Green Tea Becomes An Ally Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Do you know someone who suffers from Rheumatoid Arthritis? What if there were something you could do to help this person fight the effects of this crippling condition…and it was something so simple…even you could do it!

I came across an article posted on the site Personal Liberty Digest, and this article was written by Dr. Mark Wiley , and it talks about two studies that the doctor states are impressive focusing on Rheumatoid Arthritis which were conducted by Scientists at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU).

Now the first study I find really interesting as it deals with something that you and I can drink everyday…Green Tea.

Apparently Green Tea is able to reduce the impact that Rheumatoid Arthritis can have on our bodies and quite possibly in some cases actually prevent it all together.

The second study seems to focus even more on the healing effects of Green Tea…go figure!

For those of you who are not familiar with the effects that RA has on the human condition, here are some of the facts…

Each year, more than 2 million Americans suffer excruciating pain from inflamed and swollen joints, crippled hands that can’t hold a glass and even complete loss of some of their joints.

Within five years, 7 percent of these RA sufferers will be seriously disabled­­—and those are the ones who are currently on doctor-prescribed prescription drug therapy.

RA is a “systemic” disease. Simply put, it affects the whole body. Besides the tissues around the joints, RA also affects the glands of the eyes and mouth, the lining of the lungs and the pericardium (the protective area around the heart). It can reduce both red and white blood cell count, which lowers a person’s immune response to viruses and infections.

Over the years, the usual course of treatment for RA has been ” Rest ” and ” Exercise ” along with a two tier attack of drug therapy, but the sad reality has been that first the drugs used to combat this disease have some serious side effects and they really are not 100% effective in their treatment of RA.

Like most other conditions ( including CSS, which I have also mentioned when stating this…) shows no discrimination as to whose lives it touches.

Okay, now this is not ” News Hot Off The Presses ” as far as the fact that green tea has natural medicinal qualities.

The Buddhist monk Eisai wrote about the healing wonder of green tea in his book, Maintaining Health by Drinking Tea, way back in 1211 A.D

Okay, so your probably thinking ( just like I was until I read this information ) what’s so great and different about Green Tea than other types of tea…

Green tea, unlike the more widely used black version, is not fermented. Instead of crushing the tea leaves, thereby removing the polyphenols, green tea is first dried, and then heated. One teaspoon steeped in hot (not boiling) water contains anywhere from 100 to 200mg of EGCG. Milk should not be added ( something that after doing this article, I will stop doing! ) , as it negates the tea’s beneficial properties.

They say  ( from these studies ) that two to four cups a day is recommended to have the full effect of the medicinal properties of this healing tea.

Okay, so this seems to be a pretty simple prescription to follow…drink two to four cups of green tea and call me in the morning…okay, make that call in the evening…I’m really not a great morning person.

Lew