rosehip supplements

[a.h.challis]

I am anxious to start trying rosehip supplements to help relieve my osteo arthritis pain in my knees and lower lumbar region. Can any one please advise me if this would be incompatible with my taking Metformin for type 2 diabetes? I can't seem to find any information relating to this subject. :? :?
Thank you

 

[Trinkwasser]

These guys cover supplements as well as drugs

http://medlineplus.gov/

also might be worth a look here

http://www.drugs.com/

Rosehip takes me back, when I was young we regularly had rosehip syrup but this appears to be no longer available. Probably that would be inadvisable due to the high quantity of sugar but I loved the flavour.

Some of the supplement sellers have useful information BUT be aware of course they mainly exist to sell stuff so they may exaggerate

http://www.healthydirect.com/

http://www.healthspan.co.uk/default.aspx

http://www.simplysupplements.net//

http://www.justvitamins.co.uk/

among others

(if that counts as advertising please delete!)

 

[Penelope1995]

For knee pain, I would recommend working on your squats and making them stronger and lower lumbar pain can be reliever by working on core strength.

 

[Brunneria]

This is an old thread and the original poster may not see your response.

however, be very careful with adding exercise to deal with osteoarthritis pain. It can be v helpful, but it can also do the opposite.
I went to a physio terrorist for my osteo pain in knees, but the exercises she gave me made it far worse and took 6 months to recover from. I was on crutches for three weeks.
- because the pain had been tendon damage not osteo arthritis (which I also have).

so please don’t always simply assume that exercise is the answer, or that general advice fits every case.

re the rose hip syrup, and compatibility, have a google for drug interactions.

there are several websites where you type in your drug/herb/nutrient of choice, and all known interactions will be listed.

I also believe that rose hips are available in powdered form as well as syrup. Depending on whether you want to minimise carb intake, that may be a better option.

edited to add:
In fact, this research into the benefits of rose hip specifically states that the research was done using powder, not syrup.
https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2012/july/rosehip/
so I would be looking for that, in case it was more beneficial than the sugary stuff.
Note the date is 2012 and there are conflicts of interest)

 

[Brunneria]

My own choices to help my knees are
- pray to never fall into the clutches of a physio therapist ever again
- bone broth
- turmeric
- glucosamine and chondroitin
- listen to my body and NEVER overdo the walking and stairs or I will be worse for the next few days
- stand with good posture (no point saving the knees if you aggravate everything else)
- found out what foods aggravate my joints and totally avoid them. With me the worst offenders are potato, tomato and peppers.
- do exercise, but introduce it incrementally slowly, waiting 2 - 3 days before stepping up to the next increment.

hope that helps.

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Someone with no indication of diabetes posts a first response recommending physio exercise to a 12 year old post.

I will be interested to see the second post.

 

[Krystyna23040]

My own choices to help my knees are
- pray to never fall into the clutches of a physio therapist ever again
- bone broth
- turmeric
- glucosamine and chondroitin
- listen to my body and NEVER overdo the walking and stairs or I will be worse for the next few days
- stand with good posture (no point saving the knees if you aggravate everything else)
- found out what foods aggravate my joints and totally avoid them. With me the worst offenders are potato, tomato and peppers.
- do exercise, but introduce it incrementally slowly, waiting 2 - 3 days before stepping up to the next increment.

hope that helps.

Really good advice. Actually, even our dogs are on bone broth, turmeric, glucosamine etc.
I was hit by a van while on my bicycle 16 years ago which caused long term damage to my knee and foot and I do exactly what you are doing to stay pain free.

 

[heatherparris]

So the general opinion is type 1 diabetics can take rosehip supplements without causing high blood sugars. I cannot see a real reply and have googled it. I want to take it for pain in my fingers from carpal tunnel syndrome

 

[Gracie204]

I am Type 2 and have taken GOPO Rosehip capsules for several months, and they do not appear to raise my blood glucose levels. If my blood glucose levels rise it's usually because I've eaten too many carbs. Have the capsules cured my osteoarthritis, no, but they certainly help with lessening the pain. I also make a tea out of the dried herb horsetail, and have two mugs of this a day. It contains high levels of silica. I think once you have arthritis in your system you'll never get rid of it.

I had a knee replacement a few years ago, and the physiotherapist gave me exercises to do. One was walking on my toes, and as well as pain from my knee the arches of my feet were in agony.

I'm ancient but taking the rosehip capsules, horsetail tea, and a couple of painkillers (not paracetamol, they do nothing for me), I can cope with walking three miles several times a week.

I have found on the web that two tablespoonsful of wild rosehip contains six grams of carbohydrates. Not a lot when one considers that one slice of bread can contain 17 grams of carbs.

Hope this helps.