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Do you know anyone with arthritis?
After having been launched in Malaysia for over two years, several thousand people are now benefiting from OLIVENOL™ livin’ for various kind of conditions such as skin disorders, autoimmune diseases, including joint problem like arthritis. Our post-marketing clinical experience in arthritis is encouraging as we have received a lot of positive feedback from our users.
Last year, we have launched a 3-month OLIVENOL™ livin’ Psoriasis Blog Project in the interest to build our knowledge on the effect of OLIVENOL™ livin’ on psoriasis. Due to overwhelming response, we launched the Phase II programme, and extended the duration to 12 months. (Go to http://olivenol-livin.blogspot.com/ for more details.)
We have decided to extend this programme to arthritis sufferers who are new to OLIVENOL™ livin’. We are pleased to announce the launch of “OLIVENOL Arthritis Blog Project”.
This is a public programme, using the internet as the tool of recording results and communicating experience to interest group. In order to participate in this programme, you will have to be a diagnosed patient with arthritis, and at the same time, active in blogging. One of the condition to take part in this programme is you must be willing to share a 90-day online journal publicly.
You may blog in English, Bahasa, 中文, or mix. In exchange, we will provide you supply for OLIVENOL livin’ at special rate.
The first of such blogger is Terry Gallyot, MR ASIA 99′. You may read about his experience with OLIVENOL™ livin’ for arthritis by visiting his blog at http://gallyot.blogspot.com/
We are interested to collect more feedback on the efficacy of OLIVENOL livin’ on arthritis to further enhance our post-marketing content. Your participation in this project will help us and other arthritis sufferers to determine the efficacy with more accuracy.
If you have arthritis or you know someone with the condition, please ask them to contact us by email at olivenol @ triniaire.com (or reply in the comment of this article).
My OLIVENOL Story – Koh Ai
In conjunction with our 2nd Anniversary Celebration, we are inviting consumers to write in and share their stories on FACEBOOK. We will pick 20 winners out of the most popular stories. We receive this story from Koh Ai:
She desires to be pain free
I am a housewife wif 2 daughters. They still study in U，one at UPSI(perak) another at UNIMAP(perlis). I would like to find opportunities to go there and visit them but i can’t because need to travel for long journey by bus. Perlis (11hours) and Perak (4 hours). It is really hard for me to travel by bus for such long journey because it is difficult for me to sit on bus for that long hours. Sometime i really feel sorry for my daughters because i cannot be like others mum pay their children a visit.
This is especially emotional when they are far from lovely hometown and when they really need their mum support and advice. Everytime i sit for long hours my backbone will ache seriously, when that happens, i struggle because I cannot sit, sleep and even stand. It is really painful. Sometime i feel that my life like hell! Because nobody can help me at that moment, the pain come continuously. Sometime, the pain is so severe i also cannot sleep at night…..
But after start consuming OLIVENOL livin for about 4 months i can feel that my backbone pain become less already. Sometime i can sit for long hours and more. I really want to thank olivenol livin because it has helped me to reduce my backbone pain and i hope i will able to travel for long journey to visit my daughter without feel any pain. This is all i wan share with all of u. You must appreciate what u have now especially health!
Happy Anniversary OLIVENOL!
If you can identify with the emotions of Koh Ai as shared in the story above, send her a supportive comment!. Goto her story on facebook. Make hers one of the 20 most popular stories.
Hey Sisters, Watch Out for Arthritis!
Did you know that 3 out of 5 arthritis patients are women? Statistics show that arthritis strikes women more often than man, and several of the more common forms are more prevalent in women.
Osteoarthritis (OA), also known as degenerative joint disease, is the most common form of arthritis. It is characterized by the breakdown and eventual loss of the cartilage in joints, and it is often caused by “wear and tear”. Women usually develop it after the age of 45.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is another common form of arthritis which usually strikes women between the ages of 25 to 50. It is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints and other organs.
Patients with arthritis usually suffer from pain, stiffness and swelling at joints, which causes limitations in daily living activities and overall diminution in quality of life. As the condition becomes more severe, symptoms may include a total loss of function in the affected joints.
Wearing high heels exerts extreme pressure on foot joints making it unbearably painful for arthritis sufferers
Continue reading Hey Sisters, Watch Out for Arthritis!
