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The role of meat in the expression of rheumatoid arthritis.
Grant WB.
wbgrant@norfolk.infi.net
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by inflammation of the synovial
tissues in the joints. A number of papers related to dietary components that
are associated with this inflammation are reviewed. In addition, the ecological
approach is used to study the links between diet and RA. Multi-country data for
prevalence of RA for females from eight and fifteen countries were compared
statistically with components of national dietary supply. Fat from meat and
offal for the period 2 years before the prevalence data was found to have the
highest statistical association with the prevalence of RA (r(2) 0.877, P<0.001
for eight countries). The statistical correlations for meat and offal were
almost as high as those for their fat. Similar correlations were found for
temporal changes in indices of effects of RA in several European countries
between 1968 and 1978 as more meat was added to the national diets, although
the correlations were higher for meat than for fat. It is hypothesized that
meat and offal may be a major factor contributing to the inflammation in RA. In
the present short review, the author examines some of the data that associate
meat consumption with RA and the possible factors, e.g. fat, Fe and nitrite,
which may contribute to the inflammation.
Publication Types:
Review
Review Literature
PMID: 11177171 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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The role of meat in the expression of rheumatoid arthritis.
Grant WB.
wbgrant@norfolk.infi.net
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by inflammation of the synovial
tissues in the joints. A number of papers related to dietary components that
are associated with this inflammation are reviewed. In addition, the ecological
approach is used to study the links between diet and RA. Multi-country data for
prevalence of RA for females from eight and fifteen countries were compared
statistically with components of national dietary supply. Fat from meat and
offal for the period 2 years before the prevalence data was found to have the
highest statistical association with the prevalence of RA (r(2) 0.877, P<0.001
for eight countries). The statistical correlations for meat and offal were
almost as high as those for their fat. Similar correlations were found for
temporal changes in indices of effects of RA in several European countries
between 1968 and 1978 as more meat was added to the national diets, although
the correlations were higher for meat than for fat. It is hypothesized that
meat and offal may be a major factor contributing to the inflammation in RA. In
the present short review, the author examines some of the data that associate
meat consumption with RA and the possible factors, e.g. fat, Fe and nitrite,
which may contribute to the inflammation.
Publication Types:
Review
Review Literature
PMID: 11177171 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Who loves ya.
Tom
Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com
Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore
DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking
