Theola Walden Baker wrote on rhis message board that her 17 year old son has
rheumatoid arthritis.
         ARTHRITIS-HOW TO HELP HEAL IT COMPLETELY & PERMANENTLY
                                      By Dr. Bernarr, D.C., D.D.

                                                  WHAT IS ARTHRITIS?
The word "arthritis" comes from the Greek words "arthron", for joint, and
"itis", for inflammation. In other words, "arthritis" literally means joint
inflammation.
                                                 CAUSES OF ARTHRITIS
Arthritis is a "disease" caused principally by impaired metabolism and
toxemia (poisons in the blood and tissues). Arthritis is inflammation of the
joints, that occurs when toxins and irritants enter the joints. Arthritis is
an acid condition that results from incorrect dietary habits and causes
destruction of the cartilage and bones.  Formation of calcium urates in the
joints, results in pain and inflammation and eventual fusion of the joint, if
the disease is allowed to progress. Arthritis is caused by self-destructive
health habits, including incorrect diet, poor food combinations, lack of
physiological rest and sleep, lack of proper exercise, lack of fresh air and
sunshine, smoking, consumption of alcohol and coffee, emotional intemperance,
use of drugs, pills and other factors that cause nutritional impairment,
intestinal poisoning and chronic toxemia. A return to a more healthful
lifestyle, will enable your body to correct your arthritis.
                                              WHO HAS ARTHRITIS?
Almost everyone over the age of 50, has some arthritis. It effects about 37
million Americans.
                                          WHAT IS OSTEOARTHRITIS?
Most arthritis is osteoarthritis (OA), which is also called degenerative
arthritis, degenerative joint disease, osteoarthrosis, "wear and tear"
disease and hypertrophic arthritis. It effects 20 million Americans. It
occurs in all parts of the world.
Osteoarthritis is a slow degeneration of the joints that connect your bones
and allow you to move. Osteoarthritis means extension of the bone into a
joint, excessive bone growth and calcification of ligaments. Aging, injuries,
poor posture, excess weight, too much wear and tear and mechanical stress of
the joints, cause osteoarthritis of the body. It may effect any joint in your
body. It is most commonly found in the shoulders, elbows, hands, fingers,
neck, middle back, lower back, hips, knees, ankles and feet. The joints
become stiff and painful.
Osteoarthritis of the spine, is one of the most common disorders that occurs,
limiting function in persons over 50 years of age. Approximately 300, 000
persons over 65 years of age, are limited in their activities because of it.
Long-term osteoarthritis, is characterized by additional calcium buildup in
the joints, with possible spurs formed around the joint. The spurring (bone
growths) may be a body defense-the body is trying to strengthen an area, by
building up more bone.
Osteoporosis occurs primarily in weight bearing joints and is very slowly
progressive. It is a "wear and tear" or aging phenomenon.
                                  WHAT IS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?
Rheumatoid arthritis, (RA), is also known as "arthritis deformans". It
effects about 2.5 million Americans. It is 3 times more common in women than
men. It sometimes may begin to effect adults over 50 years of age. It
generally effects those persons between the ages of 20-50. It is most common
in women. It is an inflammatory disease that progresses throughout the body.
It may effect various systems of the body, such as the eyes, lungs, heart and
nervous system. As it progresses from joint to joint, it may deform and
destroy the joints. Common symptoms of this, are morning stiffness, pain upon
motion of the joint and swelling of one or more joints. In this more advanced
stages of rheumatoid arthritis, there are distortions of the hands and
fingers.
                           WHAT IS JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis is similar to adult rheumatoid arthritis,
except it occurs in children.
                                                   WHAT IS LUPUS?
Lupus, also known as Systemic Lupus Erythamatosus (SLE), is a condition that
effects more women than men and can cause damage to the skin, joints,
internal organs, nerves and the brain.
                                      WHAT IS ANKYLOSING SPONDILITIS?
