Knee Osteoarthritis pain cut in half by eating sesame seed powder for 2 months

The Benefits of Sesame Seeds for Knee Osteoarthritis

Michael Greger M.D. FACLM – includes video

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Gold injections using sesame oil appear to reduce knee osteoartiritis pain

Researchers have suspected, some of that benefit comes from the sesame oil that’s injected, which is used as the liquid carrier for the gold.

Sesame seeds contain anti-inflammatory compounds with names such as sesamin and sesamol, which researchers suggest “may serve as a potential treatment for various inflammatory diseases.”

Study : Fifty patients with osteoarthritis of the knee - quarter cup of sesame seeds a day for two months .

Pain = 10 is the maximum tolerable

	Pain Initially	Pain after 2 months
Sesame powder	9	3.5
Placebo powder	9	7

The researchers concluded that sesame appeared to have a “positive effect…improving clinical signs and symptoms in patients with knee OA…”

The study: Effects of sesame seed supplementation on inflammatory factors and oxidative stress biomarkers in patients with knee osteoarthritis – 2015

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Sesame seeds were made into a powder to enhance digestion

Wonder if sesame oil would work too? Asians seem to indicate yes.

• Comment on his website indicates that Tahini should also work

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Phytomedicine in Joint Disorders - 2017 referenced the 2015 study__

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"Traditional knowledge. Sesame oil (SO) extracted from Sesamum indicum (SI) has been used in various Asian traditional medicines to alleviate pain in inflammatory conditions of the joints , teeth, skin, etc."

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Topical Sesame oil 3 per day for 4 weeks provided similar Knee Osteoarthritis benefit as diclofenac - RCT Dec 2019

The efficacy of topical sesame oil in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized double-blinded active-controlled non-inferiority clinical trial - Dec 2019

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? ? both had a placebo effect ? ?

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See also VitaminDWiki

• Vitamin D receptors get worse with age with osteoporosis – Dec 2018

• Less Knee Osteoarthritis if take more Vitamin D – 8 MRI confirmations – Nov 2018

• Total knee arthroplasty – worse outcome if low vitamin D – 2016, 17, 18, 2019

• Reduced knee osteoarthritis if consistently supplement with vitamin D for 2 years – April 2017

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