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Food and Arthritis

Question  What foods should be taken on the one hand and avoided on the other?
 
Answer  There are no foods that have been shown in rigorous studies to improve or worsen any type of arthritis-- the only exception is gout where foods high in purines can trigger a gout flare.

Last update: 02:40 PM Wednesday, September 5, 2007

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Alan Matsumoto, M.D.

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