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Posted 4/13/2013 1:12 PM (GMT 0)
Why not just take turmeric/bromelain pills like I do ?

"Bromelain is a mixture of enzymes that digest protein (proteolytic) that are found in pineapples"

Salmon and filet mignon used to work rapidly to shutdown a flare but is expensive.

Now I use .50 cent cans of Navy beans with resistant starch diet and just tapered rapidly to zero prednisone all the while on coumadin blood thinner but no blood seen while tapering on RS diet. I did not have to wait weeks or months for its effects it was overnight because it produces high amounts of SCFA's like butyrate.

When also off the blood thinner I will resume the bromelain since I have several bottles and turmeric is good for many reasons.

This disease has caused me a painful stroke in 2010 and this year I nearly lost my left hand because prednisone screws up my bloods clotting factors but lets not confuse it with 'torture' unless we are talking about Sylvia Likens www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/young/likens/1.html THAT is torture. THIS is a painful and annoying hassle but it is not 'torture'.
Posted 4/13/2013 8:02 PM (GMT 0)
I would source everything from natural source if possible, just for easier absorption, plus in addition to Bromelain, there could be something that we have not figured out to enhance the effect, who knows?

There is some misconception about pineapple ripening earlier in the thread. You buy pineapple that has typical pineapple sweet aroma. If you don't have that then the pineapple is not ripened and it does not ripen on the counter. It feels like but if you notice, the skin turns black, instead of yellowish orange. So buy it carefully.
How you choose it eat is of course your choice but I got Oxa Pineapple corer, cut the round slices and use rind and left overs to make chica de pina, turns out awesome and healthy.

Now to main point of the thread,
Eating pineapple daily can be very nutritious but it depends, someone may not stand it. DW gets GERD like symptoms!! So check before you make it a daily ritual.

A note, any fruit that you want to eat, should be eaten at least 30 min before a meal, so that the sugars are well digested and the enzymes are absorbed. When we eat after the meal, the sugar tend to ferment and we do not get best out of our serving. Our eating habits are totally messed in these modern days.
Posted 4/13/2013 8:27 PM (GMT 0)
I agree, it's best to get it from in food source if at all possible. I'd love to include pineapple in my daughter's diet but am afraid of it's stringiness. But it looks like most tolerate it?
Posted 4/14/2013 1:16 PM (GMT 0)
Aguywithuc you do know that bromilain thins the blood also?
Posted 4/14/2013 1:20 PM (GMT 0)
I purée pinapple and put it in my kefir, it helps my reflux a lot.. Has never made it worst. It's a powerful anti inflammatory.
Posted 4/14/2013 6:11 PM (GMT 0)
Good point brought up about the bromelain being a blood thinner.

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