Recent experience of the use of lemon fish oil and palmitoyl ascorbate in a case of rheumatoid arthritis of some ten years standing has suggested that this might be a novel and highly effective treatment for this difficult condition.

Palmitoyl ascorbate has been in use as part of a treatment for Parkinson’s Disease for the past 8 years. It is used widely in the food industry as an anti-oxidant and we are using it at a very safe daily intake level. It has other names: Vitamin C palmitate; ascorbyl palmitate; E-304 – all the same thing.

We suggest a daily intake of 1 – 2 grammes (a heaped teaspoonful) together with 5 ml of Lemon fish oil.

Palmitoyl ascorbate is lipid-soluble whereas Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is water soluble. This difference in solubility enables this compound to be more effective in some situations than natural Vitamin C. For example, in laboratory conditions it is 100 % lethal to Helicobacter pylori – a nasty stomach dwelling bug.

The mechanism of action of Lemon fish oil and palmitoyl ascorbate in rheumatoid arthritis is not known although it seems likely to be some combination of antibacterial activity together with some damping down of chronic inflammation.