Treating Arthritis With Alternate Therapy
Monday, January 19th, 2009Doctors are beginning to recognise the fact that drug treatments for arthritis are not providing the long-term benefits they hoped to observe. Despite the application of stronger and stronger medications patients continue to suffer with their disease.
There has been a recent increase in the use of natural therapies such as fish oils (omega-3 fatty acids) and glucosamine sulphate as part of an alternate dietary treatment for arthritis. Because many physicians are not given the training in nutrition, however, they know less about how diet might influence arthritis and so, continue to prescribe the drugs they know more intimately. But there is a definite benefit to eating the right kinds of foods and in some cases, the effects of arthritis can be reversed.
Natural therapy offers a lasting relief from pain for arthritis sufferers. Arthritis is a disease that results from multiple causes with underlying imbalances in the body as well as environmental, physical and mental factors contributing.
Alternative medicine draws on a wide range of therapies that can help and even prevent arthritis. Following a proper diet, eating nutritious foods, reducing stress and detoxifying the body are primary keys. Diet and nutrition can have a significant impact on pain and inflammation with special care required to avoid foods that can cause allergic reactions.
As with all treatments for arthritis, and because arthritis comes in many forms and presents differently from patient to patient, diet and nutrition will be one of a number of treatments that may be undergone to treat the illness. Natural remedies play an important role in preventing or treating arthritis and should not be forgotten when searching for alternatives.
One of the important focuses of the recipes here at Arthritis Recipes is to make use of the helpful substances found in food to improve nutrition and actively help reduce inflammation and improve the immune system. An important food type that should make up a more prominent proportion of the diet is omega-3 fatty acids. Foods that are high in omega-3 fatty acids include salmon, flax seed, walnuts, cod, cod liver oil, shrimp, soybeans, halibut, snapper, tofu, winter squash and scallops. Many of the recipes included here will feature these foods.