| It's common knowledge that eating healthy is the key | | | | sodium, fat, cholesterol, and sugar from your diet. |
| to a healthy life. What many people don't realise | | | | Allergic Reactions |
| however, is that your diet can also contribute to you | | | | One other very important reason to monitor your diet |
| developing arthritis. Weight and food allergies are | | | | if you have arthritis is to prevent some foods from |
| directly affected by a person's diet and these are | | | | triggering arthritis flares. Certain types of foods affect |
| common causes of arthritis. Therefore, eating healthy | | | | the patient's immune system that subsequently affect |
| is very important in the battle to prevent and manage | | | | the production of inflammatory compounds. Symptoms |
| arthritis. | | | | such as hives, rashes and asthma are allergic |
| Manage Your Weight | | | | reactions that would be tell-tale signs that something |
| Diet is related to arthritis in one key way: a bad diet | | | | you have consumed is an arthritis flare. |
| can affect your body weight and this contributes to | | | | An arthritis flare could also be caused or worsened by |
| arthritis. The concept is relatively easy to understand | | | | some other types of foods such as: chocolates, |
| because the more that you weight, the more chance | | | | preservatives and additives, red meats, caffeine, salt |
| there is for you to develop arthritis. Ironically, whilst | | | | or dairy products. |
| easy ti understand, it is not so easy to manage in real | | | | What Should You Eat? |
| life. | | | | Keeping your diet under control whilst you have arthritis |
| With arthritis, a person's joints can be forced under a | | | | is difficult but there are some things which may help. |
| lot of pressure due to weight problems. This makes it | | | | Firstly, you should snack often on fruits such as |
| more difficult for a person to walk or move about and | | | | pineapples or grapes. Lots of fruits have a compound |
| even more difficult to exercise. What you tend to find | | | | known as resveratrol in them which is said to block the |
| is that the matter gets worse because many people | | | | inflammation of cells. Eating vegetables such as |
| with arthritis become less willing to do things as a result | | | | broccoli is also known to reduce inflammation. Another |
| but this only serves to make things worse. It is a | | | | good idea is to eat fish due to its high omega-3 fatty |
| vicious cycle that is very difficult to manage. This | | | | acids content which is also proven to help reduce |
| endless cycle is most commonly found in patients with | | | | inflammation. |
| osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. | | | | Managing It |
| This is why it is more important for patients with | | | | Sufferers of arthritis may think that their diet is the last |
| arthritis to keep an eye on their diet because it is more | | | | thing to worry about, yet, the association between diet |
| difficult for them to manage their weight through | | | | and arthritis is very clear. A person's diet is a |
| exercise. A good place to start trying to make a | | | | controllable element for people with arthritis and it could |
| difference is to reduce (or even cut out) alcohol, | | | | very well be something you should change. |