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3 reasons your arthritis risk is higher than grandma’s was [slideshow]
Protecting your joints from a modern day attack
The best advice? If a food label contains more than five ingredients, or chemicals you and your grandparents would have to look up in the dictionary, put it back on the supermarket shelf.
That’s because eating an inflammation-fighting whole foods diet will go a long way towards preventing osteoarthritis and making your body more resilient to environmental toxins. And daily exercise will boost those positive effects.
Of course, following Dr. Issac Eliaz’s 10 tips for detoxing your body from common toxins would help too.
And in the end, you’d be surprised how much a nutritious diet and a bit of movement can do to keep your joints young, pliable and pain-free — just like your great-grandparents’ joints were.
Read: 7 tips to dump diet crazes and simplify the way you eat
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- S.A. Uhl, et al. “Association of Osteoarthritis with Perfluorooctanoate and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in NHANES 2003–2008.” — Environmental Health Perspectives. 2013 Apr; 121(4): 447–452.
- “Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and their salts: Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food chain.” — European Food Safety Authority. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- “Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA).” — Tox Town. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- “Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) and Perfluoroocatnoic (PFOA).” — Pennsylvania Department of Health. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- “Timeline for PFOS and PFOS perfluorinated chemicals: Compiled by FAN’s Pesticide Project.” — Fluoride Action Network. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- “Osteoarthritis could be prevented with good diet and exercise.” — ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- A. Mobasheri, et al. “The role of metabolism in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.” — Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2017; 13 (5): 302.
- Osteoarthritis Symptoms — Arthritis Foundation
