arthritis

  1. Mauritio

    Rheumatoid Arthritis patients have higher serotonin and cortisol levels

    In this study they looke at some blood markers in patients with RA. As it turns out they have slighlty higher cortisol and way higher serotonin: their serotonin level was 3 times higher! Their melatonin level was a lot lower than that of the control group, which indicates less downstream...
    • Mauritio
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    • arthritis cortisol endotoxin melatonin rheumatoid arthritis serotonin
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    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  2. haidut

    Vitamin E may prevent, treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by restoring the gut barrier

    This is one of those studies where the most important finding is not directly stated, but implied. Namely, if healing the gut barrier, as the study says, may prevent/treat RA then the condition is most likely tied to the microbiome in our GI tract. More specifically, to the byproducts of the...
    • haidut
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    • arthritis barrier endotoxin estrogen gut inflammation lps microbiome rheumatoid arthritis tocopherol vitamin e
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  3. Mossy

    Looking for Help With Severe Inflammation: Edema and Arthritis

    Hello RPF, My elderly father has developed severe edema and arthritis. After scouring this forum I've yet to find anyone with a success story for severe edema. I've taken note of urea, salt, taurine, B1, progesterone, pregnenolone, electrolytes, calcium, magnesium, MB, as potential remedies...
  4. haidut

    Vitamin D effective in humans for preventing autoimmune diseases

    A human study, one of the largest ever conducted, and covering virtually all major autoimmune conditions. Also, the study claims that this is the first intervention trial that looked at effects of vitamin D on developing autoimmune conditions, so the link is causal - i.e. we can now claim that...
    • haidut
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    • arthritis autoimmune cholecalciferol hashimoto lupus multiple sclerosis psoriasis vitamin d vitamin d3
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  5. JazTee

    Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Help?

    Hi all, I recently posted a thread here: (Feeling Terrible at 22) where I basically listed all my symptoms and recieved some amazing advice for my metabolism, overall dietary health etc. I suggest reading this post first to get an insight into my lifestyle and health. (TL-DR; I basically...
    • JazTee
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    • arthritis chronic pain collagen eds ehlers-danlos syndrome fatigue health joints metabolism pain
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ask For Help or Advice
  6. CreakyJoints

    Selectively Filtering Subforums?

    Does anyone know of a way to filter out certain subforums for the "New Posts" and "Trending Topics" sections? I think a lot of the things being talked about in some of those subforums are certainly worth discussing, but I'd rather be able to filter it out from those pages now and then...
    • CreakyJoints
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    • arthritis filtering new posts requests subforums tech support technical questions technical support trending topics
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    • Forum: Forum Lounge
  7. haidut

    Osteoarthritis (OA) Is Driven By Endotoxin, Can Be Completely Reversed

    Unlike rheumatoid arthritis (RA), its "cousin" known as osteoarthritis (OA) is not generally believe to be due to chronic inflammation. The official cause of OA is "unknown" (just like RA) but often cited factors include genetics, excess weight, and advanced age. The study below points the...
    • haidut
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    • arthritis endotoxin gut permeability inflammation lipopolysaccharide lps osteoarthritis prebiotic tlr4
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  8. haidut

    Fluoride Now Officially Banned In India As A Known Toxin

    It is funny how the knowledge about toxicity of a given chemical can be so widespread in certain areas of the world and completely censored in others. Not only that, but India seems to have banned fluoride for causing the same issues that Western medicine claims it prevents! Let's see if other...
    • haidut
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    • arthritis banned bones dementia fluoride fluorosis india pqq teeth thyroid thyroid dysfunction toxin
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  9. Giraffe

    Niacinamide In The Treatment Of Osteoarthritis

    The effect of niacinamide on osteoarthritis: A pilot study In the 1940's and 50's William Kaufman treated several hundred patients with both osteo and rheumatoid arthritis with large doses of niacinamide. The researchers here are following Kaufman's approach. They conducted a three month...
  10. Mito

    Scientists Find Skin Cells At Root Of Balding And Gray Hair

    Scientists find skin cells at the root of balding, gray hair: May 2017 News Releases - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas The researchers found that a protein called KROX20, more commonly associated with nerve development, in this case turns on in skin cells that become the hair shaft. These hair...
  11. haidut

    Depression Affects The Digestive System Health, Anxiety The Skin

    Ray has written quite extensively on the connection between intestinal inflammation and both mental disorders as well as skin health. There is a quote from him often appearing on the front page saying something along the lines that the health of the intestine is reflected in the physiology of...
    • haidut
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    • anxiety arthritis cvd depression digestion digestive tract gi mental health physiology skin
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    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  12. yerrag

    Arthritis And MSM

    I have arthritis on my left knee. The pain occurs when I walk up stairs. The pain would be more intense as the angle of ascent gets steeper. This is the only part of my body that has pain, and I can attribute it to my fondness of leaping. I thought it would be a way of maintaining my leg...
  13. M

    Endotoxin And Iron Finally Recognized As Potential Causes Of Many Diseases

    [ moderator edit: threads merged ] Bacteria lurking in blood could be culprit in countless diseases
    • Miso
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    • als alzheimer's arthritis bse cancer clotting cvd endotoxin fibrin heart attack inflammation iron lps stroke thrombosis
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    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  14. haidut

    Positive Impact Of Vitamin B3 On CVD Is Not Due To Lowering Cholesterol

    Comparisons with treatment with niacin to raise HDL and lower LDL has been considered the gold-standard for all new statin drugs. However, it has been shown that both niacin and niacinamide have the same protective effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD) despite the fact that niacinamide has...
    • haidut
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    • antiinflammatory arthritis atherosclerosis cvd gpr109a heart disease multiple sclerosis niacin niacinamide study vitamin b1 vitamin b3
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  15. haidut

    Rheumatoid Arthritis Is A Metabolic Disease; Vitamin K And Niacinamide May Treat It

    Ray has written so many articles on how "autoimmune conditions" like MS, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, psoriasis, etc are all metabolic diseases mostly driven by estrogen. After decades of denial by mainstream medicine, a study was just published by a team at Stanford that shows RA to be...
    • haidut
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    • arthritis disease menaquinone metabolic niacinamide reactive oxygen species reduction reversible rheumatoid stress study vitamin b3
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    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  16. haidut

    Lithium (and Sodium) May Treat (osteo)arthritis

    Ray has written on the benefits of lithium for mitochondrial health, ammonia reduction, etc. He also said that sodium has the same benefits and it is much safer than lithium. So, for those with bone/joint issues may be increasing salt intake will be beneficial...
  17. haidut

    Vitamin K2 (MK-4) May Be A Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis

    The study found very positive effects on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using MK-4 but not K1. The dosage were on the high end, and the human equivalents would be 1.5mg/kg and 7mg/kg for the two groups. The beneficial effects on RA were highly dose-dependent. This is yet another study that hints the...
  18. Daimyo

    Boron, Arthritis And Noodles

    I recently find out that Borax - a compound containing 9% of boron is added to some noodles (to improve the texture) in SE Asia. Boron deficiency is strongly correlated with arthritis... What's interesting is Rheumatoid arthritis world map showing that arthritis rates in SE Asia are very low...
    • Daimyo
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    • arthritis boron health rheumatoic toxicity
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Health
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