Has anyone treated arthritis with diet? I feel way better when I get off processed foods for a few days. (Not sure if I have arthritis but really sore hips and lower back.)
Aren't you lactose intolerant or have other food allergy?
It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
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Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#112Has anyone treated arthritis with diet? I feel way better when I get off processed foods for a few days. (Not sure if I have arthritis but really sore hips and lower back.)
Foods that decrease inflammation _probably_ help with arthritis; processed foods _generally_ increase inflammation, which is probably why you feel better not eating them.
For more than just anecdotes you can go to the data/studies; pubmed.gov is a great resource for finding studies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=arthritis+diet
There is also nutritionfacts, which takes a science and clinical study based approach to look at how diet plays a role in a whole host of diseases and conditions: https://nutritionfacts.org/?s=arthritis
* nutritionfacts and Dr. Greger do have several vocal opponents however, so I encourage you to read the studies themselves and come to your own conclusions
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#113I really want him to be a success, but... > The drug is based on a molecule he discovered while working at Pfizer tells me that he'd better have good lawyers on speed-dial.
FTA, he bought the rights a long time ago. Still might need that lawyer, obviously.
If a lot of money is on the table, all kinds of loopholes can exist. You see stuff like that, all the time, with academic research.
[EDITED TO ADD] It’s really common for large corporations, with staff counsel, to lodge lawsuits they know they can’t win, because they bet their pockets are deeper, and they think they can force a settlement.
Ugly, but it’s the American way. He may have more luck in the UK, though.
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#114Has anyone treated arthritis with diet? I feel way better when I get off processed foods for a few days. (Not sure if I have arthritis but really sore hips and lower back.)
Your gut health has a direct impact on your lower back. If you are intolerant of some foods, when you inflame your gut, your lower back can end up in pain as well.
I'm intolerant of a milk protein. I can handle the bathroom consequences, I can't handle the lower back consequences.
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I feel way better when I get off processed foods for a few days. What does "processed foods" mean? Do you eat raw food that isn't combined in any way?
Processed foods usually refers to packaged snacks, food with lots of added ingredients, corn oils, artificial ingredients, etc or fast food/junk food ordered at restaurants/fast-casual places.
There is a classification system for how processed foods are:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_classification
Under that classification, boiling potatoes counts as processing them.
Something as minor as rinsing fruit in tap water can count as processing - it could affect the lifespan of the fruit or its nutritional content.
Of course, that isn't the only definition out there.
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#116I really want him to be a success, but... > The drug is based on a molecule he discovered while working at Pfizer tells me that he'd better have good lawyers on speed-dial.
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Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#117Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
Processed foods usually refers to packaged snacks, food with lots of added ingredients, corn oils, artificial ingredients, etc or fast food/junk food ordered at restaurants/fast-casual places.
There is a classification system for how processed foods are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_classification Under that classification, boiling potatoes counts as processing them. Something as minor as rinsing fruit in tap water can count as processing - it could affect the lifespan of the fruit or its nutritional content. Of course, that isn't the only definition out there.
I think most people are referring to the “Ultra-processed” category when they talk about processed foods in a health context.
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#119One thing I learned repeatedly while dealing with a chronic health condition is to never assume that you're "about to beat it". I've had that feeling about 1000 times now, and telling that to my family and friends just made me sound like an idiot, since I would invariably regress again. Now I'm at a point I would only be fine with saying this if I didn't have any issues after a prolonged interval.
The researcher here does not have arthritis. He is developing a drug to cure arthritis for everyone.
> He is developing a drug to cure arthritis for everyone.
That's not it at all. Read the article.
Re: It took my savings and 14 years but I’m about to beat arthritis
#120My only commentary would be that these results do not read like clinical success, but rather something suggesting they should move on to phase III clinical trials. This is the only publication I found in a quick search: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37976118/ >> Abstract Objectives: Nerve growth factor β (β-NGF) is a protein which is important to the development of neurons particularly those involved in the transmi…
Interesting - this looks like Beransa[1] (Librela) which is a monthly injection for canines that have osteoarthritis. My dog did not have any noticeable changes to pain after using this for 2 months so I've decided to take him off of it. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedinvetmab
My cat has been in the feline equivalent (Solensia/frunevetmab) for about two years, and although it had a huge positive impact for the first 12 to 18 months, it seems to have suddenly completely stopped working in the last little while.
One theory is that the immune system eventually starts attacking the monoclonal antibody med itself, another is that as in humans, the OA progression might accelerate under the drug.