foodconsumer.org: Gluten-free vegan diet helps rheumatoid arthritis

Gluten-free vegan diet helps rheumatoid arthritis
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admin on 01/10/2010 20:02:00
 
Sunday Jan 10, 2010 (foodconsumer.org) -- Eating a gluten free vegan diet may
help patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a study in Arthritis Research &
Therapy has suggested.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic inflammatory disease which affects multiple
joints of the body. The vegan diet was found to be atheroprotective and
anti-inflammatory.
Elkan AC and colleagues from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, found the
gluten free vegan diet induced lower their body mass index, and low-density
lipoprotein and higher anti-PC IgM than the control diet.
The study involved 66 patients at an average age of 50 years with active
rheumatoid arthritis with 38 assigned a gluten free vegan diet and 28 given a
well-balanced non-vegan diet for one year.
Like many other diseases,  rheumatoid arthritis cure does not exist although
rheumatoid arthritis treatments are available to help manage the health
condition.
Rheumatoid arthritis treatment options include drugs, joint stress management,
physical and occupational therapy, and surgical intervention.
By Jimmy Downs