The diet for a patient with arthritis should include vegetables and fruit for protection and proteins and carbohydrates for energy. This diet can be formed of some fresh raw vegetables in the form of a salad and a minimum of two cooked vegetables. Cabbage, carrot, celery, cucumber, endive, lettuce, onion, radishes, tomatoes and watercress may be used for any raw salad. The cooked vegetables can include asparagus, beets, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, celery, brinjal, mushroom, onions, peas, beans, spinach, tomatoes, squash and turnips.
In severe cases, it will likely be better to place the patient on raw vegetables juice therapy for about a week. Green juice, extracted from any green leafy vegetable, mixed with carrot, celery and red beet juice, is specific for arthritis. The alkaline action of raw juices dissolves the accumulation of deposits around the joints and in other tissues. Fresh pineapple is also valuable as the enzyme in fresh pineapple juice, bromelain reduces swelling and inflammation in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. Repeated juice fasts are recommended at intervals of every 8 weeks.
Celery is another effective food remedy for rheumatism. A fluid extract of the celery seeds is even more powerful than raw celery. This juice has a tonic action on the stomach and kidneys. 5 to 10 drops of this fluid should be taken in hot water before the main meals. Powdered seeds can be used as a condiment. Lemons will also be valuable and also the juice of 2 or 3 lemons may be taken each day.
Indian gooseberry (amla) is a very effective remedy for hypertension. Mix together a tablespoonful each of fresh amla juice and honey. Both should be taken every morning in this condition. Lemon can also be thought to be an invaluable food to manage high blood pressure. It's a rich source of vitamin P that is found both in the juice and peel from the fruit. This vitamin is essential for preventing capillary fragility.
Carrot and spinach juices have proved to be very valuable in neuritis. Both vegetables are rich in nutrients. The fastest and most efficient way in which the body can obtain and assimilate these elements is by drinking daily a litre of the combined raw juices of carrot and spinach. 3 parts carrot, 1 part spinach. This magic medium is optimal for recovery from nervous inflammatory diseases.
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