A Nutritionist's Insight on Arthritis Written by Carol Koester
A Nutritionist's Insight on Arthritis by Carol KoesterHere is some of my knowledge about nutrition's role in ARTHRITIS from past experiences. I am speaking as a nutritionist, not a medical specialist. Most arthritics I have dealt with experienced marked relief usually within a short time after enriching their diets with GLYCONUTRIENTS, along with PHYTOGENENS in a complex that includes additional herbs that assist body in diffusing pain after strenuous exercise or in conditions where there is chronic pain. For best results, balancing all four systems of body speeds recovery time, so support from PHYTONUTRIENTS and FOOD-MATRIX TYPE VITAMINS AND MINERALS is also important. These nutrients play following support roles in body: GLYCONUTRIENTS: immune system modulation, either upward or downward as needed; anti-inflammatory; anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and delivery system for all other nutrients. PHYTOGENENS: hormonal balance, fat metabolism, bone metabolism, stress management, energy levels, mental clarity, help in building new nerve pathways. PHYTOGENENS IN A SPORTS FORMULA: all of above, plus pain management and recovery from physical stress. PHYTONUTRIENTS: help with repairs in body of bone, muscles, tendons, tissues, nerves; protect against tumors; aid body's host defense system. FOOD MATRIX TYPE VITAMINS AND MINERALS: nutrients that body can recognize as food and utilize 100% (instead of average 7% for non-food forms of vitamins and minerals); act as a catalyst for other nutrients in body. When relief of arthritis symptoms doesn't begin to happen soon for someone I always investigate to see if perhaps they might have an allergy to dairy products. That can imitate a lot of arthritic symptoms! My nephew was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, but when he got off of all dairy his symptoms all left, and they discovered that he did not have arthritis, actually. Also, a few are allergic to a lot of grains such as wheat and corn, and that needs to be explored also. This can be done easily by leaving off all those foods for two weeks, and see if it makes a difference. If there is just a slight difference, than taking care to eat those offending foods only once in four days can be a big help, and they don't necessarily need to give them up permanently. Over time, adequate amounts of glyconutritionals in body usually help correct or reduce most allergies.
| | After Christmas Letdown?Written by Susan Dunn, MA, certified Emotional Intelligence Coach
“You gotta pay price,” one of my clients is always telling me. She’s referring to what is a law of physics, and also way things work – what goes up must come down.The higher your Christmas, more exciting, chaotic and tumultuous, more likely you’ll be tumbling down just as far. Why? According to psychneuroimmunologist (big word meaning effect of brain and emotions on health, i.e., immunology), Paul Pearsall, Ph.D., our smart bodies want to establish equilibrium. Picture a graph on a midline. The midline is calm, routine. We can get very happy and go up; or very unhappy and go down. Therefore, if our emotions go way up, there will come a time when our inner wisdom brings us down low, so we settle back into that middle space. Does this mean if you have a terrible grief or depression, you can expect to be that happy at some time in future? I’ve seen it happen. It’s a tenet of Emotional Intelligence that if you don’t fully experience one emotion, you stuff down ALL emotions. In other words, if you face grief and go through it, not around it, you will carve out a space to be filled with happiness. If you don’t, you shut down, and become numb, in which case you don’t feel bad, but you also don’t feel good, and greatly limit your experience of life. So, if you’re having a “down” period now what do you do? First of all, accept it. You can last it out. To speed it on its way: 1.Get active. Exercise an extra hour. It creates physical energy, it clears mind, and flushes out toxic emotions. Do it especially if you don’t feel like it. 2.If you’re an introvert you may prefer something like yoga or Tai Chi. 3.Clean your house from top to bottom, doing physical work yourself. Do it like a ritual, that is, with meaning. This is to get rid of yuch, and make room for sunshine. This is a tradition in many cultures at New Year for a reason – because of what we’re all going through right now! Throw stuff out, sweep toward doors, vacuum then take bag out and dump it in garbage, wash furniture with something like Murphy’s soap.
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