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4 arthritis flaring foods to avoid

Limit or reduce these foods for they are the culprits behind triggering the arthritis flairs.

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Written By: Shriya Sinha | Published : February 28, 2019, 5:53 PM

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Rheumatoid-Arthritis-pain

Arthritis is a condition that results in joint pain and inflammation in your body. There are several types of arthritis that can affect your mobility such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and psoriatic arthritis. Typical treatment is inclusive pain reducing medications and if th individuals body allows then few low impact exercises to increase mobility of joints. While different types of treatment is known to help bring relief in arthritis patients, reducing inflammation and joint pain causing foods from your diet is important. Here is a list of such foods that trigger arthritis flairs in form of inflammation and joint pains in your body.

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Fried-food

Fried foods: Reducing fried and processed food has shown to decrease inflammation in the body. Fried food is made up of saturated fats, which worsen inflammation. Switching to unsaturated healthy fats such as olive oil instead of butter, can help improve symptoms.

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Sugar

Sugar: Processed sugar releases an inflammatory trigger called cytokines into your body that can exacerbate arthritis symptoms. Reduce these sugars to see considerable improvement in pain symptoms especially if you re rheumatoid arthritis patient.