Many drugs have been used in the treatment of rheumatism for a long time and new drugs are coming to the market every day. We are looking for ways to stop the immune system cells that have gone astray and started to harm their own body. For this, we use drugs that block certain points in the inflammation cascade. We are trying to prevent the production of the molecules that cause inflammation by chemical means or to tie the hands of the cells that produce it. Especially in recent years, some newly developed drugs are drugs that should be taken into consideration due to both their costs and side effects…
The vast majority of rheumatic diseases are autoimmune diseases. In other words, we can define it as the states in which the immune system can no longer recognize its own cells and wages war on its own cells. So why is this happening? The contribution of genetic predisposition is great, but how do some environmental factors change so that cells cannot recognize each other?
Of course, we more or less know these subtle mechanisms and we develop drugs through these mechanisms. The medications given are definitely working. But it also causes side effects… Moreover, it is effective as long as we use the drugs, and when we stop, the event returns to the starting point after a while. Could there be a solution that is more effective for a longer period of time and that will prevent the event from starting?
When treatment is mentioned, should only medication come to mind? Or is it to apply a herbal or chemical substance regularly?
Another form of treatment is to try to prevent diseases. In other words, it is to eliminate the causes that started the event. Sometimes, in addition to giving medicine from the outside, it is also prohibiting certain things.
As a result of some researches and studies, it is known that malnutrition causes cell damage, disrupts the structure of other molecules such as “self-presenting receptors” and “insulin receptors”, so that that cell becomes unrecognizable by immune system cells and even by insulin. .
All foods that fall under the scope of malnutrition are not the subject of this article, but I need to warn about animal proteins in particular about rheumatism. Animal proteins include animal meats, dairy products and eggs.
Animal foods are difficult to digest. First, they cause more acid secretion in the stomach, and when the acid-soaked slurry passes from the stomach to the small intestine, it tires it to secrete more fluid from the pancreas. This causes the alkaline reserves that buffer (neutralize) the acid in the body to be consumed too much.
Broken proteins begin to be absorbed from the intestine. Each molecule absorbed from the intestine is individually controlled by the “immune system cells” in the intestinal wall. In fact, I want you to know that we tire our immune system, which controls the molecules taken with food 3-4 times or more a day, and keeps it busy… The more you eat, the more you get tired…
Animal proteins are broken down into amino acids by enzymes. The final degradation products of proteins cause intense acidity. Uric acid is one of them. As it is known, the excess of uric acid and their crystallization into the joint fluid causes “gout arthritis”.
The other end product is ammonia, which is extremely toxic to the body. The ammonia formed is converted into urea as soon as possible and is tried to be eliminated from the body through the kidneys. In each of these steps, the acid load is tried to be buffered by the body with some special systems. But each time the cell starts to eat out of pocket. Especially the cell membrane…
When the cell membrane is damaged, the receptors on it change. This initiates autoimmunity. Immune system cells begin to become unable to recognize their own… Thus, rheumatic diseases are stepped in.
Due to the change in insulin receptors, it begins to communicate with insulin correctly. Here is insulin resistance for you… As a matter of fact, insulin resistance does not only occur in those who eat a lot of carbohydrates and sugars, as you can see…
Contrary to popular belief, excess protein is not stored as protein in the muscles. Excess protein is stored as glycogen and fat!
In addition to these, especially in red meat, a molecule called “arachidonic acid” is found intensely. This molecule is the leading actor of the inflammation cascade. So it is a raw material. Depending on the amount of omega-3 in the environment, it either turns into inflammatory molecules or into anti-inflammatory molecules. If there is not enough omega-3 in your diet, the amount of inflammatory molecules increases. You will also suffer. Although fish is an animal protein, it increases the amount of anti-inflammatory molecules, not inflammation molecules, since it contains intense omega-3s. I recommend that you only eat fish from animal meats. In fact, 3-4 meals a week… Another nutrient you can get omega-3 from is seeds (such as flaxseed, sunflower seeds)…
Everything that happens with the consumption of animal meat is also valid for dairy products and eggs.
Free animal proteins are only LOR and FISH.
What should we do if you crave for others?
You can eat red and white meat once a month, but with 3 times the amount of fresh green salad and omega-3 (as pills or as flaxseed)…
If you want to eat cheese other than curd, goat I recommend the ones produced from milk once every 2 weeks… Again, with greens on the side…
You can consume the egg once a week…
When we remove animal proteins from our lives, do we remain protein-free? No… Instead, you should add legumes (beans, lentils, chickpeas, black-eyed peas…), nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, cashews…) and seeds (sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds) which are sources of vegetable protein to your diet…
By switching to this type of diet, you will increase the success of the treatment with the drugs given. As your condition improves over time, there may even be a decrease in drug doses…
