"inflammation is now understood to be a key mediator of OA that contributes to cartilage loss and progressive degeneration of affected joints... OA is no longer considered a noninflammatory arthritis or a 'wear and tear' disease"

I heretofore thought age-related cartilage loss was the cause of osteoarthritis and inflammation. Turns out it's the other way around: the inflammation degrades cartilage. Okay, no more slogging through joint pains for me, regardless of how small.

Edit: added a phrase for clarity

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[–] 14 points 6 months ago (5 children)

When I started on a low inflammation elimination diet it did wonders for my joint pain. Can recommend.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    May I ask what a low inflammation diet is? Wild Mexican yams? I say that because yams have corticosteroid precursors in them, they first created corticosteroids from Mexican wild yams and that is the go-to treatment for inflammation.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    In short, no processed foods or highly refined oils

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I took that a step further and eat only beef, salt, and water, but if you figure out what causes the inflammation you don't have to go this far.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Same, tried the AID diet first without significant effect. Two weeks of beef salt water got me there and I started identifying foods ([chicken] eggs and [cow] cheese being worst, but carbs being problematic in general, hence AID failure). I now do it yearly after Christmas to check foods I'm suspicious of. It's extreme, but pretty much guaranteed to work, barring Lyme disease, basically no-one has an inflammatory reaction to beef.

    For those of you contemplating this, trick I found is when I eat an inflammatory food while hydrating properly I put on a Kg + of water weight within 24 hours (remember, inflammation of an injury makes it swell, with water). Easy to measure.

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