Arthritis studies
Arthritis, Autoimmune diseases such as lupus, fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis ; Humic substances offer hope.
An estimated 40 million Americans suffer from some form of arthritis or other rheumatic condition. That number is expected to rise to 59.4 million, or 18.2 percent of the population, by 2020.
In a recent issue of Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, doctors found that people with rheumatoid arthritis have lower levels of common antioxidants in their blood in the years before the disorder is diagnosed. A new study suggests the same may be true for another autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus.
It's not known for certain whether lower antioxidant levels are a cause or effect of the diseases, or are indirectly linked to the disorders. According to Dr. George Comstock of the Public Health Research Training Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, it's possible that antioxidants in the blood are being used to scavenge damaging free radicals, byproducts of disease-related inflammation. "Or perhaps a low level of antioxidants, whether due to decreased intake, absorption or transport, increases the potential for oxidative damage," he wrote.
Humic extracts, especially fulvic acids, when administered both topically and orally, have been shown to regulate the immune system as powerful immunomodulators and function as potent antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents.
In studies of hospitalized patients with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disorder, humic extract bath therapy treatment had a 92% success rate.
Several hundred similar studies have been conducted in China showing that fulvic acid and humic extracts have proven to be very successful.
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