Why do humans get arthritis? An interesting perspective!!

Well I’m sure you’ve all read about the bone and cartilage rubbing against each other that causes too much friction and eventual deterioration of the joint, cartilage etc and we end up with all the pain of arthritis. Now that’s nothing you didn’t already know. But does it actually explain why we suffer all the pain of arthritis in the first place.

Give me a second and you’ll see where I’m going with this.

Recently I read an interesting article about human evolution. Now evolution can be a sensitive subject for some, especially those of us that are quite religious. I my self am a devout Christian and well, the good book states that man was created by God. There isn’t any mention of evolution. That our origins are with species of lower intelligence and slowly, over millions of years we acquired the ability of speech, writing and language etc. I wont go into this too much otherwise ill be straying off the point all together.

However, I am an open minded person and there seems to be scientific evidence to support these hypothesises. Now I do say these are hypothesises simply because in the past science has made many assumptions that were initially taken to be the absolute truth and fact only to be rebutted or disqualified over time as contradicting evidence was found. Now you can’t say that isn’t fair!!

On the other hand I have my faith and accordingly, life is a test and I guess arthritis and all the pain and suffering that goes along with it is just a part of life and we just have to suck it up and some would say. All we can do is try to live our lives the best way we possibly can and hopefully the lord above will open the gates to heaven to us when the time comes.

Going back to the article, it mentioned that humans today still carry characteristics from our days of being creatures of the sea, and yes I do mean fish. A good example of this is hiccups. This is a knee jerk reaction that fishes developed to clear the breathing passageways ensuring that oxygenated water could pass to the gills to be filtered ensuring a steady stream of oxygen to the brain. Now I know we don’t use oxygenated water but the principle is the same. Very interesting I thought to myself. I then went on to read that the human foetus for the first few weeks shares many similarities to a fish foetus, the article went on to show a picture of the two and sure enough I couldn’t see what they were talking about. Now I thought that was even more interesting.

Now that got me thinking. If we were from the sea originally, and with the buoyancy of water there would be very little pressure on our bones and cartilage when we moved around. Therefore there should be less risk of suffering arthritis.

When we came out of the water, we slowly adapted and evolved to what we are today. Well perhaps we just haven’t evolved far enough yet, maybe our bodies haven’t yet adapted completely from the dramatic change of being a sea creature to a completely land based creature. It is for this reason that our everyday activities of moving around, whether it is walking or running that causes arthritis on areas such as the lower back, knees and ankles. These are areas that take most of the pressure of our weight and where arthritis is most prominent. If our bones and joints can just about deal with the pressure when we are the ideal weight then imagine the strain they must be experiencing when we are overweight. Now I know that sounds like doom and gloom for all mankind, but every cloud has a silver lining. Remember this is only a hypothesis that I am pondering!!

Perhaps then, this could also mean that as we continue to evolve and better adapt to being land based creatures, arthritis may slowly disappear. Why you ask? Well the body will realise that the amount of bone and cartilage that it creates at the moment is not sufficient to last an entire lifetime which will force it to create more durable bones and more durable cartilage to compensate. So mankind in the future may never suffer as we do today. I did say there was silver lining, didn’t I.!!

However there is one other point that came to mind. It was the biological point of view. Most people tend to start suffering arthritis towards the latter part of their life. Technically in order to safeguard the species our bodies must remain healthy to ensure the start of the next generation.. We only need to remain healthy up to the point where we can have children and care for them up to the point where they are able fend for themselves and not remain totally dependent on the parent.. I guess the fifty to sixty mark when arthritis really begins to show its ugly head, this is very achievable. So there is no real need for us anymore. The body has achieved what it was designed to do and no longer needs us to remain healthy and so unfortunately we slowly become weaker and eventually we die. I know that sounds really sad, but there could be some truth to it.

