Maybe because I'm a little hyped up after my barre workout, I have health on the brain. Sad to say it, but my arthritis is back. I can see 3 red nodes on my fingers and I have some joint pain. I guess the desert isn't a cure, but I looked online and found a list of super-foods that might help slow the cartilage damage.
Broccoli, Berries, Pineapple, Yogurt, Brazil Nuts, Flax Seeds, Spinach, Salmon, Tuna, Winter Squash, Olive Oil, Almonds and Kale.
I'm going to try and build my menus around healthy servings of the above and see if it helps. Onions were also on the list so I'm going to try to cook with them more in soups. That's about as daring as I can get these days.
And here's something for all you birth-control takers out there. When I started taking birth control a few years ago, my doctor casually said I should consider taking a vitamin B-12 supplement. So I bought some, took it for maybe a week and then forgot about it. As I renewed my prescription, it was never mentioned again. Then, about two weeks ago, the soles of my feet would go numb especially at night and I would wake up due to a burning prickly sensation in my feet. The next day, I started getting numb, painful fingers. I looked online, and after the internet tried to scare me into thinking I had diabetes, I found the culprit: A lack of B12 causes nerve damage!!! What?! Shouldn't this be blaring news when you start a birth control regimen? Shouldn't someone say, "Damage to the nervous system is very serious and is possible when you're on birth control for an extended period of time."
Anyway, I have been taking a B-12 vitamin twice a day for two weeks and after a few days the prickly feelings stopped. So...get your B-12! The consequences of missing out on it is not fun.
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