Arthritis Diet

For millions of North Americans, arthritis is a source of constant discomfort and pain.  The Arthritis Diet is a combination health and weight loss plan which attempts to use dietary nutrition rather than medications to treat the arthritic symptoms.  While weight loss is a secondary objective in the Arthritis diet, because it involves increasing your awareness of nutritional foods and their impact on your body many note a weight loss in addition to the arthritis benefits.

The Arthritis diet is fairly straight forward -- preaching an avoidance of ultra-high process foods, some high carb or starch foods including bleached rice, soft drinks, and a particular avoidance of foods high in saturated fat.  Fast food in particular is obviously out.

The Arthritis diet instead promotes natural foods, vegetables, foods that are high in natural oils (as opposed to fats), and unbleached whole grain pasta and brown rice.  Whole vegetables and foods high in vitamin E and natural oils, which are shown to have benefits for joint wellness and health, are encouraged.

By avoiding fast foods and those that are ultra high processed in origin, which many attribute to the rising incidence of both arthritis and diabetes common in North America, followers of the Arthritis Diet attribute their success to a basic, more holistic health plan.

Overall, the principles of the Arthritis Diet are sound.  Following a sensible diet, and the benefits noted above are certainly noteworthy and valid, will have benefits for those with arthritic symptoms.  Particularly those with mild to moderate symptoms, who may find the combination of diet and weight reduction a natural combination to ease join inflammation.  The principles of the diet plan are also found in our top reviewed online diet plan, eDiets.  Other notable diet plan providers with similar offerings include the Eating for Life Diet and even the Glycemic diet plan (similar benefits and plan principles).  All are available with a free trial membership and health plan assessment.