I welcome constructive criticism on this subject..Some speculation based on logic(?), personal experience, half remembered stuff and possibly wheel reinvention or /and just wrong thinking.....

WHAT if Rheumatoid Arthritis is a way of preserving core temperature during cold weather, by sacrificing the bodies extremities - like frostbite. Women have more RA and have/need a HIGHER core temperature. So, is inflammation, immobilizing as it is, a cold weather (ice age) survival strategy ?

Another thought...IS osteoarthritis caused by a lack of the right mineral and related to RA in the sense that restricted blood vessels aren't delivering their payload.

(I've revisited this topic after supplementing with MSM [organic sulphur] and Vitamin B3 [Niacin] earlier in the year, with INCREDIBLE RELIEF, and am now revisiting the topic.)

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