Comments on: Natural Cures http://mychroniclife.com/2008/07/29/natural-cures/ A Health Blog By Someone Who Knows Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:35:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ella http://mychroniclife.com/2008/07/29/natural-cures/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 Ella Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:51:20 +0000 http://mychroniclife.com/2008/07/29/natural-cures/#comment-2178 Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I couldn't agree more...I am all for natural remedies...I used to be one who tried different herbs--as long as they have been tested and proven over time, i.e. echinacea for immune system support when I was coming down with something and glucosamine to prevent joint damage since my mom had pretty severe osteoarthritis. However...now that I have rheumatoid arthritis, folks immediately think that there must be some homeopathic, natural remedy that will miraculously cure what ails me. But you are right on--I can't take just start trying stuff without knowing how it's going to affect all of the drugs I am on and also how it's going to affect my immune system since RA is an automimmune disease. The only thing I can do safely and have done is try to eat more balanced--more veggies, more real food instead of processed, etc. And, whatever my rheumatologist has recommended like more omega-3s which help with inflammation. But that's food stuff anyway. I even have to be careful to look at the multip vitamin supplement I take since a lot of them now have "extra" ingredients that might not be okay for me to take... Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I couldn’t agree more…I am all for natural remedies…I used to be one who tried different herbs–as long as they have been tested and proven over time, i.e. echinacea for immune system support when I was coming down with something and glucosamine to prevent joint damage since my mom had pretty severe osteoarthritis. However…now that I have rheumatoid arthritis, folks immediately think that there must be some homeopathic, natural remedy that will miraculously cure what ails me. But you are right on–I can’t take just start trying stuff without knowing how it’s going to affect all of the drugs I am on and also how it’s going to affect my immune system since RA is an automimmune disease. The only thing I can do safely and have done is try to eat more balanced–more veggies, more real food instead of processed, etc. And, whatever my rheumatologist has recommended like more omega-3s which help with inflammation. But that’s food stuff anyway. I even have to be careful to look at the multip vitamin supplement I take since a lot of them now have “extra” ingredients that might not be okay for me to take…

]]> By: HelloKit http://mychroniclife.com/2008/07/29/natural-cures/comment-page-1/#comment-1826 HelloKit Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:48:55 +0000 http://mychroniclife.com/2008/07/29/natural-cures/#comment-1826 I once had someone try to convince me that MSM would magically fix my joints which formed incorrectly IN THE WOMB. *beats her head against a wall* <em>HelloKit's last blog post..<a href='http://www.confoozled.com/archives/im_gonna_win_a_laptop.shtml'>i'm gonna win a laptop</a></em> I once had someone try to convince me that MSM would magically fix my joints which formed incorrectly IN THE WOMB. *beats her head against a wall*

HelloKit’s last blog post..i’m gonna win a laptop

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