The best Vitamin to repair ligaments and tendons.
If you suffer with joint pain in your knees, wrists,
hips, elbows, shoulders or jaw then you may be suffering with joint damage.
The joints in your body contain connective tissues such as ligaments,
tendons and cartilage which allows them to move and bend.
Sometimes these connective tissues become damaged, which causes stiffness and a
dull aching sensation, especially in the hands, spine and wrists.
In more severe cases you may notice warm
red skin around the joint and the muscles around it begin to waste away.
Fortunately there are natural ways to repair the joints and eliminate
pain and swelling, such as loading up on Vitamin C.
Today we will be exploring the benefits of Vitamin C to heal your joints naturally.
You will also learn about what caused the damage,
and the best foods and supplements to heal the joints.
Just a quick reminder, this video is for educational purposes only,
so do speak to your doctor if you have any medical concerns.
Vitamin C, What Is It?
Vitamin C is a water soluble nutrient which plays an important
role in strengthening and protecting the joints.
The body uses Vitamin C to help build and repair the connective tissues
such as ligaments and tendons, because the body uses it to build collagen.
Collagen is the structural material which keeps your joints held together,
by strengthening them with a strong framework.
As your probably aware Vitamin C is also an antioxidant, meaning that it
helps to reduce the effects of aging and oxidative damage to your body, by lowering inflammation.
When you do not have enough Vitamin C in your body,
the joints become weaker, damaged and start to waste way.
This can cause bone on bone rubbing, and some severe pain and swelling
Why Am I Deficient In Vitamin C
The most common cause of a Vitamin C deficiency
is consuming sugary foods and refined carbohydrates like bread, pasta, and white rice.
In the presence of these foods, your body absorbs the sugar and carbs first,
which makes you absorb less Vitamin C.
Drinking alcohol can deplete Vitamin C,
Long periods of mental stress can deplete Vitamin C,
Along with surgery, injuries or illnesses,
because the body uses Vitamin C to help heal itself from damage.
Poor Nutrition
Another common cause of Vitamin C deficiency
is eating too many cooked foods and not enough raw leafy greens, fruits and vegetables.
Vitamin C is sensitive to high temperatures,
and breaks down when it's exposed to heat and cooking. So you must get it from raw foods.
The body can only store Vitamin C for around 2 weeks,
so if you don't get enough from raw foods often, you will easily become deficient.
How To Absorb More Vitamin C
There are 3 key steps that you can take to get more Vitamin C into your body,
to reduce joint pain and start repairing them naturally.
1. Consume foods rich in Vitamin C in its natural complex on a daily basis.
Eat 2 bell peppers per day as these are one of the best sources of Vitamin C.
Also consume leafy green salads, sauerkraut, berries and citrus fruits like lemon and limes.
These should all be raw and uncooked to get the raw enzymes and antioxidants into your system.
2. Reduce refined foods from your diet. Flour based foods like bread,
biscuits and pastries, and sugary foods like sweets, sodas, alcohol and table
sauces all block your absorption of Vitamin C. Cut these out of your diet as much as you can.
3. Manage your stress levels because stress depletes Vitamin C.
Getting more sleep, taking long slow walks in fresh air and meditation are great options.
You may also take adaptogen herbs like ashwagandha or rhodiola to help calm your nerves.
By following these 3 key steps, your body will soon begin to digest
and absorb more Vitamin C naturally from foods that you eat.
This will boost your antioxidant network, and soon you will notice
joint pain diminishing as the Vitamin C lowers inflammation, swelling and pain.
Range of motion will increase in all of your joints and you will
have higher energy levels because of Vitamin C's antioxidant effect.
Vitamin C will help your body to synthesize new proteins and collagen
that strengthen the connective tissues in your joints.
Studies also show that Vitamin C can put a stop to
the worsening of arthritis and autoimmune diseases.
Water Soluble
As I mentioned earlier Vitamin C is a water soluble nutrient,
meaning that your body cannot store it for very long,
compared to fat soluble nutrients like Vitamin E or A.
