Try dietary prevention of arthritis

Dr Gerard Lalande, in his column, tries to explain the cause of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with a vague reference to an auto-immune disorder. In other words, something’s gone wrong, but the doctors don’t know what.
Western medicine, allopathy, is based on the pharmaceutical treatment or containment of a chronic condition. The dirty “cure” word is rarely used. As a result of this “policy”, much science-based prevention and many cures are simply termed “not recognised” and fall under the radar. When information is not “officially recognised”, that makes it bordering on illegal for it to be mentioned by doctors.
In the mid-1970s, a US Agriculture Department study showed that the causative agent of RA was solanine, a glyco-alkaloid poison found in tomato, bell pepper (paprika), potato, egg-plant, cucumber and zuchini. Nearly all these vegetables are touted as healthy. What is of interest here is that this group belongs to the family of the atropa belladonna plant, the deadly nightshade, used throughout history to poison.
In Greece, the main daily dish, moussaka, contains most of these vegetables. One can observe older citizens slowly hobbling along, bent over in pain from RA.
It makes much sense for these vegetables to be eaten in moderation, and if one has RA, to eliminate them for gradual relief of the symptoms. It makes no financial sense for your doctor to even mention these “unrecognised” RA causes.
Thomas Turk
Phuket