, breast, colon, and lung cancer in the world. Some researchers attribute these numbers to the regular consumption of a common household spice, which has also shown to offer support for cognitive function and inflammation. The best part? Chances are, this spice may already be in your cabinet.

A cancer diagnosis can feel like a death sentence, with 1.4 million new cases of cancer per year resulting in more than 500,000 deaths per year in the US. While this is still a life-threatening diagnosis, new research may give hope.*

This research has scientists amazed at how a simple spice can promote healthy cell replication, and even support the health of patients undergoing chemotherapy.*
This is only one small role this spice plays in promoting optimal health.* For thousands of years in Ayurveda, this common spice was used for physical pain, liver ailments, healthy skin, mental clarity, intestinal health, bile flow, and fat metabolism.*