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Preventing Arthritis

Even flexitarians might be at increased risk for developing arthritis.

October 8, 2010 |
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Preventing Arthritis, 4.0 out of 5 based on 4 ratings

Sources Cited

Fish, seal, and flaxseed oils lessened joint pain. J Fam Pract, 56(8):615, 2007.

A. Hailu, S.F. Knutsen, & G.E. Fraser. Associations between meat consumption and the prevalence of degenerative arthritis and soft tissue disorders in the Adventist health study, California U.S.A. J Nutr Health Aging, 10(1):7-14, 2006.

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It just got compared to the leading pharmacological treatment for enlarged prostates: the standard drug costs about $300 a year, versus about $10 a year of daily flax. This new study found they both worked just as well as each other, so, I guess it all comes down to side effects. Of which there are many for tamsulosin, headaches, dizziness, diarrhea, and all sorts of abnormal things. Flax also has a number of side-effects, though. It improves your cholesterol and blood sugar, controls your blood pressure. and controls your hot flashes, though usually not a huge problem in prostate sufferers…

It may even help with arthritis: “Fish, seal, and flaxseed oils lessen joint pain.” So, it looks like you have another choice! You can kill and grind up her... You can kill and grind up him... Or, you can kill and grind up this… Uh, the horror!

To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by Dianne Moore.

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Dr. Michael Greger

Doctor's Note

Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the other videos on arthritis. Also, there are 1,449 other subjects covered in the rest of my videos--please feel free to explore them as well!

For more context, check out my associated blog posts: Preventing and Treating Kidney Failure With Diet and Plant-Based Diets for Rheumatoid Arthritis

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/mgreger/ Michael Greger M.D.

    Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the other videos on arthritis. Also, there are 1,449 other subjects covered in the rest of my videos–please feel free to explore them as well!

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/shintaido-leslie/ Shintaido Leslie

    This video seems to be a little messed up. The audio doesn’t kick in at the very beginning, so I missed hearing the first part.
    PS I LOVE THIS WEBSITE!!! Great job. Thank you!

    • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/mgreger/ Michael Greger M.D.

      I’m so glad you’ve found the site useful Leslie. The audio weirdness of which you speak is an artifact of the fact that all the older videos were originally part of my Latest in Nutrition DVDs (http://www.drgreger.org/DVDs), and so got chopped up into topical segments for the website and you experience these kinds of continuity issues. Unfortunately there’s no “previous” video button where you can go back and see the “prequel” to the current video so you don’t come in in the middle (yet! We’re working on NutritionFacts.org version 2.0 to incorporate all sorts of new features). For this video, you can see the one immediately preceding it here: http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/algae-based-dha-vs-flax-2/

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/leana/ Leana

    I didn’t understand a thing on this video. Is flax seed good or bad? I will also like to ask if it’s true that soy is bad for you. My understanding is that it’s very bad. I got it from this link.

    http://mayanmajix.com/soy.html

    Thank you for your answer.. =)

  • Foofoo Rab

    Dr. Greger, I love this.  Love the videos and the content in them and your presentation and delivery.  I am 38 yrs old and have recently adopted a vegan diet about 3 months ago and now slowly attempting a vegan lifestyle as well ( leather, etc..)  Could you reccomend any books, videos, websites ( other than yours) or any tips that i should consider.  Thank you again for the great work you do!  Eranga

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