Arthritis and Dairy

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How To Cure Arthritis

 

A new study published in the February, 2003 issue of Annals

of Rheumatic Diseases confirms that those people eating a

diet high in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and certain oils

also known as the " Mediterranean diet " helps ease symptoms

in people with rheumatoid arthritis.

 

This study was performed on non-vegetarians living in

Sweden. The authors obtained dramatic results by placing 26

subjects on a dairy-free diet for three months, while 25

people continued to eat a typical Swedish smorgasbord of

meat and dairy products. According to Dr. Lars Skoldstam:

 

" The current results suggest that patients with rheumatoid

arthritis can obtain better physical function and increase

their vitality from eating a Mediterranean diet for three

months. "

 

The results of this current study come as no surprise.

 

In 1985, the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

(volume 78) reported the case of an eight-year-old girl with

severe rheumatoid arthritis:

 

" ...juvenile rheumatoid arthritis was a milk allergy. After

avoiding dairy products, all pain was gone in three weeks. "

 

In 1991, the British journal Lancet (Volume 338) published

the results of a study in which the subjects ate a

vegetarian diet:

 

" Controlled trial of fasting and a one-year vegetarian diet

eased symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. "

 

The British Journal of Rheumatology (36;1, 1997) reported:

 

" ...43 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, those assigned to

a vegan diet...had improvement in rheumatoid arthritis

symptoms. "