Ankylosing Spondylitis, also known as Marie-Strumpell Disease, is a form of
Rheumatoid arthritis that usually effects the spine.
                                                    WHAT IS GOUT?
Gout, (gouty arthritis), is an arthritis characterized by a buildup of the
salts of uric acid-a byproduct of a bad diet-is deposited in the joints, most
commonly in the big toe. Gout is extremely painful, more so than any other
form of arthritis.  Approximately 95% of gout sufferers are male. Carnivores
possess an enzyme called uricase, that breaks down uric acid into allantoin.
The human being does not possess this enzyme.
                                     WHAT IS RHEUMATIC ARTHRITIS?
Rheumatic arthritis is perverted nutrition in those of the gouty diathesis.
It is related to stones in the gallbladder and kidneys, hardening in the
arteries, lime deposits in the valves of the heart, and all those forms of
arthritis called gout. It belongs to the deficiency diseases.
                                    WHAT IS INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS?
Infectious arthritis is an arthritis that develops as a complication of
another disease caused by a virus, bacterium or fungus.
                                   WHAT IS SUPPURATIVE ARTHRITIS?
Suppurative arthritis is a condition where the inflammation is associated
with the formation of pus.
                                 WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS ARTHRITIS?
Tuberculosis arthritis sometimes develops as a complication of pulmonary
tuberculosis. This type of arthritis is very destructive of the joint.
                                        WHAT IS SCLERODERMA?
Scleroderma, also known as Progressive Systemic Sclerosis, is a systemic
disease. The word "scleroderma" means hard skin. Many people with this
disease have a thickening of their skin. It effects blood vessels, joints,
kidneys, lungs and bowels.
                                    WHAT IS PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS?
Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritis that sometimes accompanies the
skin condition psoriasis, which causes red patches on the body.
                                         WHAT IS FIBROMYALGIA?
Fibromyalgia is also known as fibrositis, muscular rheumatism,
musculoskeletal pain syndrome and nonarticular rheumatism. It refers to pain
in the muscles, ligaments and tendons.
                                  WHAT ARE BURSITIS & TENDONITIS?
Bursitis and tendonitis are painful conditions. They are caused by putting
too much stress on a joint or tendon.
Bursitis means inflammation of a joint
Tendonitis means inflammation of a tendon.
                                          WHAT IS LUMBAGO?
Lumbago is a term applied to rheumatism in the small of the back.
                                       WHAT IS PLEURODYNIA?
Pleurodynia is a term applied to rheumatism of the intercostal muscles.
         CASE HISTORY OF PATIENT HEALED OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
In 1966, Anne G., a school teacher, age 45, of New York City, USA, came under
my care with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Her heart, eyes and fingers were effected.
She had "hopelessly" suffered with her arthritis for many years. Because of
her pain and suffering, she had to discontinue working as a school teacher.
She unsuccessfully tried every treatment, drug and doctor of which she knew
existed. Nothing helped. She got progressively worse. I placed her on a water
fast with feeling meditation, followed by a correct diet. She fully
recovered.  She returned to school teaching and functioned very
satisfactorily. I had been in contact with her for 20 years thereafter. She
was still teaching school and she remained symptom free of her arthritis.
               CASE HISTORY OF PATIENT HEALED OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
John W., a famous trial attorney, 61, of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, came under my
care in 1972. He had severe Osteoathritis of his neck, upper back and
fingers. His fingers were so stiff and painful. His pain and suffering forced
him to discontinue functioning as a trial attorney. I placed him on a water
fast with feeling meditation followed by a correct diet. He fully recovered
his good health. He was able to bend his fingers as far as is normal without
pain. Also, the pain in his neck and back disappeared. He returned to his
trial attorney profession and functioned very satisfactorily as such. I was
in contact with him for 15 years thereafter. He was still practicing
satisfactorily as a trial attorney. He remained completely symptom free of
his arthritis.