This means that you have to keep consuming Vitamin
C regularly to protect your joints from further damage.
Not getting enough Vitamin C for only 1-2 weeks can lead to a deficiency,
causing pain and inflammation in your joints, tiredness, fatigue and weakness in the body.
Supplements To Heal Your Joints
Now, that you know all about the importance of Vitamin C, let's take a look at 4 supplements
that you use to repair your joints and eliminate joint pain faster.
4. Acerola Cherry To get a head start and really
raise your Vitamin C levels, take capsules or a powdered form of acerola cherry daily.
It's important that you use food based supplements,
as they are much healthier than regular 'ascorbic acid' tablets that you find in most stores.
Acerola cherry contains minerals and natural chemicals that work with Vitamin C
to build collagen and strengthen your joints.
5. Bone Broth
Start consuming 1-2 tablespoons of bone broth powder daily. You can drink this in hot water,
or add to soups and stir fries. Bone broth is the best natural source of collagen
and provides the raw materials needed to strengthen your joints, ligaments and tendons.
6. Potassium Citrate Consume 1000-2000mg
potassium citrate powder daily. Potassium is the most important mineral to ease pain,
swelling and inflammation in the joints. This helps your adrenal glands produce
anti-inflammatory hormones like cortisol, so that you don't burn through all of your Vitamin C.
This will also help to boost your energy levels and help your cells absorb more Vitamin C.
1. Moringa For a herbal alternative, consume 1 teaspoon
of organic dried moringa powder, mixed in a glass of water every morning, on an empty stomach.
Moringa leaves are grown at the foothills of the Himalayas in India,
and contain 7 times more Vitamin C than oranges,
and 15 times more potassium than bananas, helping to quickly loosen up your joints.
Moringa powder is also loaded with chlorophyll, which rapidly reduces joint and arthritic pain.
These supplements all work together to stimulate the regeneration of ligaments,
tendons and cartilage within your joints.
You must remember however, that taking supplements are not designed to be a 'magic
pill', they are only there to help you along.
You must get most of your nutrients for natural, raw and whole foods.
That I talked about earlier in the video.
I also highly recommend consuming oily fish like salmon, sardines,
mackerel, anchovies and cod liver oil. These are loaded with omega 3
fatty acids , that reduce swelling and pain in your joints for quick relief.
Recommend Daily Intake
Going to Back to Vitamin C, the key topic of this video
Here's a list of the minimum recommended daily requirements for Vitamin C.
However you will likely need much more than these figures suggest,
to stimulate deeper healing processes in your body .
Just to make this very clear If you do take a supplement for Vitamin C,
make sure that it's made from a natural food source
like acerola cherry, rose hips, berries or camu camu. These contain the full Vitamin C complex.
The regular cheap 'ascorbic acid' based supplements you see in most stores can have
toxic effects in large amounts and are synthetic and unnatural. So it's advised to avoid these.
On a side note, if you are worried about consuming too much natural Vitamin C,
you need not be concerned as it is water soluble. Any excess will be flushed out through your urine.
Summary Final notes and summary
Vitamin C is an absolutely essential nutrient for protecting and repairing collagen,
and the connective tissues in the body.
Getting more Vitamin C in its natural food based complex helps to protect
and reverse arthritis, joint pain, swelling and loss of collagen.
It is 100% essential for repairing and healing all ailments in the body,
as well as strengthening the immune system to fight bacterial and viral infections.
Vitamin C will help your body to break down and absorb proteins that you consume,
and then built them back up for stronger, tougher joints.
Daily supplementation of Vitamin C in the form of acerola cherry,
and eating raw leafy green vegetables can improve range of motion and reduce pain in your joints.
There are also other nutrients that can be consumed to help reduce joint pain and stiffness.
So go ahead and tap on this video to learn more about overcoming joint pain with nutrition.
Thank you so much for watching my video, as always I wish you great health, wealth and happiness.