Arthritis – the Fat Connection

Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by inflammation and strain on joints and is aggravated by excess body fats. Dr. Jon T Giles believes that fat can cause interference in functioning of the muscles in our limbs and may be meshed between muscle fibers to reduce muscular quality and produce chemicals that interfere with muscular function. He believes that fat creates this chemical increasing inflammation which leads to rheumatoid arthritis. Dr.Jon T Giles is a rheumatologist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. A typical American diet is full of food that is acidic leading to several problems. Acidity leads to deposit of fat in our body as fat helps reduce acidity. Intake of alkaline foods can help decrease this body fat says another researcher, Dr. Robert O. Young of the Ph Miracle Institute in California.

Dr. Don Colbert and author and a medical doctor, confirms that several patients of his have benefited by an intake of alkaline foods and water and reduced problems associated with painful osteoarthritis and have been able to reduce their intake of medicines for their pain as well. Patients who have acidic bodies benefit from alkaline food as it helps reduce fat and thus inflammation also decreases due to this reduction in fatty deposits.

Jill Price is from Santa Clarita, California. She benefited by turning vegan, eliminating foods like dairy, eggs, and butter from her regular diet. She also started exercising, and because of these changes, lost 100 pounds in less than a year. Vegan diets are generally alkaline in nature if junk food is not made part of the diet.

Elbert Simms of Aliso Viejo California had 27 illnesses and had to take several medications for each illness along with several others to counter the side effects of the medications he was taking. He lost 100 pounds in 10 months, went back to work, and did not have the need to take his 50 medicines to control his illnesses, all because of switching to an alkaline diet which helped him lose weight.

Bryan Ruiz is from Laguna Beach, California. He reduced 40 pounds in only 75 days only by switching to an alkaline diet, eating more vegetables and less meat. He started drinking Chanson Water which is alkaline ionized water. He states that he could actually eat more food than before and did not have to workout to lose weight either.

People generally are not willing to change their dietary patterns so drastically; however, they do understand the importance of drinking water. A water ionizer produces water that is high in ph and is alkaline in nature. This can help in alkalizing the body. The ionization in the water can adjusted to suit personal needs, and ionization can be built up increasing the alkalinity of the water as a person gets used to the alkaline taste of water. The various minerals in the water get electrically charged, helping in healing the body by pulling out toxins from the body, as the alkaline water is antioxidant in nature, explains Jesse Thomas, Healing Water Machines in Laguna Niguel, California. Thomas further explains that this electrically charged water helps reduce health problems as well.

Drinking water helps and thus people who do not drink water as often should do so. Even coffee and tea made from alkaline water or Chanson water is less acidic in nature and actually tastes better. Rheumatoid arthritis is helped by taking a step towards alkalizing the diet and water. Alkaline diet and water can help reduce unwanted fat and toxins from the body and has a multitude of health benefits.

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