will this work for Osteoarthritis ????
Osteoarthritis is "wear and tear" of the joints most common in heavy use joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is an auto immune disease where by the immune system "attacks" the membranes surrounding the joints everywhere on the body causing inflammation, pain, movement restriction and damage to the joints.
Yellow raisins are high in antioxidants and low in fat, golden raisins are packed with vitamins and minerals. One of which is resveratrol which suppress inflammatory enzymes.
Osteoarthritis may produce swelling due to the wear and tear of joints. However, the swelling is most probably minimal compared to that produced by Rheumatoid arthritis. Resveratol found in grapes and raisins may suppress the enzymes thus reducing the swelling, but probably to a lesser degree in Osteoarthritis than Rheumatoid arthritis, if there is any beneficial effect at all.
Hope this hellped.
Evans, G.
I suffer terribly with arthritis in my hands but as soon as I stopped eating red meat it made a huge difference. I still eat fish and I can't resist bacon (who can!) but I'm sure it is because I'm no longer eating the fats in the meat that has helped me.
I tried this gin and rasin thing 10 years ago, the only thing it did for me was make me sick of rasins, which I was not that fond of before I started. These "cures" seem to go in the group of 3's. A third will improve no matter what you take, a 1/3 will actually be helped, and a 1/3 will not be helped, no matter what.
I think it is a mental or mind thing, if you think it will help, then it does.
So try it, it is certainly cheap enough.
Is it possible the gin, in gin soaked yellow raisins not only increases the concentration of resveratrol, but also affects the perception of pain.
Alcohol causes a reduction in the neural activity, increasing the amount of time taken for electrical signals to travel along neurones. It is also common knowledge that alcohol produces a numbing sensation that and affects perception of sensory information that often distracts a person from pain. I.e. a person on a night out drinking might accidentally hurt themselves and not notice.
However it is important to note that although alcohol does have some transient benefits on mood that can help indirectly alleviate the patient's suffering from pain, but no direct effect on the pain itself.
The combined effect of the increased concentration of resveratol and the benefits of uplifted mood caused by gin and the alcohol it contains. Maybe the reason as to why this recipe has lasted.
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I believe the web page for California raisins says they are low in resveratrol because they are made from a certain type of seedless grape, but because of the method of processing the golden raisin has the most. A web page in the google search "raisins resveratrol" talking about making wine from red grape raisins as well as from fresh grapes. These raisins had a lot of resveratrol but so far I have not found any for sale.