Non-Drug Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment
The following paragraphs detail a drug-free approach to the management of psoriatic arthritis. Alternative medicine or natural cures have always been a particular interest of mine. I think that modern medicine handles medical emergencies of things like stitches and broken bones very well. Where it comes up short in is the management of chronic conditions and diseases and promoting health. The modern medical approach really is just symptom based with no real desire to discover or treat the root cause of the problem. I have never been a big fan of painkillers for headaches or anti-biotics for sickness. I loved trying out new alternative cures for a sore throat or skin condition. But this love for natural remedies was really pushed to the edge when I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.
Of course it is one thing to help a common cold with some garlic and vitamin C, but can you really help an auto-immune disease such as psoriatic arthritis? In all theory you should be able to. It is famously quoted 'you are what you eat.' Certainly diet and nutrition are a sound starting point, there are some other key factors as well. This article will briefly cover the diet aspect for more information in that regards please see my other article on the psoriatic arthritis diet. This article will also go on to cover the mental and emotion aspect of the disease and which are the nutritional supplements that you should be taking to help your psoriatic arthritis.
I believe a psoriatic arthritis diet should have a heavy focus on vegetables and fruits. Good clean sources of protein that are organic, so this basically includes beef, chicken and fish. A healthy focus on fats. Do not ever use vegetable oil or canola oil for cooking or for anything. Forget what you have heard about saturated fat, get back to how we use to cook food. In good stable fats like lard and butter. Add coconut products to your diet. Eliminate wheat and diary. This is vital, as these food promote inflammatory and auto-immune responses in the body. Now this diet probably sounds a bit extreme, for more information see my article on the psoriatic arthritis diet.
They say that stress causes 90% of all diseases. That statement is probably right. The body is an amazing invention, capable of adapting and handling almost anything we place on it. Think about drug addicts, alcoholics and morbidly obese people. The body doesn't just cave in, it adapts and puts up with the toxins and everything.for a while. But eventually it will reach a breaking point. The same is true for stress, mental or emotional. It can handle it for a while, but long term stress will manifest somewhere in the body. It may result in headaches, poor digestion, a skin rash or an auto-immune disorder. Learn to manage your stress. Yoga and meditation are great, make them part of your daily schedule for the rest of your life. Your yoga may need to be modified because of your joints, that is initially what I had to do. Get some perspective on the situations that cause you stress and realize that being stressed probably does not accomplish anything or help the situation at all.
The final part of this article will discuss nutritional supplements for psoriatic arthritis. The last few years has seen an explosion in the development of anti-inflammatory products. Make sure when buying supplements you are not tempted to buy cheap products. Try to buy your supplements through a certified practitioner which will allow you to purchase practitioner only products. These will have a better quality and potency of ingredients. To start with begin with taking high doses of fish oils, which are great for anti-inflammatory purposes. Also recommended is a probiotic for helping with gut health. Lastly find a good combination herb anti-inflammatory mixture. This should have all the good anti-inflammatory herbs like turmeric, boswellia and devil's claw in it.
The goal of this article is to present an alternative to the mainstream medical approach for the management of psoriatic arthritis. I do not feel this type of information is readily available and I hope this may open people's minds up to the possibility that drugs are not the only choice. After reading the above recommendations, some folks might think 'gee, that seems very different to how I am currently living'. My reply is that is should be very different. If you were following anything close to the above you probably would not have an autoimmune disease and you wouldn't be reading this article. Start with one step at a time and take each day as it comes. Try to do a little bit better than the day before.
For more hints and tips on psoriatic arthritis treatment, visit author Peter Alexis' website which is all about the safest psoriatic arthritis treatment.
