Re: regarding the best/safest anti-pain/inflammation

[Guest guest]

>In a recent Time magazine cover article, chronic inflammation has recently

caught the interest of (allopathic) doctors as a possible cause of many serious

diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, alzheimers, and others.

I saw that! Good article.

>Though I cannot currently locate the location, or any index reference, I seem

to remember the Nourishing Traditions cookbook talking negatively about aspirin,

which is known to be a prostaglandin inhibitor (?). If you could help me verify

where the cookbook talks about this, or inform us about reasons why aspirin

should not be taken, as well as which natural substance (that is, God-designed,

as opposed to man-designed, usually a destructive imitation) is best then, to

alleviate pain, as well as the best natural anti-inflammatory, I would be

thankful.

I did like what the article said about one cause of inflammation being fat cells

(they churn out inflammatory stuff). Fewer fat cells = less inflamation. I think

there are a few other " natural " anti-inflammatories:

1. Avoid allergens (I think it will turn out that grains and leaky gut are the

" root " cause of a lot of the inflammation we see ... speaking as a person who

gets hot, inflamed joints if she eats wheat or too much corn!).

2. Try the WD (it seems to help in this regard, maybe by stabilizing blood

sugar, I dunno, but again, I speak as an inflamed person who isn't so much

anymore).

3. The article mentioned fish oil (!) as helping a lot. Cod liver oil is VERY

NT.

4. All your fruits, esp. berries, are anti-inflammatory.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

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I cannot remember anything in NT about aspirin being bad, although I think it

has been known to cause stomach upset in some individuals, and therefore it is

usually recommended that it be taken with meals. I believe that the " natural "

alternative you seek is Willow Bark.

HTH,

and the K9's

>Though I cannot currently locate the location, or any index reference, I seem

to remember the Nourishing Traditions cookbook talking negatively about aspirin,

which is known to be a prostaglandin inhibitor (?). If you could help me verify

where the cookbook talks about this, or inform us about reasons why aspirin

should not be taken, as well as which natural substance (that is, God-designed,

as opposed to man-designed, usually a destructive imitation) is best then, to

alleviate pain, as well as the best natural anti-inflammatory, I would be

thankful.

[Guest guest]

>> Though I cannot currently locate the location, or any index reference, I seem

to remember the Nourishing Traditions cookbook talking negatively about aspirin,

which is known to be a prostaglandin inhibitor (?). If you could help me verify

where the cookbook talks about this, or inform us about reasons why aspirin

should not be taken, as well as which natural substance (that is, God-designed,

as opposed to man-designed, usually a destructive imitation) is best then, to

alleviate pain, as well as the best natural anti-inflammatory, I would be

thankful. <<

This opens a whole can of worms here about prostaglandin inhibitors and how

inflammation can be controlled.

Aspirin (which is a natural substance, btw), the herb white willow bark, and in

fact a lot of herbs including ginger and many, many others, are

anti-inflammatory. They are also.... prostaglandin inhibitors. Because

inhibiting prostaglandins is, in fact, one way to reduce inflammation.

I think that the main problem with using isolated substances, be they cox

inhibiting drugs like Celebrex or herbal alternatives from the health food

store, to eliminate inflammation in the body is that you're number one, using a

hammer to swat a fly, and number two, you're trying to alleviate the

inflammation after the fact instead of eliminating the cause of it (which is

generally improper nutrition).

There is a great article on this on the Weston A Price foundation website,

called " Tripping Lightly Down the Prostaglandin Pathways. " It's here:

http://www.westonaprice.org/know_your_fats/tripping.html

When I want an anti-inflammatory for a short term use as a pain reliever, I

prefer the herb White Willow Bark, which one study in the journal Rheumatology

found is more effective and has fewer side effects than the prescription

anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx. BUT.... it's still a cox inhibitor, it still

messes up prostaglandin, it still carries risk. I would not use it on an ongoing

basis just to try to reduce inflammation. I would try to find a way of eating

and a lifestyle that reduced inflammation.

Christie