Arthrits & Strong Bones
Do your have arthritis? Or think you might? Over 90 MILLION people in the United States have arthritis. That is one person in 3 people are suffering every day, 24 hours a day.
As I was for 43 years. It has now been 27 years of being without arthritis.
The reason for this is that your cells are crying for vitamins and vitamins.
As Linus Pauling, 2 time winner of the Nobel Peace Prize said… “Every ailment, every systems and every disease can be traced to vitamin and mineral deficiency.”
Practically everyone knows how important calcium is to bone health, but there’s another mineral that is equally critical, albeit in lesser amounts — potassium. In fact, I’ve heard about a number of research studies recently focused on the connection between potassium and bone health, so word is getting out. The most recent study, from the University of Basel, Switzerland, showed that a group of postmenopausal women with low bone density had, on average, a 1 increase in bone density achieved by the women in the Swiss study is considered significant, especially because it affected the hips and spine — two areas especially vulnerable to fracture. Though the study used potassium citrate supplements, it is possible, as Dr. Brown points out, to get what you need from dietary sources.
You can achieve the AI of 4,700 mg per day by including 13 one-half cup servings of fruits, vegetables and legumes in your daily food intake.
Admittedly, 13 sounds like a lot, but a large salad, for example, is four to six servings, a large apple is two. Those, plus a banana (440 mg, about one-and-a-half fruit servings) for an afternoon snack, and a baked potato at dinner along with a green vegetable and other vegetables, bring you easily to the goal of 4,700 mg.
Once again, I want to emphasize that if you decide to take potassium citrate supplements anyway, it is important to do so under the direction of a health-care professional who is well-versed in potassium needs and balance, such as a naturopathic physician or nutritionist. Potassium levels can be monitored by a simple blood test to be sure that you are getting neither too little, nor too much.
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Margie Garrison is an authority on the treatment of arthritis. Visit her websites for more natural health help and information at www.yoursuccesslinks.com and www.cureyourarthritis.com/VHC
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