There is a great deal of literature out there on the benefits of a paleo/primal diet for those who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. Take a look at the link below, I have highlighted the paragraph that discusses the importance of a diet high in fat, low in carbs, coupled with a supplement called Boswellia. Some of you have already started to take this supplement.
http://www.westonaprice.org/ask-the-doctor/painful-joints
And, of course, there is the healing effects of bone broth.
http://www.westonaprice.org/f
ood-features/why-broth-is-beautiful
So there is the foundation of the therapy: a diet rich in good fats with only about 70 grams (less than 1/2 cup) of carbohydrate food per day, similar to that suggested in Nourishing Traditions and The Schwarzbein Principle. If possible, include raw cream and butter as they contain an anti-stiffness factor that is destroyed by pasteurization. Use Betachol from Standard Process, 1 tablet, three times per day as an extra source of this anti-stiffness factor. Then use herbal extracts both internally and topically that have a warming effect. The best is Boswellia complex from Mediherb which contains ginger, tumeric, celery root and the wonderful remedy called Boswellia. Boswellia is actually a resin, used in Ayurvedic medicine and known to Westerners through its appearance in the story of the birth of the Christ child as Frankincense. This herbal resin (the oily part of the plant) was given by the wise men to symbolize the bringing of the warmth of the child in the depths of the cold winter. Its intent was literally to drive out the cold from painful and stiff joints and replace it with the feeling of warmth, movement and flexibility. Numerous scientific studies have confirmed the remarkable "antiinflammatory" effect of Boswellia extracts. Initially, I use 1 tablet three times per day. And finally, I use Saligesic, a willow bark extract from Mediherb 1 tablet, two or three times per day as long as there is pain.
I look forward to learning more about the bone broth at the Food talk. Great info Darci. Thanks for sharing.
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