Comments on: Drinking May Be Good for Arthritis http://daysthatendiny.com/2006/12/19/drinking-may-be-good-for-arthritis/ Alcohol's Official Weblog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:07:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jessie Jane http://daysthatendiny.com/2006/12/19/drinking-may-be-good-for-arthritis/#comment-427 Jessie Jane Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:00:06 +0000 http://daysthatendiny.com/wordpress/?p=996#comment-427 Yeah, but I bet the joint improvements comes more from the stress relief of delicious snacks than any medicinal components. Purely speculation, of course, but I am prepared to sacrifice my body in the name of scientific discovery for this purpose! Thanks for the blog... -JJ Yeah, but I bet the joint improvements comes more from the stress relief of delicious snacks than any medicinal components. Purely speculation, of course, but I am prepared to sacrifice my body in the name of scientific discovery for this purpose!

Thanks for the blog…

-JJ

]]> By: Mike http://daysthatendiny.com/2006/12/19/drinking-may-be-good-for-arthritis/#comment-426 Mike Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:55:06 +0000 http://daysthatendiny.com/wordpress/?p=996#comment-426 Of course, I'm no doctor, but it doesn't seem like it'd hurt to try. And even if it doesn't help, it still sounds pretty good, though I wonder how much of the gin would be retained in cookies after baking. Probably not much. Of course, I’m no doctor, but it doesn’t seem like it’d hurt to try. And even if it doesn’t help, it still sounds pretty good, though I wonder how much of the gin would be retained in cookies after baking. Probably not much.

]]> By: Jessie Jane http://daysthatendiny.com/2006/12/19/drinking-may-be-good-for-arthritis/#comment-424 Jessie Jane Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:46:35 +0000 http://daysthatendiny.com/wordpress/?p=996#comment-424 As an avid drinker who happens to have RA, I had heard these rumors for years. Gin-soaked raisins have long been an old housewive's cure for arthritis, but I'd never tried it myself. While there's no telling what the curative component may be (something in the botanicals of the gin?), I prefer the idea of rum-soaked rasins baked into oatmeal cookies. I wonder if I can get away with curing my RA with booze-soaked bake goods? Worth a shot, so to speak... —JJ As an avid drinker who happens to have RA, I had heard these rumors for years. Gin-soaked raisins have long been an old housewive’s cure for arthritis, but I’d never tried it myself. While there’s no telling what the curative component may be (something in the botanicals of the gin?), I prefer the idea of rum-soaked rasins baked into oatmeal cookies.

I wonder if I can get away with curing my RA with booze-soaked bake goods? Worth a shot, so to speak…

—JJ

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