Arthritis. Just the name conjurs up fear in the hearts of those of us growing older. Arthritis is a condition that affects mainly the older amongst us.
Lets have a look at using fish oil for arthritis relief and have a look at what arthritis is.
There’s over 100 forms of arthritis but generally speaking, arthritis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the joints. Part of a joint, or joints, becomes swollen and inflamed and this causes pain and difficulty of movement. This can be caused by nutritional problems and also such things as heavy repeated lifting or movements.
Nutritional deficiencies or excesses can cause arthritis in several ways. For example chances are youve heard of free radicals. These can damage many parts of your body including your joints and are a result of poor diet and other factors like pollution.
An improvement in the intake of natural foods and less processed foods, particularly fresh fruit and vegetables, can help increase the levels of anti oxidants in our diet and thereby combat arthritis and a host of other ailments that our modern lifestyle causes.
And the pain of arthritis is caused by inflammation in the joints. Inflammation is a real scourge and is believed by some to be the major cause of many of the age and lifestyle related diseases so many of us get. Inflammation can eat away at our joints.
Lets have a look at the relief of the pain of arthritis using fish oil.
You may already know that there are a wide range of health conditions that are eased by increasing the intake of fish oils rich in Omega 3. Omega 3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated fats that are good fats for your body, unlike, for example, saturated fat which is a bad fat.
There’s specifically 2 Omega 3 fats, EPA and DHA, that are shown to be good for your heart and many other health conditions. Now science has found a link between Omega 3 fats and arthritis relief.
And that increasing our intake of fish oils can reduce symptoms and pain from arthritis.
So why would taking more fish oil combat the pain of arthritis? Because fish oil is an excellent way to combat inflammation.
Over time taking fish oil supplements will noticeably reduce the pain of arthritis and free up use of the joints.
This isn’t just speculation, it’s now established clearly that fish oil does reduce inflammation effectively.
Traditional arthritis treatments involve the use of anti inflammatory drugs like Celebrex, for example. But it is known that there can be significant risk of side effects from these types of drugs. Kidney failure for example. And Vioxx has been linked to around 140000 cases of coronary heart disease since 1999.
But although anti inflammatory drugs have negative side effects fish oil supplements have positive health side effects, especially on your heart.
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