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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Can olive oil ease joint pains?

Posted January 9th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Health & Fitness, Injury & Rehab

A diet loaded with cooked vegetables and olive oil helps reduce the pain, swelling and discomfort of rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study from Harvard School of Public Health.

Before this study, there was no really good evidence that diet had anything to do with the course of rheumatoid arthritis. One popular misconception is that the nightshade vegetables, which include potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants and peppers can make arthritis pain worse; there is no scientific support for this theory.
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