Fish, too, have oil which can prove helpful to lubricate the dry linings of an arthritic person.
Not enough fish is eaten by the American people. We are known as a nation of meat-eaters. But it is fish, not meat, which contain more of the oil soluble vitamins.
Ask those who eat fish why they do so. You’ll receive a variety of answers:
They like fish.
It is inexpensive.
Their husbands go fishing. Someone has to eat it.
Because fish is “brain” food.
Because it is Friday.
Whatever your reason for being a sea-food fan, remember that there are all kinds of fish. . . . Some better for us than others. Not every fish has the vitamins-is-oil which are best suited for arthritics.
If you have arthritis, you may choose either salt or fresh water fish. Grilled fish has all the advantages over other styles of preparation. Why boil or fry your fish . . . you’ll lose the vitamins.
Where facilities are available, it would be even better to broil your food instead of grilling it. In America, the ovens of the stoves usually come equipped with two sets of heating elements. One is at the bottom of the oven for baking purposes, the other is at the top of the oven for broiling. To broil food, the meat or fish is put in a pan and placed on a rack. It is then exposed to the heated broiler coil, two or three inches away from it. Therefore the food is cooked quickly, and does not cook in its own or any other grease. An arthritic should avoid meat fats and any supplemental greases.
When choosing fish, make your selection from those types which contain the most vitamins A or D. Recommended as the very best are:
Mackerel.
Halibut steaks.
Salmon steaks.
Sardines.
If you don’t like to eat the skin of the fish, you are losing many health essentials this food has to offer.
When you don’t consume the skin, you can make up for some of the loss by eating the dark brown meat near the skin. It is in the brownish meat that goodly quantities of fish iodine are trapped. Iodised oil is very beneficial to arthritics. It is the right kind of oil.
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Drugs and therapeutic substances
A therapeutic substance is something that has a therapeutic effect on the body. This means that it has a healing or remedying effect. It does not mean that it is a drug.
A drug is a type or class of substance that has been defined as such by a statutory body. Thus, the word ‘drug’ is a defined term; it has no bearing on the therapeutic value of a material. In order for a substance to be defined as a drug it usually has to meet certain criteria. We are referring, of course, to drugs usually used in the field of medicine. There are many valuable therapeutic materials which are not classified as drugs. In fact, at one time, substances such as insulin, penicillin and acetyl salicylic acid (now aspirin) were not drugs. What, then, is the purpose of a drug, and why are some therapeutic preparations classed as drugs and others not? The answer to these questions involves two factors. One is advertising; the other is government subsidy.
Whilst there are other reasons for therapeutic substances being registered as ‘drugs’ by the appropriate governmental authorities, the main ones concern the two conditions above, which, in turn, concern money. In order to explain what is meant by this it will be necessary to generalize, otherwise we will become involved in a lengthy discussion involving the laws relating to the sale of foods and drugs.
Under the appropriate laws of most countries the advertising of therapeutic properties of any substances which are not registered as drugs is prohibited. Thus, in effect, it is illegal to claim that ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ because this is making a therapeutic claim for apples, which are not classified as a drug. If apples were to be put through the trial procedures and production requirements which would satisfy the drug licensing authorities, then it would become legal to make the claim as written. Obviously, this is a far-fetched example, but it is quite pertinent. This is the advertising factor. Basically, it means that unless a product is registered as a drug it cannot be advertised for its beneficial properties and thus its commercial potential is considerably hampered.
On the aspect of subsidy, drugs are eligible for inclusion on prescription lists. This means that they can be prescribed by practicing physicians and the cost of them will be subsidized
ó the government. Not all countries have this system of prescription drug subsidy, but where it is available only registered drugs are usually allowed to be treated this way. Therefore, we can have the situation of a valuable therapeutic substance that doctors cannot prescribe because it is not a classified ‘drug’. The doctor can, of course, recommend a patient to use this particular substance, but the patient must pay for it himself. If this is the case, why not have all therapeutic substances registered as drugs? The answer involves an explanation of the requirements for drug registration.
These requirements are such that valuable therapeutic materials do not qualify for drug registry because of some particular feature. This does not mean that they are not effective or safe. It might simply be that the material is of natural origin and that its absolute composition cannot be defined. Alternatively, the active part of the material may not have been identified or isolated and thus the criteria required in drug registry are not satisfied.
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