| With 10 million or more people with arthritis, the | | | | necessary for good cartilage strength and function. |
| majority of them will have degenerative arthritis. This | | | | Oil such as cod liver oil is ideal as lubrication for |
| arthritis is called Osteoarthritis. Degenerative arthritis | | | | cartilage function. Fish oil is another good oil to eat. |
| occurs when joints are overworked, rub against each | | | | When you eat cod liver oil, this oil passes through the |
| other, experience excess friction, and slowly | | | | joint lining into the joint cavity. Once in the cavity, |
| degenerate. | | | | this oil is absorbed into the cartilage through osmosis. |
| Most joints rub against each other, but bone joints | | | | Once the cartilage is properly lubricated, it has an |
| have a protective layer called cartilage. This cartilage | | | | elasticity and lubrication so that when it rubs against |
| has no blood vessels or nerves so it cannot receive | | | | other cartilage little friction and cartilage degeneration |
| nutrients directly. This cartilage serves as a cushion or | | | | occurs. |
| pad between bones so that bones don't wear out | | | | There is another process that can affect the |
| and so you don't feel pain. | | | | integrity of the cartilage. Calcium can deposit on the |
| Cartilage should not wear out if its surfaces remain | | | | bone near the cartilage and break into the cartilage |
| lubricated with oils that you eat. But if you are not | | | | and wear it down. |
| eating the right oils or the proper amount, then your | | | | To prevent this condition, calcium must be kept in |
| cartilage can become dry. Under these conditions you | | | | solution in the lymph liquid. This is done by maintain a |
| will slowly deteriorate the cartilage, which will lead to | | | | balance diet. |
| degenerative arthritis. | | | | Degenerative arthritis is a process where the |
| Once your cartilage becomes damage or grinded | | | | cartilage at the end of bones in joint structures |
| down, it is hard to regenerate it. Cartilage is not a | | | | slowly degrades. This degradation occurs from the |
| living tissue and does not receive its nourishment | | | | lack of the right oil in the diet and through calcium |
| directly from blood vessels. It is made up of mucin, | | | | build up in the bone joint. Joint degeneration starts to |
| albumin and sulfuric acid. It absorbs oils and nutrients | | | | occur after the age of 20 and can continue if the |
| by osmosis. | | | | right diet if not followed. |
| Osmosis is the movement of oil from an area of high | | | | Eating the right food to prevent degenerative |
| oil concentration, passing through a membrane, into | | | | arthritis is difficult to do if you have been brought up |
| an area of low oil concentration. So, if the cartilage is | | | | eating the wrong kind of food. But as an adult, you |
| deficient in oil and you don't eat the oil it needs to | | | | can now make a choice as to whether you will have |
| minimize cartilage-to-cartilage friction, then | | | | Osteoarthritis when you get older by continuing to |
| degenerative arthritis will occur over time. | | | | eat the wrong kinds food. |
| Eating oil that is high in vitamin D and iodine is what is | | | | |