Odourless Garlic tablets

Hi Maureen

Yes, garlic is anti-inflammatory. I didn't have the pills but did have fresh garlic each day (with the evening meal so as not to upset anyone!) The pills will obviously provide a more beneficial dose, but I believed in a little bit of all things anti-inflammatory each day, including beetroot, avocado, turmeric, plus oily fish about three times a week - if I missed the latter for more than a week I certainly noticed increasing discomfort.

Hi Maureen

Yes, garlic is anti-inflammatory. I didn't have the pills but did have fresh garlic each day (with the evening meal so as not to upset anyone!) The pills will obviously provide a more beneficial dose, but I believed in a little bit of all things anti-inflammatory each day, including beetroot, avocado, turmeric, plus oily fish about three times a week - if I missed the latter for more than a week I certainly noticed increasing discomfort.

Hi Maureen - I think it is fair to say it is a case of suck it and see! There is nothing in terms of that has been reliably found to make much difference and some people find one thing helps them, others find something else. I think there are a few sites on the internet that will tell you they have a cure for PMR (and probably anything else) and a couple have claimed their stuff is approved by a health service somewhere or other. There was such a case claiming the New Zealand health service used their offering - when MrsK investigated (she went to the top and asked them directly) it had never been heard of!

A very strict vegan diet has been shown to improve joint pain in about half of rheumatoid arthritis patients - but only half and only while they remained in this VERY strict diet. Reintroduction of any animal protein led to the pain being back. It is all or nothing and is so strict it is quite difficult to adhere to for long.

You will see "nightshade-free", "gluten-free", "dairy-free", "alcohol-free" claims - I've tried some and it didn't make a blind bit of difference except to take away some of the small pleasures of life! Here the support on the part of rheumatologists is for only eating meat once a week.

But for the garlic pills - if they aren't too extortionately priced, try them and see what happens. Mind you - it all depends how much is in them - most of these things have such small amounts it isn't worth it. And some things work as the original veggy or herb but don't work as well as capsules. And if you DO try things - try them one at a time so you can say yes, that did something or no, that didn't. If you change a load of things at once you have no idea which was the right one if things improve.

yes and thanks for the reminder Maureen , i must get some ,,i also use the garlic spread in the bottle to cook with , just easier for me lol and on my steak or chops , lol saw my doc yesterday and as usual ,i take my LIST with me , what i want to ask him , one was about my circulation , and get printouts of xray and blood test , xray showed i have a start of a spur under my heel , thus the pain when i put weight on it , and a bit of fluid in my ankles , but also a spot in my lower left lobe of my lung that didnt get better from the last infection i had , but he didnt get the chance to offer me some more antibiotics , lol i was still refusing fluid tab. and anti stuff as well as he wanting me to UP my prednisone lol anyway i will handle it lol i bought some sardines , but will take the oil capsules in between ,lol cant swallow fish or at least dont like it that much , lol ,he said my feeling so exhausted is the polymyalgia and the prednisone could go up from 1 mg to 2 mg just to try it out , but no i wont do that ,i need to get off the stuff i told him , lol , ok good luck people out there , build up your immune systems ok

Hi Eileen,

Thanks for endorsing my own experience... Tried "nightshade-free", "gluten-free" "dairy-free" and "alcohol-free" just like you, and, just as with you, "it didn't make a blind bit of difference"

But I am mainly a vegetarian and eat chicken and fish only occasionally...

I suppose one of the reasons that helps is to keep my weight down, which takes the strain off the joints.