Flexcin Featured in the Huffington Post’s Blog on Cooking with Arthritis

We are excited to share the news that Tamer Elsafy, our Flexcin CEO, was interviewed for an article in The Huffington Post to share his grandmother’s story of cooking with arthritis! We hope this article will be of great use to each of you as you battle the fatigue and pain associated with preparing your daily cuisine and it helps you find joy again in the art of cooking as it did for Tamer’s grandmother.
As many of you may know, Tamer’s late grandmother was the inspiration behind Flexcin. He wanted to find a safe, effective way to naturally help her eliminate her arthritis and joint pain. Since she was known for her cooking during the holidays until arthritis kept her out of the kitchen, her story and the evolution of Flexcin grabbed the attention of Dietitian Ashley Koff and was recently included in her posting Is Arthritis Keeping You Out of the Kitchen?.
Check out the full article posted on The Huffington Post for tips from the Food Network’s dietitian, Ellie Krieger as well as some tips from Amye Leong, the author of “The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Arthritis”. Both women share great ideas to help make kitchen duty less painful.
Here’s an excerpt from the story of our CEO’s grandmother:
“Tamer Elsafy’s late grandmother was known for her cooking during the holidays until arthritis kept her out of the kitchen. Tired of watching her deteriorate from prescriptions or remedies that either didn’t work or ones that brought unwanted side effects, Tamer, with a background in dietary supplements, created his own nutritional product that helped her ease the pain and get back to her love of cooking. The key: CM8 — Cetyl Myristoleate — discovered by Dr. Harry Diehl at the NIH in several decades ago. Elsafy included this ingredient in the first batch of a product (today known as Flexcin) for his grandmother, and waited to assess her results. When he didn’t hear for weeks, he jokes “I was worried I had killed her,” but when we finally spoke she said she’d been too busy gardening and doing all her favorite activities to check in. Her one request: “Please send me some more of that stuff, I am doing great.” Today Elsafy’s business is helping more than just grandmothers as the product appears to work on those with arthritis as well as pain from sports injuries.”

Flexcin & FlexPet are all-natural Joint Pain Supplements. The primary component of Flexcin & FlexPet is CM8, which relieves joint pain at its source, reduces inflammation and irritation of the joints and tissues. It has been helpful for many sufferers of arthritis, gout, bursitis, sports injuries and fibromyalgia. Flexcin and FlexPet are proudly manufactured in the United States in a state of the art facility under the strict guidelines of the FDA's Good Manufacturing Practices.

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Cooking with Arthritis: Tips to Make it More Enjoyable

Cooking can be wonderful social activity or even a stress reliever for many. But for people suffering with arthritis, it can be a whole different story. Think about it: how many times have you cooked without having to pick up a pot or a pan, without stretching or reaching into an uncomfortable position for a cabinet spice, or chopped something up? For people cooking with arthritis, these tasks can be unbearable.
Amye Leong has had 16 surgeries and 12 joint replacements. As the president of Healthy Motivation, as well as several successful books on arthritis, including “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Arthritis” and “Get a GripAmye now spends her time motivating and educating others on how to cope.
“I love to cook and have always loved to cook,” said Amye. Her family owned a Chinese restaurant and she has put on several Chinese New Year dinners for the Arthritis Foundation. Amye says cooking is an attitude and the key is making the proper adjustments so that it can be enjoyable. “When we don’t enjoy cooking that’s when we begin to make poor choices in our diets.”
Here are six tips Amye offers to make cooking with arthritis more enjoyable:
1) Make it fun. Remember, if it’s not fun people won’t do it. Finding a way to make cooking fun will encourage a person to cook more and more.
2) Proper arrangement of refrigerator and other kitchen items. Reaching can be painful for those cooking with arthritis. Focus on rearranging items in the refrigerator, spices in cabinets and also placement of pots and pans. Understand there is not a significant range of motion so set up the kitchen to make it functional.
3) Don’t be afraid to sit. People cooking with arthritis need to understand that it’s not about having limitations but rather being smart about the overall experience. Having plenty of time to sit and rest makes cooking more successful and it offers good rest for those with less than perfect joint mobility.
4) Have the right gadgets. From and L-shaped knife to a neat little gadget that helps pop open a bottle cap, gadgets are essential for anyone cooking with arthritis. Amye loves Oxo products because they’re very functional for people with arthritis.
5) Make everything simple and easy. Don’t over-complicate things in the kitchen otherwise you’ll ruin your appetite for cooking.
6) Make more than what you need. Warming up leftovers is always easier – and faster – than cooking from scratch. People cooking with arthritis should always make more for leftovers so the next day’s menu is already done.
Ellie Krieger, one of the Food Network Channel’s many stars, says it doesn’t have to be difficult for those suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Ellie offers all kinds of tips and recipes at NewWayRA.com, a fabulous online resource for those living with RA. The website shows people living with RA that cooking with arthritis can be accomplished any time of the year. And as the summer months lead into the winter months, it’s time for people to plan some really delicious recipes that are simple to prepare and always easy to enjoy.

Flexcin & FlexPet are all-natural Joint Pain Supplements. The primary component of Flexcin & FlexPet is CM8, which relieves joint pain at its source, reduces inflammation and irritation of the joints and tissues. It has been helpful for many sufferers of arthritis, gout, bursitis, sports injuries and fibromyalgia. Flexcin and FlexPet are proudly manufactured in the United States in a state of the art facility under the strict guidelines of the FDA's Good Manufacturing Practices.

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