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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / November 2006

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Preserve my joints?

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Jay - 27 Nov 2006 04:59 GMT
I am 38 and do not have any real joint problems but my knee joints feel
weak. They pain a little when I jog - it also causes discomfort in the
knee joints. I dread that in few years I may start having serious knee
problems. What can I do now to prevent (or postpone) knee/joint
problems when I grow older. Here is a list that things I have heard but
please add to it and make recommendations. What foods help/harm the
knees - I have heard that sour foods are not good for joints -
true?

1. Regularly exercise the muscles attached to the joints.
2. Keep weight under control.
3.
4.

Thanks.
Ron Peterson - 27 Nov 2006 05:24 GMT
> I am 38 and do not have any real joint problems but my knee joints feel
> weak. They pain a little when I jog - it also causes discomfort in the
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> knees - I have heard that sour foods are not good for joints -
> true?

> 1. Regularly exercise the muscles attached to the joints.

I have also read that, but it might require some special equipment.

> 2. Keep weight under control.

Good idea.

> 3. My doctor suggested not jogging, so I bicycle instead with some walking. I am trying  to get back into jogging because it's the easiest way to get the heart rate up. You may want to skip jogging every other day to give tissues time to heal.

> 4. Your sorenes is due to inflammation which might be reduced with omega 3 fatty acids. You could try naproxen sodium on a short term basis to see if it reduces the symptoms.

The sour foods thing is probably not true because the digestive process
changes things.

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Jeff - 27 Nov 2006 13:05 GMT
>I am 38 and do not have any real joint problems but my knee joints feel
> weak. They pain a little when I jog - it also causes discomfort in the
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>
> Thanks.

Sounds like you should be talking to a sports physician about this.

Jeff
monty1945@lycos.com - 28 Nov 2006 00:13 GMT
What you can do is to get the arachidonic acid out of your cells.  In
fact, studies have been done on this very point, for example:

Adkisson, H.D., Tranik,T.M., & Wuthier,R.E.

Relationship of cartilage Mead acid levels to aging and development of
osteoarthritis.

The authors studies the relationship of cartilage mead acid levels to
aging and development of osteoarthritis. They looked at the fatty acid
status of weight-bearing and non-weight bearing cartilage from autopsy
specimens, or from surgical procedures, in various ages and disease
states. Young cartilage is characterised by the presence of high levels
of 20:9 w-9, Mead acid, indicating a relative deficiency of EFA.
Skeletal muscle from the same subjects showed normal EFA levels, and no
Mead acid. Age decreases the Mead acid level and increases the EFA
level, with weight-bearing cartilage having more EFA and less Mead acid
than costal tissues. Cartilage from osteoarthritis affected joints
showed even lower Mead acid levels and even higher w-6 EFA levels,
leading the authors to speculate that accumulation of w-6 EFAs in
cartilage might predispose towards the development of OA, and that the
presence of Mead acid might somehow be protective. They also speculate
that weight-bearing cartilage might be better vascularised than costal
tissue.

Poster Presentation at the Third International Conference on Essential
Fatty Acids and Eicosanoids, Adelaide, Australia March 1 1992

You can also go to my free site for more important information:

http://groups.msn.com/TheScientificDebateForum-/
Jeff - 28 Nov 2006 01:28 GMT
> What you can do is to get the arachidonic acid out of your cells.  In
> fact, studies have been done on this very point, for example:
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>
> http://groups.msn.com/TheScientificDebateForum-/

This is from a conference over 14 years ago. It is not peer-reviewed.

I would hope one would decide medical issues with better evidence than this.

Jeff
 
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