Nutrition and Arthritis
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Author(s): M. Rayman and A. Callaghan
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 1405124180
Format: softback
264pp
Price: £39.99
Review Date: 03 October 2006
Review: This book deals with diet and osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common rheumatic diseases. It begins by describing the diseases, their clinical features and explaining the pathology. The rest of the book looks in detail at nutritional aspects of OA and RA. Chapters cover: the nutritional status and adequacy of the diet; popular dietary approaches; exclusion, vegetarian, vegan and other dietary approaches; the role of nutrients; polyunsaturated fatty acids in the treatment of arthritis; glucosamine and chondroitin in osteoarthritis; and other foods and supplements.