Arthritis

Progressive inflammation of joints in adults while Rheumatoid Arthritis affects the younger.

Arthritis describes the slow, progressive inflammation of joints which mostly affects people in middle age and beyond. Rheumatoid arthritis generally affects younger people and tends to be more aggressive with more acute symptoms. Prostaglandins are the substances generated in inflammed joints thought to provide the message of pain. Endorphins are known to counteract their effects.

Clearly some types of arthritis can be explained as wear and tear, which is expected as some sport enthusiasts grow older and Medicine has made vast progress in recent years to perfect operations of joint replacement. There is considerable material to suggest that arthritis, osteo or rheumatoid, are the result of localised inflammation linked with the immune system. The immune system is the buffer between a person's chemistry and his or her environment and habitat. So, are there any factors which can be identified as causes? Controlling these factors would mean that arthritis could also be controlled without powerful medications or surgery.

During the last 60 years, clinicians in different countries published their observations on patients whose arthritis pains would miraculously clear on occasions when they were unable to eat for a few days, for example because of acute gastroenteritis. Several studies carried out consistently linked joint pain with various foods, but the absence of accurate laboratory tests hindered further research. Another confusing issue is that different individuals don't seem to react to the same foods.

Osteoarthritis has a strong association with simple food intolerance. Rheumatoid arthritis is linked with food intolerances, allergy to some common inhalant allergens and or frequent contact with chemical emissions e.g. gas, detergents, formaldehyde and others.