Dan Dale Alexander - Arthritis and Common Sense

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Arthritis and Common Sense

by

DAN DALE ALEXANDER

NEW ENLARGED EDITION

ILLUSTRATED WITH MENUS

Contents

TO EDITH

Whose help, encouragement and patience made this book possible. As my wife, she has endured lonelinesswhile I worked through the long nights in laboratories, through thousands of tests, and through the long years of duty in hospitals. Still alone, she waited patiently while I traveled across America four times to do arthritic research in hundreds of cities.

As my helpmate, she has recorded facts, typed endless reports, and she even tested personally the actual menus and dietary plans. From her schooling in art, she drew the illustrations found throughout this book. In addition to all this, she has somehow found time to raise our children...has made for all of us a healthy, happy home.

So.to Edith...I dedicate this volume.

Since the first and second editions of this book were published, a great deal has happened to me, the author.

Now, as I write this third editionas I add new facts, additional findings and minor changes to clarify medical language for readersI would like to report on how this book has already helped many people gain relief from their arthritis.

During the past year, thousands of letters have been sent to me from all parts of the country. Victims of arthritisthroughout Americahave tried my dietary plan, as outlined in these pages. They write that their pain and the swelling in their joints disappear...and they have been able to resume normal and happy lives.

Receiving such letters has become the greatest experience of my life. For fourteen long years, I have done research work and intensive studying to find the answer to arthritis...and, now, these letters make all my efforts seem worthwhile.

To know that this book is helping to relieve suffering is the most satisfying reward any writer could ask.

As I review the history of this book, let me speak frankly. Naturally, all the comments about this manuscript have not been favorable. With any new idea, there are always expressions pro and con, at first.

Many physicians have recommended my book to their patients, others have attacked my discoveries. Right now, doctors in New England, the MidWest and in California are treating arthritics under the methods I outlined in this book. Test cases, under medical supervision, are continuing daily.

The medical profession is entitled to question, experiment with and analyze the facts in this book. We expected that doctors would, and we welcome their tests and comments.

This is a new method for treating arthritis. And, here is the most important fact... People are obtaining relief from arthritic pains and symptoms through my dietary regime. The plan works, letters pouring in to me prove the results! More and more doctors are adopting the program.

So, as a preface, let me describe what you will find in these pages....

This book tells about arthritis, its causes, effects and a safe and sane approach toward its relief.

You will find in these pages a list of menus, a day by day breakdown of meals I recommend for arthritics...a plan of good eating for an entire week. And we have added certain illustrations and new chapters to present a more complete picture of my discoveries.

The language in this book is simple, easy to read. The manuscript is intended mainly for the person with little or no medical knowledgeto give a clear explanation of his affliction.

Anyone seeking an overnight cure should look to the wonder drugs now being over-publicized. However, the quick cure claimed through drugs may prove to be temporaryand the drug treatments may have to be stopped to prevent different complications.

Let us draw a comparison with diabetes. Instead of using drugs, medical science is now turning back to the diet to control this metabolic disorder. Now, after many years of using hormonal insulin, treatment by diet is becoming an accepted method.

The same development is due in regard to arthritis. Before many years, medical science will turn back to diet to treat arthritis.

Arthritis generally begins slowly and is often due to a combination of dietary mistakes. Primarily the basic mistakes leading to arthritis are:

(a) Key nutritional oils in the daily meals are either missing, or if present, are not assimilated properly. Frequently, it takes several to many years of poor food choice and/or poor eating habits to lead to an arthritic condition.

(b) On the other handthe correct nutritional oils can be in many of the daily meals and even accomplish their proper lubricating job. BUT IN OTHER MEALS , oil deteriorating liquids or other detrimental, devitalized foods can still undermine the good of previous meals ALREADY PROPERLY ASSIMILATED .

Gradually the absence, conviction or deterioration of certain key nutritional dietary oils lead to a joint problem susceptibility. Then the lesser dietary mistakes, of which there are many, begin to take effect.

In due time depending on the structure and pattern of the dietary mistakesA PARTICULAR KIND OF ARTHRITIS SETS IN......be it osteo arthritis, rheumatoid or gouty arthritis.

This book tells the proper diet, the selection and rotation of food, plus a dietetic therapy, so that more of the correct oils in your food can serve the joints. It also shows how these oils can stimulate your adrenal glandsto successfully combat arthritis.

Your own doctor is the man to see to determine whether you have arthritis. Visit your physician for a diagnosis, to decide if you have this dread disease. And I have always recommended that arthritics return to their doctors for periodic check-ups, to chart the progress of their recovery.

Meanwhile, however, this book maintains that it is possible for you to gain relief through simple diet controls. In these pages you will find a common sense approach for coping with arthritis right in your own home.

May this third edition of my book lead you to better health.

DAN DALE ALEXANDER

Newington, Connecticut

THIRD EDITION ENLARGED WITH MENUS

As a doctor, I feel that this book is an important contribution toward finding the answer to arthritis.

Dan Dale Alexanders methods and dietary approach have already gained excellent results for victims of this disease.

I have seen a former patient of mine who, because of arthritis, had reached the condition where she was unable to open her mouth enough to eat properly. When she followed the diet outlined by Mr. Alexanderand added proper oils to her system by his methoda miracle happened. Her improvement was markedly advanced.