Fight Inflammation with OLIVENOL livin’ – Chiou Ying’s Story
Here’s an exciting experience with OLIVENOL livin’ shared by Chiou Ying on our Facebook page:
This is one of the thousands successful stories of OLIVENOL livin’ in reducing inflammation. Studies have proven the amazing anti-inflammatory effect of hydroxytyrosol, the active ingredient in OLIVENOL livin’.
Hydroxytyrosol reduces inflammation by inhibiting the expression of a series of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as iNOS, NKT, TNF-a, etc. Besides, in a randomized controlled trial, hydroxytyrosol relieved pain, reduced inflammation and improved physical function in OA and RA patients within the first 8 weeks.
Besides reducing inflammation in arthritis and dermatitis, Chiou Ying’s experience indicated efficacy of OLIVENOL livin’ in reducing other types of inflammation. We are looking forward to see more people benefiting from OLIVENOL livin’ in other therapeutic areas.
What happens when the body’s defence system turns against its own components?
(This article appeared in Star Health on January 17, 2010)
SUFFERERS of lupus, eczema, psoriasis, allergy dermatitis, psoriatic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have different, yet related, conditions. This article will explain how diseases that are so different share a common thread.
In order to do this, you need to understand the origin of these diseases.
Each is a chronic disease that manifests as inflammation of a particular organ. Treatment of these diseases is typically focused on relieving the symptoms of the affected organs, e.g. skin and joints.
It may surprise some of you to learn that the symptoms of skin rash, skin plaques, skin lesion, inflamed joints, and frozen shoulders are actually related and have something in common.
Psoriasis is thought to be an autoimmune disorder.Each of the diseases listed occurs as a result of hypersensitivity of the human immune system to external substances (allergies, dermatitis, and eczema) or reaction to normal body tissues (psoriasis, lupus, and RA).
What is the immune system?
Continue reading What happens when the body’s defence system turns against its own components?
Is there a Cure for Psoriasis?
This is Article FIVE in our series on “The Heartbreak of Psoriasis”.
It may be strange for a company marketing OLIVENOL livin’ – a product aimed at psoriasis sufferers – to say this. Unfortunately, there is NO psoriasis cure but there are psoriasis treatments. It is that simple.
Anybody claiming to have a psoriasis cure is misleading and is not able to substantiate with medical evidence. Nothing you do causes psoriasis, it is also that simple.
A psoriasis diet will not magically cure psoriasis, neither will steroids or powerful vitamin derivative type drugs that alter your immune system.
In this article, we offer an unequivocal answer to this single question as we receive many hundreds of emails on our website each month asking us for a psoriasis cure.
Continue reading Is there a Cure for Psoriasis?
Discovering How OLIVENOL livin’ Works
Doctors who are using OLIVENOL livin’ as adjuvant and adjunctive therapy continues to observe good results in their patients. Inevitably, they share this with their peers.
In the last 6 weeks, we have been inundated with enquiries from more doctors who are skeptically fascinated but yet curious how natural molecules from olives is able to deliver results on indications that is difficult to treat with conventional drug therapy. So we receive many request from doctors to explain how OLIVENOL livin’ actually works.
We have compiled a library of published research on olive polyphenol and hydroxytyrosol (HT) that is conducted around the world. We share this with doctors and pharmacists in our network. With these information, the professionals are able to understand how the anti-inflammatory properties of OLIVENOL livin’ is activated. Understanding this gives them confidence to introduce the product in their case management of chronic indications such as eczema, psoriasis and arthritis.
We believe the general public may also benefit if they understand the science behind the product they consume. Therefore, we shall be making available relevant publications on this blog.
The first article we want to share with you is a recent paper explaining how Hydroxytyrosol (HT) inhibits pro-inflammatory cytokines.
Hydroxytyrosol, the active ingredient in OLIVENOL livin'
Abstract
Hydroxytyrosol (HT), isolated from extra-virgin olive oil, possesses a marked antioxidant activity and is a good radical scavenger. In this study, our aim was to examine the anti-inflammatory mechanism of HT through measuring the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression, TNF-α formation, and nitric oxide (NO) release in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced human monocytic (THP-1) cells. Results showed that HT remarkably suppressed the LPS (1 μg/ml) induction of NO release. It also significantly attenuated the LPS-induced transcription of TNF-α, iNOS, and COX-2 in a dose-dependent manner.
