The Claim
In adults with rheumatoid arthritis, adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the Irish Healthy Eating Guidelines for 12 weeks does not result in statistically significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes including pain, physical function, or quality of life, despite statistically significant reductions in dietary inflammatory potential.
What the research says
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Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
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In adults with rheumatoid arthritis, following the Mediterranean diet or the Irish Healthy Eating Guidelines for 12 weeks does not improve pain, physical function, or quality of life, even though these diets reduce the inflammatory potential of the diet.
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In adults with rheumatoid arthritis, neither the Mediterranean diet nor the Irish Healthy Eating Guidelines produce statistically significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes such as pain, physical function, or quality of life over a 12-week period, despite significant improvements in dietary inflammatory potential.
Eating more anti-inflammatory foods lowers markers of body-wide inflammation, but this does not change the ongoing inflammation in the joints or how the nerves send pain signals, so pain, movement ability, and quality of life stay the same.
What the research says
1 studyFor people with rheumatoid arthritis, eating healthier foods like those in the Mediterranean or Irish healthy eating guidelines made their diet less inflammatory, but it didn’t make their pain, mobility, or quality of life any better after 12 weeks.
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