5. There Is (Sometimes) A Dietary Link To Arthritis
Traditionally it has been assumed that there is no direct dietary link to the development of arthritis. And indeed, a healthy diet will not protect you if you have the genetic markers for the disease. Nor can diet overcome the influence of repetitive stress or wear-and-tear forms of arthritis. Proper diet can help you manage arthritis, though, because a healthy weight puts less stress on the joints and many foods have an anti-inflammatory effect in the body.
However, there is a confirmed link between diet and gout. Once considered a disease of royalty because only they could afford to eat rich and greasy food to excess, gout now strikes poorer people disproportionately because low-quality packaged foods are cheaper than fresh organic produce and meats. Additionally, new research into rheumatoid arthritis indicates that a healthy gut biome may help prevent it.