That brings me to the question of exactly what age were we supposed to live to. Some would argue that even 30-40 could be the right age for us to depart from this world. While we still have all our faculties. By this point we should have had ample opportunity to reproduce and safeguard the next generation. Generally speaking, humans are ready to reproduce while they are in their teens. It is because of modern society and culture that many of us decide not to i.e. work and career. Think about it, how many land based mammals do you know that like as long as humans. Very few come to mind. I guess it is our intelligence and higher brain function that has allowed us to like longer. We have developed therapies and treatments to combat diseases and illnesses that would normally kill us. Baring this in mind I guess we should just be grateful that we can live longer and try our best to cope with our unnaturally long lives and simply make the best of a bad situation.

Any ways I hope you found the above interesting to read. I know the above doesn’t really help us in any way against the pain and suffering that arthritis delivers us on a daily basis. But….. I thought it was some interesting point of views. These are just a few thoughts I had about arthritis and life in general. I hope you enjoyed the read.

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Michelle.

Try A Natural Diet For Arthritis Pain Relief

I found this article very interesting and i hope you will find it useful too!

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Helen_Hecker]Helen Hecker

I got rid of my arthritis and arthritis pain forever by eating a natural living food diet. I found relief from my arthritis pain, naturally, and you can do it too.

Arthritis concentrates in one or several joints where deterioration occurs. To get the arthritis pain relief you're seeking it's helpful to understand how arthritis works. The first step when looking for solutions to an arthritis pain problem is to understand how arthritis works.

The combination of the collagen meshwork and high water content tightly bound by proteoglycans creates a resilient, slippery pad in the joint, which resists the compression between bones during muscle movement. Collagen is the main protein found in all connective tissues in the body, including the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. The ability to make repairs to cartilage becomes limited as cartilage cells age.

Most experts now believe that osteoarthritis results from a genetic susceptibility that causes a biologic response to injuries to the joint, which leads to progressive deterioration of cartilage. Genetic factors are thought to be involved in about 50% of osteoarthritis cases in the hands and hips and a somewhat lower percentage of cases in the knee. An inflammatory response causes cytokines, to gather in injured areas and cause inflammation and damage to body tissue and cells; it's known to play a role in rheumatoid arthritis and other muscle and joint problems associated with autoimmune diseases.

Try massaging your fingers or other affected joints with coconut oil twice a day. Some foods and beverages to avoid that are inflammatory are: caffeine, salt, sugar, meat, dairy products, additives, soft drinks, white flour, white rice, alcoholic beverages, fast food, processed vegetable oils, refined, packaged and processed food. Studies done on antioxidant vitamins question the value of these supplements; it's clearly better to consume these antioxidants in living foods because they may also need to work with other nutrients present in the foods to work properly.

If you really want to get rid of your arthritis pain forever it may take a radical change in your diet and an ongoing commitment. Make smoothies with fruit only using a base of two bananas, adding a cup of frozen or fresh blueberries and mango chunks or substitute any other fruit and add an energy boost of two tablespoons of coconut oil; add one or two leaves of kale for another highly nutritional boost -- no one will ever know. Making a ginger tea, by adding a thin slice or two of fresh gingerroot to hot water, is helpful to many people I know.

Try avoiding the eight most allergic foods, wheat being the most allergenic; they are wheat, corn, eggs, milk, peanuts, fish, shellfish and some nuts, not all. One natural treatment method involves avoiding all inflammatory foods, that is, foods that are not alive.

I know quite a few people who are drinking tart cherry juice to relieve their arthritis pain; but is has to be the tart kind though. Some of the supplements commonly used for relieving arthritis pain, but I don't know if any of these work, are: glucosamine, chondroitin, bromelain, grapeseed extract, omega-3 and omega-6, cod liver oil, manganese ascorbate, MSM, boron, niacinamide, pantothenic acid, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E.

To be on the safe side always seek your doctor's advice before starting or changing your exercise program. A good exercise routine is the key to beating arthritis and relieving arthritis pain. If you have pain and swelling in your fingers, try squeezing Thera-putty made for this purpose or exercising with two Chinese chime balls called Taiji balls. Even the lightest exercise can go a long way to maintaining your joint mobility and overall health.

