Omega-6 Fatty Acids for Treatment of Inflammation in Lupus Patients

Can Oils and Omega Fatty Acids Treat Lupus? A characteristic symptom of lupus is inflammation of various tissues of the body, including in the kidneys, joints, lungs, and heart. Omega-6 fatty acids (specifically linoleic acid and gamma-linolenic acid) are notable for their ability to help reduce inflammation throughout the body. Inflammation is not only painful, but it can also be the cause of various other symptoms that seem on the surface to be unrelated to the inflammation. Bringing down inflammation can provide relief from discomfort. Evening primrose oil and borage oil are two popular, safe, and effective supplements that contain high levels of essential omega-6 fatty acids. Evening primrose oil must be taken for 4-6 months to produce results (although results are often impress...

Lupus and Helicobacter pylori: Hydrochloric Acid Supplements for SLE

H. pylori and Lupus Taking a Betaine, Pepsin and Hydrochloric Acid supplement can help you digest your food more thoroughly which can help correct nutritional deficiencies that may be causing some or all of your lupus symptoms. In fact, doctors who work with lupus patients say that it’s common for people with lupus to have low Hydrochloric Acid levels. You’ll have to experiment with a Hydrochloric Acid supplement to figure out if it’s right for you. Strangely, a hydrochloric acid deficiency may actually manifest with symptoms of heartburn or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). That’s because the esophagus contains receptors that can detect whether the stomach is producing acid or not. When the stomach produces enough acid (usually due to the presence of food), the esop...

How Amino Acids and Nutrient Supplements Can Help You Release Unconscious Motives That Drive Addiction and Other Emotional Issues

Supplements to Overcome Addiction At Home Amino Acids and nutrient supplements give your brain the fuel it needs to have a dialogue between the conscious and the unconscious mind. When your conscious mind and unconscious mind can talk, you can consciously work on satisfying your unconscious needs in ways that your conscious mind deems acceptable. It’s true that addiction, depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues may be fueled in part by past trauma, but most of us can muster the internal resources to cope with past traumas if we have balanced neurotransmitters and if we can think clearly.  Many addiction rehab facilities use talk therapy to unpack these past traumas, but without adequate nutrition to help you access your current present-tense strengths, this “unpackin...

Vitamin D3 and Vitamin K2 Deficiencies: Nutrition and Lupus

Using Diet to Cure Lupus One 2012 study reviewed the correlation between vitamin D deficiency and onset of lupus in different populations. Individuals with lupus tend to be more sensitive to sun exposure, which means that less time is spent in the sun (eventually leading to vitamin D deficiency). Thus, this is a cyclical problem: a person with an initial vitamin D deficiency develops SLE, they are increasingly sensitive to the sun and avoid it, and then their vitamin D deficiency can’t be sufficiently and comfortably corrected through sunlight.  However, supplementation with vitamin D3 is possible. Because many SLE patients also suffer from osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, and arthritis type symptoms, choosing a supplement that has both vitamin D3 and vitamin K2 will support bones...

IV Nutritional Therapies for Lupus Patients

Nutrition-Based Lupus Cures Nutritional deficiency plays a significant role in chronic autoimmune disorders such as lupus, and thus, there are a few different IV nutritional therapies that a person with lupus could get to help reduce symptoms and cure the disease. Here are some IV nutritional therapies that would specifically benefit a lupus patient:  Intravenous Vitamin C - Vitamin C is an important nutrient that can bring down inflammation and improve proper immune function (as most of us know). The body can only absorb 6000mg of vitamin C each day when it is taken orally, but when taken intravenously it’s much easier for the body to absorb and use higher quantities of the vitamin (meaning that IV vitamin C is more effective if you are trying to receive a high-dose vitami...

Vitamin C, B Complex, Magnesium, Methylene Blue, Mucuna, and NAC for Parkinson’s and Lewy Body Dementia

Methylene Blue for Dementia: A Protocol That Stops Alzheimer's in Its Tracks... Mucuna and NAC are two powerful medicines for patients with Lewy Body Dementia or Parkinson's Disease. My uncle was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia just shortly after Robin Williams took his own life as a result of this disease and the symptoms it causes. My uncle’s wife is a nurse, so she was familiar with Parkinson’s, but despite having close relationships with doctors at the hospital where she’d worked her whole life, she still knew of nothing that could help her husband with Lewy Body Dementia.  The idea that Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease are related disorders isn’t common knowledge, but it’s an important fact if you’re searching for treatment options for Lewy Body Dementia. These...

Eat Your Beans: Mucuna pruriens Depression Cure

Mucuna pruriens: Cure Depression Using Beans If depression were a landscape, it would be a desert, or perhaps Antarctica. If you’re one of the millions of individuals who suffer from depression and you’ve tried the various anti-depressant prescription medications on the market, you’re probably ready to try something with few side effects. While many Americans and Europeans are familiar with St. John’s Wort as an herbal anti-depressant, comparatively few have heard about the miraculous healing effects of Mucuna pruriens.  Mucuna is a bean, not unlike black beans or pinto beans. It’s eaten as a staple food item in certain parts of Central America and Asia. In some Central American communities, Mucuna is brewed like coffee and locals call it Nescafe. Mucuna does, after all, have simila...

Fumaric Acid / Fumaria officinalis for Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

The Earth Smoke Plant: Herbal Medicine for Lupus The bolete mushroom is a natural source of fumaric acid. Fumaric acid esters are an effective treatment option for not only lupus, but also for psoriasis and multiple sclerosis. They are often prescribed and administered in Germany as dimethyl fumarate under the brand name Fumaderm. This substance is most frequently found in processed foods as a preservative or artificial flavoring, but it can also be found in nature as a component of the earth smoke plant (Fumaria officinalis), Icelandic moss, and bolete mushrooms. It is also produced naturally by the body upon exposure to the sun. In Europe, dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is a relatively common conventional treatment for psoriasis (although it is also an accepted, though less known, treatmen...

Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) for Lupus Cystitis and Autoimmune Arthritis

DMSO for Lupus Cystitis Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) is an amazing medicine that can be used in many different ways to treat a wide variety of different illnesses, disorders, and injuries. In fact, DMSO has the broadest medicinal action of any FDA approved medication currently available and it’s available over-the-counter. For people with lupus, DMSO can be used to quell bladder problems that may develop as a part of the course of disease. The ability to self-treat bladder problems like chronic interstitial cystitis is important because some lupus specialists believe that lupus cystitis (bladder irritation in lupus patients) may be the causative force behind other serious lupus symptoms such as: 1) neurogenic dysfunction 2) neuropathy and 3) lowered immunity. DMSO can be applied to the...