Drinking May Be Good for Arthritis
A recent study shows that moderate drinking may be effective in combating rheumatoid arthritis. Swedish mice were “highly protected” by daily drinking of water spiked with booze.
It seems that gin-soaked raisins, sloe gin-soaked raisins, and even Tiger Bone Wine just might be for real.
December 21st, 2006 at 1:46 pm
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
December 21st, 2006 at 1:55 pm
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.
December 21st, 2006 at 2:00 pm
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