Arthritis Remedies

juliet38

Recently read somewhere of a study done in Denmark where arthritis sufferers were given a mixture of honey and cinnamon every day for a month and saw a reduction in pain levels and an increase in mobility. Just wondering if anybody has tried this or any alternative remedies for arthritis and if so, did they make a difference?

Setanta1974

I know a man who used to take a spoon full of honey and apple cider vinegar I think it was everyday and he said it helped him alot

juliet38

That's interesting thanks! Just doing a bit of research as my mum has it and isn't getting enough relief from meds.

Red Cortina

I don't have RA, thankfully. But it seems like some folks in the paleo community have had some success with ameliorating their auto-immune symptons.

In looking at the auto-immune tag at the PaleoHacks website http://paleohacks.com/questions/tagged?tagnames=autoimmune&page=2&sort=newest&pagesize=15#axzz1QyFZ0sQt it seems that what is mostly mentioned is Robb Wolf's auto-immune protocol where all gluten, night shades, nuts/seeds, eggs and dairy are eliminated. For example this person seems to have seen some success with it http://robbwolf.com/2011/06/06/real-life-testimonial-rheumatoid-arthritis-gone/ and also the specific carbohydrate diet as detailed here http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/beginners_guide/beginners.htm is mentioned on PaleoHacks.

As far as I know the GAPS diet http://gapsdiet.com/GAPS_Outline.html is also along the same lines, ie remove the major gut irritants and focus on healing the gut with lots of easy to digest foods, especially bone broth.

I would say that it would be well worth your mother's time and effort to really give some of these dietary changes a go. At the very least these changes would only improve her diet.

No doubt if your doctor is asked about these suggestions they will say, firstly, that there is no point in trying any of these diets as they are difficult to adhere to. And secondly that there are no studies published on the efficacy of these diets.

However I would say that, if I were your mother, that it would be worthwhile trying the dietary changes based on the success that paleo folks have had with their own n=1 experimentation.

Goreygal

@ OP

I'm presuming from saying "your mum" that she has OA as opposed to RA?

It used to be thought that OA was something you just had to put up with with pain meds being the only treatment to help. This advice is now considered very out of date but sadly a lot of GPs don't seem to have the time or the inclination to take a whole systems approach for their patients.

As a rehab/functional ability specialist one of the best resources I have found out there is http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/arthritis_information.aspx

It gives practical day to day advice, advice on exercise, diet, what to discuss with your GP and updates on latest validated research.

Hope you find it helpful

Gummy Panda

I think glucosamine chondroitin is suppose to help

juliet38

Thanks so much for your suggestions. It's psoriatic arthritis she has, apparently it can develop in 30% of people who suffer from psoriasis. The symptoms are similar to RA. She was on an antirheumatic drug but this ended up giving her kidney problems. She has just started on a biologic injection which targets only certain parts of the immune system instead of the whole system itself. I have been urging her to look into alternative treatments and I will pass on all your info to her, thanks again!