The word arthritis means joint inflammation.  Inflammation is one of the body’s natural reactions to disease or injury, is a threat to your health and beauty, and includes swelling, pain, and stiffness. Inflammation that lasts for a very long time or recurs, as in arthritis, can lead to tissue damage.

Here are 6 health and beauty tips you can use to prevent arthritis:

Health and Beauty Tip #1 – Lose One Pound.  Losing weight helps prevent arthritis and new research shows losing just one pound can cut a woman’s risk of osteoarthritis (OA) by as much as 10%!

Health and Beauty Tip #2 – Exercise.  Exercising 20 minutes daily cuts the risk of joint pain by 50% by increasing blood flow and oxygen to tissues.

Health and Beauty Tip #3 – Vitamin C.  Getting 60 g. of the powerful antioxidant, vitamin C (in the form of 5 oz of orange juice, 1/2 grapefruit, or 1 cup of melon or berries) daily cuts your risk of ever developing OA by 55%.

Health and Beauty Tip #4- Avocado-Soybean Unsaponifiable Supplement.  Studies show that taking 300 mg. of an extract of plant oils called ASU stops, and even reverses, the breakdown of cartilage and reduces inflammation, stiffness, and pain.

Health and Beauty Tip #5- Canola Oil.  Cooking with canola oil, which is high in omega-3 fatty acids, will help your body produce the immune cells that fight inflammation in joints.

Health and Beauty Tip #6- Take SAM-e.  Taking 1,200 mg. of SAM-e (an amino acid) daily on an empty stomach, improves mobility as well as the drug Celebrex, but without the side effects.

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