Has anyone heard of clintscure.com?

[Sioux]

The website claims to have a cure for RA. Apparently Clint M Paddison is an Official Ambassador for Arthritis NSW, Australia. He says there IS a cure and it is all to do with diet. There is also a Facebook page about him. I've had a look but to be honest dont understand much of it.

[sylvi]

I wouldn't pay too much attention to it,because if there was cure our doctors would be using it. i Don't have much faith in quack remedies.Sylvi.

[Sioux]

Thanks Sylvi. They were my thoughts. This bloke's supposed to have cured himself by a vegan diet but I'm not convinced. Sue

[helixhelix]

I think this is a money making venture, as no details unless you pay upfront. And that makes me very suspicious.

He does say he was taking methotrexate, so it's not impossible that he had a palindromic form of RA that can go away again and doesn't cause the same joint damage. Also eating well and exercising can be a real help alongside conventional medicine, although not a cure as such, so that could also have helped him manage his RA. Personally, like Sylvi, I would ignore it. Polly

[Sioux]

Thanks Polly. It's nice to have your suspicions confirmed. I think desperation makes you want these stories to be true. Sue

[Victoria-NRAS Partner Moderator NRAS]

Hi Sue

We haven't come across this particular site before, but have seen very similar ones. In reading the information on the site, it looks like some of the information (such as saying that the use of supplements may only help with symptom control) has scientific basis, but the information on how his diet differs is not really explained, and would not match with general information on diet.

The general findings from studies on diet and RA are that keeping a healthy, balanced diet is best, and that for some people certain foods can aggravate their RA symptoms. Cutting these foods out of your diet (and which foods they are will vary from person-to-person) can help, but would not be considered a cure.

I think you had come to that conclusion already, but just thought I'd add this, because in terms of symptom control you could always experiment with your diet by keeping a food diary for a while, monitoring what you eat and how your RA is each day, just to see if there are any foods that worsen the symptoms for you, and then try cutting them out.

You may also find our article on diet useful:

nras.org.uk/about_rheumatoi...

I hope that helps

Victoria

(NRAS Helpline)

[Sioux]

Thanks very much Victoria. That's very helpful. No one has talked to me particulary about diet although I do try to keep it balanced. I will have a look at your article. Kind regards, Sue

[hungrypeg]

Yes, it does work, I went onto it and the improvement in my RA was very marked. The reason why doctors don't recommend it is that most people do not have the will power to stick to it, plus there have not been government approved trials. It's not a diet you can trial easily. The idea is that you heal your gut which is what is causing toxins to get into the joints and the immune system cannot tell the difference between your joint and the toxin as they are made up of the same proteins (your immune system doesn't have a brain). I got my RA a few months after taking 3 lots of anti-biotics which wrecked my gut.

The diet means you eat leaves, lentils, water, veg, raw veg. It's a miserable existence, watching others eat luxury foods, cakes, coffee, wine, sweets, etc etc. You can't go to a restaurant, you can't go to parties or mix or socialise, people don't understand, don't want to understand. You have to cook meals for your family whist making buckwheat and rice for yourself, you can't sample the food you cook for others even though you have to look at it. You can't go on holiday without planning your 'stuff', your family get fed up, you get fed up. A consultant at Dryburn Hosp. in Durham said that he could cure me by liquid feeding straight into the blood by-passing the stomach, but he said it was not quality of life and that weight loss was a problem. So some gastroenterologists know about this. Clint Paddison's regime is not a con, he has had this disease badly and he want to share it but he also needs to live, he is not charging a lot it's what, £40 and once you have the info you have it. The man who invented a cure for stomach ulcer's took 15 years to convince people, and this isn't a drug, it's a regime, a way of life and very few people stick to it. plus I live in a cold climate where eating salad's can be really difficult in the winter months. I've done this diet it works, then I've failed, I've done it again, I ate crisps because I was desperate for taste and failed, I fail, I try I fail. But each time I do it, the RA goes down. I got my inflammatory marker down from 18 to 9. It wasn't a coincidence, it work's but at a really big cost to normal life.

[Puam]

I think you are right hungrypeg. I met Clint personally at one of his talks and he DID effectively cure himself of RA through changes in diet and lifestyle and was made ambassador for arthritis Australia. The story of his journey is nothing short of miraculous and very inspirational. I recommend anyone with RA to at least try his program because he has had much success helping RA sufferers from all over. Unfortunately, he was asked to step down from his position as ambassador because the things he was saying about RA treatment did not fit well with the current scientific literature. But he has very effective empirical evidence and I have no doubt science will catch up with him