If you suffer from arthritis you should consider including cider vinegar in your diet. There are reputable reports, that cider vinegar can dissolve the hard deposits from arthritic joints, and halt a worsening situation. If joints are actually worn away they can only be surgically replaced. However, if the condition has not reached that degree of severity, it is better to try to stop it in its tracks. Cider vinegar may well assist, especially when included as part of a natural health diet, and lifestyle.

Osteoarthritis is something that you will get to know about if you live long enough! It affects the majority of older citizens, often severely, interfering with their lives and mobility. Prevention is better than cure and there is little doubt that a natural health lifestyle will help.

The term arthritis simply describes the disease.

arth: meaning joint and itis: meaning inflammation.

It is more complicated than that though, and is a disease, or group of diseases, to be reckoned with.

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of the disease. This condition can affect any joint, which has been subject to excessive wear, through age or persistent and heavy usage. The joints of our body might be compared to mechanical machinery. The better they are maintained, and the less they are abused the better will they serve you. Motor cars are a good example. The more regularly they are maintained and serviced, the longer they will last in good condition. Deny them oil and they will breakdown. So will your body if you don’t keep it topped up with the proper nutrients such as cider vinegar.

Rheumatoid arthritis can be a more serious condition. It is an inflammatory disease of the immune system and affects the whole body, although the joints are usually most seriously affected. The good news is that it can clear up on its own within a few weeks or months, never to return. The bad news is that it may persist for life, or go away during periods of remission, only to return later. It is unpredictable and its cause is not known. However, a healthy lifestyle can do much to protect your immune system. Whilst it is preferable to start early, it is rarely too late to bring about some improvement.

Diet is said to be a causal factor of arthritis. So there are choices and a healthy diet will sustain your immune system, in much the same way as the right grade of oil will protect your motor car, and save it from coughing and spluttering to a stop! Cider vinegar could help to do the same for you, because it will help with more than arthritis. It can also assist with the control of blood pressure and is a natural diuretic. It can help with calcium deficiency, through assisting your body to deal more effectively with the calcium content of food.

We cannot prevent the body from aging, but we can assist it to resist the ravages and diseases of time!