Your body has 147 different joints that are in motion every day of your life. Exercise your affected joints every day, to keep them flexible. Stretching and warming up the joints should always be the first step in your exercise routine to make your joints more flexible, just be careful you don't do further damage-proceed slowly..

Be aware that the use of NSAIDs or Cox-2 inhibitors do not halt the progress of osteoarthritis and may even hasten the onset.

Once you become more informed about arthritis you'll be able to plan an arthritis treatment program, natural or conventional or a combination of both. For conventional treatment of arthritis - if you do choose to take drugs or medications, be very careful and read the labels thoroughly.

Following these suggestions can help you get back in the swing of things fast and allow you to spend your days enjoying life once more. Arthritis pain relief is the ultimate goal - understanding arthritis is a good way to get there. Begin your treatment program with a diet change, exercise and weight loss plan to see incredible results and fast pain relief.

For more information on arthritis pain relief and arthritis treatments go to http://www.FastArthritisPainRelief.com Helen Hecker R.N.'s website specializing in arthritis pain relief with tips, advice and resources, including information on arthritis diets and natural arthritis treatments.

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Arthritis Treatment And Pain Relief by Les Scammell

Arthritis pain can be very hard to control. Rheumatoid arthritis is particularly difficult to gain long-lasting pain relief. But there are answers to these problems.

Glucosomine is a product that claims to help eliminate joint pain. The product claims that you will achieve long-lasting and comforting relief in all the areas in which arthritic and general joint pain occurs. There are many people who have found pain relief using glucosamine. Arthritis pain relief and the use of glucosamine for the joint pain in the knees have worked very well.

This product will also work on other types of debilitating diseases. The product works on bursitis, tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome as well as arthritis.

What glucosomine does is target the inflammation. The inflammation is the cause that gives you the burning pain and the discomfort that you feel. The all-natural and herbal anti-inflammatory that are contained in this product will assist in relieving your arthritis pain. This product works by removing the toxins and some of the impurities that like to form in your joints. What this will do is allow more blood to flow to these areas which will then speed up the healing process.

One thing that most people really like about glucosomine is that it is a natural product. People are wary of using over-the-counter drugs or prescription drugs. The ingredients in this product are generally extracts from shell fish although there is an all natural plant based product available for those allergic to shellfish. As this product is 100% natural there are virtually no side effects unlike other pharmaceutical drugs.

There are many who prefer all-natural products whenever it was possible. You may often find with all-natural products is that there are other benefits that besides what you are taking the product for, whether that or there are far fewer side effects.

So let's talk a little bit about what this product is and how it works.

Glucosomine has become very popular and what it does it work with the cartilage which cushions the joints. What it is is a complex sugar that is produced by the body. This product has been used by sufferers of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other sports injuries to help relieve the pain, stiffness and swelling. What this product then does is allow for improved range of movement and help to maintain good joint and cartilage health.

For sufferers of arthritis, tendonitis, carpal tunnel, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis glucosomine has all of the ingredients needed to relieve the joint pain and suffering associated with these problems.

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Arthritis and your Liver

The liver creates many enzymes to neutralize the chemicals in your body. Your liver has to work harder to neutralize chemicals when you consume excessive amounts of the wrong foods.

Excessive amounts of alcohol, saturated fats, high-protein diets, cigarette smoke, fumes etc can put extra unnecessary stress on the liver. In the long run the extra work placed on your liver may weaken it to the point that it is unable to deal with the high levels of toxins, allowing them to attack your body and cause harm.

To prevent your liver being placed under unnecessary stress, you should increase your daily intake of anti-oxidants such as vitamin A, C, E, Zinc, and selenium, which can be achieved by eating fresh fruit and vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, green peppers, watercress, berries, beetroot and red grapes.

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