        WATER FASTING IS BEST MEANS OF HELPING HEAL ARTHRITIS
Enervation (exhaustion of vital energy) prevents the arthritics from healing
themselves. Physiological rest (water fasting) with feeling meditation is the
best means of restoring normal energy, and is the surest, best and most
satisfactory means of promoting the excretion of accumulated toxins. Good
health is an evolution of healthful living; it is not the product of "cures".
I have had innumerable arthritics recover normal joint function through water
fasting with feeling meditation, followed by a correct diet. The water fast
with feeling meditation, promote detoxification of the body and marked
improvement, both in general and local conditions, follows. Relief from
excruciating pain is gained almost immediately after the water fast and
feeling meditation are instituted. Marked reduction of the swelling and
enlargement of the joints, restoration of motion in the stiffened parts and
great comfort and ease, are immediately enjoyed.
YOUR ARTHRITIS WILL SPONTANEOUSLY HEAL WHEN YOUR INHERENT INTELLIGENCE NO
LONGER NEEDS YOU TO HAVE ARTHRITIS
The arthritics must be persistent and cooperative with the infinite wisdom of
their inherent intelligence, their God within, the self-healing power of
their bodies. If the arthritics will do this, they will not only recover good
health, but they will retain good health.
Your body never does wrong things. Your inherent intelligence, your God
within, always does whatever is necessary to homeostatically help you
optimumly survive and function. Your arthritis will spontaneously heal, when
the body's need for the production of its arthritis, no longer exists.

        WATER FAST, WHEN YOU CAN, TO HELP HEAL YOUR ARTHRITIS

You should as soon as is possible, go on a water fast as the surest and most
rapid means of homeostatically helping heal your arthritis and
physiologically freeing your body of the cause of your arthritis. A water
fast is necessary to restore physiological poise to you. Water fasting
usually leads to cessation of the cause of your arthritis, completely and
permanently.
                          EAT A CONSTRUCTIVELY BENEFICIAL DIET
You should eat as constructive and beneficial diet as is possible, to help
heal your arthritis. Eat only natural foods. Eat only foods that you would
eat as if you were in the wild. Eat only foods that you like and that agree
with you. Eat preferably fresh, unprocessed, raw paleolithic foods, with all
the essential minerals and essential nutrients. Every bit of cooking destroys
vitamins, enzymes, minerals, nucleic acids, chlorophyl and damages fats,
making them indigestible and the fatty matter becomes a local irritant.
            HOW TO MEDITATE PROPERLY TO HELP HEAL YOURSELF
You should lie down, keep your body inactive, keep your eyes closed and
concentrate, meditate, think on, keep your mind on the physiological cause of
your arthritis, your toxic symptoms and discomfort, until your symptoms and
distress, completely and permanently disappear. This is feeling meditation.
         HOW TO WATER FAST CORRECTLY TO HELP HEAL YOURSELF
When you water fast for your arthritis, you should eat nothing, drink only as
much water as your thirst demands, lie down, keep your eyes closed every
moment that you water fast. A water fast is a physiological rest. To get
total physiological rest, you must keep your eyes constantly closed and
feelingly meditate on your symptoms until you are asymptomatic or until you
are genuinely hungry, i.e., you are salivating for food.
        HOW TO STAY WELL ALWAYS ONCE YOU ARE  HEALED
Once you are completely healed of your arthritis, you should be taught how to
keep yourself permanently symptom free, by a program that stresses eating
natural, raw, unprocessed paleolithic foods, with all of the essential
minerals and essential nutrients, that you like and that agree with you, pure
air, good water, intense, progressive resistance exercise, air bathing and
sunbathing, adequate sleep, feeling meditation, conservation of sexual energy
and appropriate observation of the other needs of life. You should never do
anything that does not improve your physicality, mentality and spirituality.
You should never do anything from which you must recover.
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Dr. Bernarr, D.C., D.D. God Healing, Inc. Natural Hygiene Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 1523 Santa Monica California 90406 USA
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