Furthermore, it was also found that HT in a concentration-dependent manner inhibited the expression of iNOS and COX-2 in THP-1 cells treated with 1 μg/ml LPS using Western Blot. Taken together, these results suggest that HT exerts anti-inflammatory effects probably through the suppression of COX-2 and iNOS expression.
Xiaomei Zhang, Jun Cao, Laifu Zhong, Hydroxytyrosol inhibits pro-inflammatory cytokines, iNOS, and COX-2 expression in human monocytic cells, Naunyn-Schmied Arch Pharmacol (2009) 379:581–586
The full article is available for download >> HERE <<
Psoriasis, Eczema and Allergy Dermatitis – What do they have in common?
Apart from the obvious commonality that psoriasis, eczema, and allergy dermatitis are diseases that affect the human skin, we will discuss what other commonalities, if any, exist between them.
In our ongoing series of My Untold Stories – The Heartbreak of Psoriasis, we shared with you stories about Mr KH Ng a psoriasis sufferer and Michelle Shiew, a mother of a child with chronic eczema. In both stories, we learn how their respective pain, anguish and heartbreak were replaced by joy and relieve when they found a natural solution for their skin ailment.
In this article, we share a new story by Lisa Lee who made an entry in OLIVENOL livin’ Facebook Fan Page on July 12, 2009:
My mom has very bad skin allergy that causes her face to erupt with horrible red swells. It itches and oozes some sort of liquid. She can’t cook because of the smoke and oil. She can’t go under the sun because of the heat and can’t eat countless types of food.
Doctors prescribed anti-histamine to control her condition, but we all know that’s not the cure.
I started my mum on OLIVENOL livin’ since May (two months ago). She’s so much better now”.
Lisa Lee, USJ
(original Facebook entry edited for spelling and punctuation).
Another obvious commonality in Lisa, Michelle and Mr Ng’s stories is their discovery that OLIVENOL livin’ helped sooth their heartache caused by skin allergy, eczema and psoriasis, respectively.
Yale researchers have found that natural killer T cells (NKT), a combination of T lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells, are involved in the formation of skin allergies such as poison ivy and contact sensitivity to chemicals and metals like nickel in jewelry. (Reference: Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol. 198, No. 12, Dec. 15, 2003)
Allergies are abnormal or hypersensitive responses of the immune system to relatively harmless environmental antigens. Some people are genetically predisposed to hypersensitivity. When they are exposed to skin allergens like poison ivy, the initial exposure leads to a state of hypersensitivity; the body produces an exaggerated reaction the next time skin comes into contact with the allergen.
The resulting skin inflammation and severe itch such as those described by Lisa, are caused by over-reaction of effector T cells, white blood cells that migrate to the skin when re-exposed to an allergen.
Conventional therapy such as steroid cream only controls plaques and lesions that are the results of inflammation but it does not stop the inflammation from triggering.
Anti-histamine on the other hand, only controls itching sensation and discomfort which are the outcome of an underlying inflammation that the immune system fails to regulate.
Clearly, a better solution is required. The three stories in our series so far suggest that perhaps a better solution already exists.
In all three cases of psoriasis, eczema and allergy dermatitis, T cells (which normally help protect the body against infection) become active, migrate to the dermis and trigger the release of cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha TNF-a, in particular) which cause inflammation and the rapid production of skin cells. T cells are put into action by mistake. They become so active that they set off other immune responses.
Recent research on hydroxytyrosol (HT) an olive polyphenol have found it to exhibit biologic response modifying activities that modulates the effect of hyperactivated T cells.
These studies in different parts of the world have shown HT is able to inhibit pro-inflammatory cytokines, iNOS, and COX-2 expression in human monocytic cells. Scientist believe they have found a non-toxic agent for the control of pro-inflammatory genes.
If these findings are confirmed in further research, it is possible that Ng’s, Michelle’s and Lisa’s experiences are not mere anecdotal coincidence.
Psoriasis, eczema and allergy dermatitis sufferers may also have a scientifically supported common solution to their conditions in OLIVENOL livin’.
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