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The fact that weather has an effect on how arthritis is felt by its sufferers is well documented, with surveys showing as many as 93% of arthritis sufferers believing that weather affects their pain level, and 68% believing that weather severely affects their pain level. Patients with arthritis often claim they can predict the weather, based upon their pain level, and a number of studies have been conducted to test this hypothesis.

While these studies show that the effects of weather can vary from person to person, many show that arthritis pain is increased by a variety of weather factors, which may swell inflamed arthritic joints, stretching the inflamed joint lining and capsule, thereby increasing the pain of arthritis.

Among the types of weather that may increase joint sensitivity and arthritic pain are:

1. Changes in atmospheric pressure, especially falling pressure
2. Changes in temperature, especially lowering temperature
3. High or increasing relative or absolute humidity
4. Relatively low atmospheric pressure
5. Low temperatures
6. Precipitation

Arthritic pain can be especially severe when these conditions are combined, such as during chilly, damp weather when pressure is low and falling.

Now, AccuWeather has developed an index that combines all of the weather factors that may affect arthritis sufferers, and summarizes the most likely severity of weather-related arthritis pain in one easy-to-understand scale, from Low to Extreme. Available exclusively on AccuWeather.com, the AccuWeather Arthritis Index forecasts this level for each of the next several days, so arthritis sufferers can have advanced notice of when they are most likely to have increased pain, allowing them to take appropriate medication and to better plan activities.

Research that confirms obesity is a factor in arthritis related diseases is increasing. Start by calculating your BMI on this link.

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person’s weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.

Calculate your BMI

by Heidi Whitaker

I am constantly reading and hearing that we don’t know the cause of autoimmune disorders such as lupus, ALS, Fibromyalgia, MS, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Epstein-Barr, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. This is not the case at all.

I would agree that pharmaceutical companies have not found a cause of autoimmunity that they can do much about. In mainstream medicine, that translates to not knowing much about the disease. However, outside mainstream medicine, we do know A LOT about the cause behind autoimmunity.

From my book, “Autoimmunity: It’s Time for Truth; It’s Time to Heal”:

“The immune system, like most of the body, requires balance to function properly. T-helper 1 (Th1) cells and T-helper 2 cells (Th2) help regulate the body’s response to foreign invaders. Th1 uses white blood cells to go after viruses and cancer cells. Th2 immune cells use antibodies to go after bacteria. Normally, the body strikes a balance by switching back and forth between Th1 and Th2. In a person with an autoimmune disorder, one dominates and suppresses the other. Trans fats, mercury and other heavy metals, sugar and processed foods, alcohol, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, and stress are part of a modern lifestyle that can disrupt the Th1/Th2 balance.

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Nutrition expert experiences the healing power of food as a superior alternative to powerful prescription medications for healing severe degenerative and autoimmune disease.

(PRWEB) July 30, 2005 — Desperation led Deirdre Earls, RD, LD, to search for alternatives when doctors suggested chemotherapy to alleviate her severe psoriasis.

To her surprise that search repeatedly indicated a connection between diet and autoimmune disease. Despite 15 years as a Registered Dietitian and 30 years of visits to doctors and hospitals around the world, she had never heard how food could create and reverse her condition.
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Using Essential Fatty Acids for Reducing Arthritis Joint Pain
by Rudy Silva

Essential fatty acids provide protection for the whole body.
In particular it is effective in reducing inflammation as
experienced in joint pain or arthritis.

Most people will have to deal with arthritis especially as they
get older. One way to eliminate or minimize this pain is to
supplement with the essential fatty acids.

Osteoarthritis, the most common arthritis, is not the only
arthritis that affects so many people:

- rheumatoid arthritis
- arthritis from lupus
- gout
- psoriatic arthritis
- reiter’s disease
- infective arthritis

As you age, the constant movement of the joints creates wear
and tear. Toxic wastes that circulate in the blood, dead cells,
and liquid can accumulate in the various joints and cause
inflammation and pain. Continual inflammation can cause damage
to the joints. In some cases the cartilage that coats the bone
ends, wears down and joints then rub bone to bone causing
extreme pain.

Using the essential fatty acids provides lubrication for the
joints as the move against each other. This reduces the wear that
can occur at these joints and this results in less inflammation.

There are several conditions and lifestyles that contribute to
arthritis,

- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Heredity
- Poor nutrition
- Poor digestion
- Lack of water
- Allergies
- Repetitive use of fingers, hands, legs or arms
- Body injuries — sports or accidents

Arthritis is a difficult disease to treat because there is
usually more than one cause. Just working on one cause may not
help enough to give pain relief. But it always helps to know the
many things that contribute to arthritis so that different
nutritional and lifestyles changes can be made.

The use of flax seed oil, omega-3, is known to provide
anti-inflammatory benefits. Omega-3 breaks down into
prostaglandins. It is the prostaglandins that provide the
anti-inflammatory results.

So by using the omega-3, GLA, and EPA/DHA supplements, you can
get some relief from arthritis. These oils reduce inflammation
and pain and provide lubrication, thereby preventing some damage
from occurring in your joints.

It is recommended that you use a good dose of,

- Borage oil
- Primrose oil
- NKO oil

Using these oil spread across the day, provides the benefit of
feeling reduce joint stiffness and pain in the morning. Use the
different oils one bottle at a time. This gives you the health
benefits that these different oil provide.

One additional benefit to using these oils is the coating
protection that GLA has in the stomach lining.

The standard treatment for arthritis is the use of NSAIDs and
COX-2 inhibitors. These, however, have undesirable side effects
such as attacking the stomach lining. Thousands of deaths and
visits to the emergency are associated with the use of NSAIDs.

You can benefit greatly if you use NSAIDs by adding GLA oils to
your diet and help to prevent the serious side effects of the
NSAIDs.

There you have it. Eat the essential fatty acids and provide your
body with what it needs to build strong and healthy joints.

Copyright © 2005 Rudy Silva

About Rudy: Rudy Silva has a degree in Physics and is a Natural
Nutritionist. He is the author of Constipation, Acne, Hemorrhoid,
and Fatty Acid ebooks. He writes a newsletter called
“Natural-Remedies-Thatwork.com”. For more information on
arthritis go to: http://www.arthritis-remedies.for–you.info