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Osteo-arthritis is a degenerative disease caused by the cellular breakdown of our bodies. This breakdown of our cells also causes other degenerative diseases of the body such as insulin resistant diabetes, the shriveling and eventual mal-function of internal organs such as the heart, liver, kidneys, cartilage, etc. The skin, as an organ, can tell you of the condition of the rest of your body. If it is wrinkled, sunken, thin, lost its elastin, has age spots, etc. then so do the rest of your organs. I watched a program on aging on our local PBS station. In it they looked at the human cell. Our cells have a little hair on the end of them that shortens every time the cell divides. Scientists believe that our cells live three years. Each cell has fifty divisions in them before the hair disappears and the cell can no longer divide. If this is true we should live to be about 150 years old give or take a few years. So my question is “why aren’t we?” In studying this problem I have come across some things that might help. I found that even though we get older we don’t have to be decrepit. We have a mindset that says old and decrepit go together. This doesn’t have to be the case. First of all we need to look at what breaks our cells down. So far I have come up with four major things. There may be more and I will update this as I find them out. The first one is alcohol. We know that it kills brain and liver cells but it also kills other cells in the body. Second is tobacco. Our cells need oxygen to function. Giving them carbon monoxide and other contaminates will kill them off. Third is drug abuse. You can’t feed your cells chemicals and expect them to function properly. Fourth is not so obvious but is just as deadly. It is white sugar. The chemical used to whiten sugar combines with the hydrochloric acid in your stomach to create a goo that covers your cells much like a glazed doughnut. When this hardens nothing can get in or out and the cell dies. Exercise, especially weight training will break this down but depending on how much sugar you eat you may not be able to break the sugar crystals down as fast as you are destroying your cells. Remember that the body has billions of cells and this process takes a long time. When cells die the surrounding cells need to stretch to fill in where the cell was. This causes thinning of our bodies. Skin gets thinner and delicate, so do arteries, muscles, cartilage around the joints, internal organs, etc. This breakdown causes a lot of the ailments of old age. Eating a moderate amount of sugar may also cause the body to eliminate calcium. In a study done by Dr. Garth Fisher it was found that a person who eats a moderate amount of sugar will lose twice as much calcium through the urine as they take in. This may be a major cause of osteoporosis. Most of you will groan and say you can’t live without your candy, or soda, or cake or cookies. Good new is you don’t have to in a lot of cases. Other sweeteners don’t have the same effect on the cells. You can even have brown sugar. You will have to change your eating patterns to accommodate the changes but they shouldn’t be too radical. You can make your own cakes, cookies and candy using honey, corn syrup, or brown sugar. A lot of times you can still get what you want by reading labels. The store brands of soda will usually be made with corn syrup while name brands will have sugar in them. My husband likes butter flake rolls. We have two stores near our house. One store makes them with sugar and the other uses corn syrup. We buy the ones made with corn syrup. Learn to like plain or cheese flavored potato chips. Be creative in substituting healthier foods for the ones you are giving up but most of all keep a positive attitude. There are a few ways to overcome the damage we have done to ourselves. First give up the items mentioned above. If you build and destroy at the same time it won’t do you any good. You may not get much worse, but you won’t get any better either. Second is collagen. Every cell in the body needs collagen for its repair. Unfortunately collagen is hard to digest and as you get older it becomes even more difficult. As I was thinking about this it struck me that if you could predigest collagen your body could utilize it much better. This is what I came up with. Collagen In a blender or food processor blend:
Blend this all together and allow it to sit for at least 24 hours in the refridgerator. It will make about a half gallon but needs to be put into a larger jar as it will shrink as it ages.This freezes well so it can be divided into smaller portions. Take 4 Tbs. at bedtime. If you have a problem with cholesterol you may want to check into getting a vegetable based gelatin through your health food store. I have found this quite helpful in relieving arthritic pains. Be patient with it. It will be 4 to 6 weeks before you will notice much difference. Another thing you can do is take HGH. There are several brands on the market to choose from. At about age 25 your bodies’ production of growth hormones slows down until at age 70 you are producing very little. As a result your body doesn’t make enough new cells to replace the ones that are being destroyed and this causes the body to break down. HGH stimulates the pituitary to stimulate the liver to stimulate the body to produce new cells. When you get the HGH the instructions will tell you to take it 6-7 times a day six days on and one day off. Following the above outlined plan you will only need to take it three times a day, three days on and three days off. As HGH is quite expensive (any where from 50 to 70 dollars + a bottle) using it this way will make the 1 oz. bottle last close to six months. You may not even need to use it this often. This may be a personal thing and you will have to listen to your body to determine how much you will need to take. You may only need to be on this plan for 6 months to a year. After that you will only need it to maintain your current level and using the full plan will only be needed once or twice a year. Resuming any of the dietary changes will obviously start the degeneration of the body all over again. You can use the following recipe to help with the pain of arthritis. It can be used as often as you need. This makes quite a bit (About a gallon) but we have found that it is also useful for bruises, sprains, even broken bones, it heals cuts and scrapes, takes the itch and sting out of insect bites, and is even good for chapped skin, although it should not be used on chapped lips as it has arnica in it and arnica should never be taken internally. I have arthritis in my neck and this relieves the discomfort and headache that I sometimes get from that. If used for a period of a year or more it may even restore limited use of frozen joints. It can also be used on your animals but don’t put the beeswax in it because it will stick to their fur. I use the cream formula along with an oral formula that helps to rebuild the cartilage like some of the expensive products on the market only it costs next to nothing to make and doesn’t taste too bad. Arthritis Cream This is expensive but it does make almost a half gallon and you could go in with a friend and cut the cost in half. It costs about 130.00 retail to make. It smells somewhat like blue ice but not as strong.
Put all dry ingredients into a 1 gallon bottle and add as much of the olive oil as you can get into it. Put a piece of Saran Wrap over the top and put on the lid. Put into a sunny window for 2 weeks, shaking the bottle to ‘stir’ it several times a day. Add more oil as needed. The dry ingredients will soak up some of the oil so more will have to be added. When two weeks are up empty the bottle into a colander lined with a layer of muslin and set on top of a large glass bowl or enamel. Allow to drain for 24 hours. Melt the wax and add to the oil. Add the chuchuhuasi and the wintergreen. Stir with a wooden spoon until mixed and pour into jars. Always be sure to label and date. *Chuchuhuasi can be found on the internet at www.herbnook.com or write to:
Roy and Helen Porter
If you would like to try the Arthritis Cream formula before you make it, send me $5.00 and I will send you a 1/2 oz. sample.
Pat Griffiths
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pgriffiths@ambertech.com