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Receiving an arthritis diagnosis seems like you\u2019re being sentenced to a life forever accompanied by pain, disability, and expensive medication with loads of side effects.<\/p>\nReceiving an arthritis diagnosis seems like you\u2019re being sentenced to a life forever accompanied by pain, disability, and expensive medication with loads of side effects.<\/p>\n
However, a new study from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published in the journal Frontiers \u2013 Nutrition insists that it doesn\u2019t need to be this way.<\/p>\n
The team performed a review of the existing literature and found that a surprising (and controversial) diet could reverse arthritis without the use of drugs.<\/p>\n
First, they found that plant-based diets are great at reducing inflammation, which lies at the core of arthritis.<\/p>\n
Importantly, diets that contain a lot of meat and dairy are highly conducive to inflammation. This is because C-reactive protein, one of the chief contributors to inflammation, was found to be much higher in people who consume meat and dairy than in those who do not.<\/p>\n
Second, with the exception of fish, olive oil, and avocado, excessive fat consumption worsens inflammation and arthritis symptoms. A lot of the fats in the typical Western diet come from meat, dairy, and eggs, showing why plant-based diets help.<\/p>\n
Of course, this is not universally true. If you turn vegan but load your diet with vegetable oils, your arthritis symptoms will remain.<\/p>\n
Third, people who consume plant-based diets lose more weight and maintain a healthier weight than those who eat animal-based diets. Thus, they load less weight on their joints, slowing their deterioration relative to that of the joints of overweight people.<\/p>\n
However, this is not necessarily true in all cases. A vegan diet loaded with white bread and other refined grains will not result in weight loss.<\/p>\n
Still, because of all the vegetables and whole grains, plant-based diets contain more fiber and other healthy nutrients than the typical Western animal-based diet. This is great for cultivating a great variety of gut bacteria, which, despite sounding gross, is precisely what you want.<\/p>\n
Finally, the study revealed that people who eat a mostly plant-based diet suffer from far less pain than those who consume animal-based products, likely due to the differences in their inflammatory effects.<\/p>\n