Can Plant-Based Diets Help Arthritis? | Doctor's Mailbag with Dr. Neal Barnard
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 12 January 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Can a plant-based diet help with arthritis? Dr. Neal Barnard gives his thoughts when he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room podcast!
There are an estimated 54.2 million adults in the U.S. living with the painful effects of arthritis. Dr. Barnard details how food can help to alleviate that pain and bring relief!
Plus, Dr. Barnard offers advice to a listener who wants to talk to their family about cancer and processed meat.
Many other questions are answered when Chuck opens The Doctor's Mailbag. So, get ready to raise your health IQ!
- What is the difference between whole fruits and vegetables and those blended in smoothies?
- Is any form of oil healthy or are they all dangerous health traps?
- What is the best way to kickstart weight loss while eating a plant-based diet?
- How bad is it to eat before bed even if it's a healthy food?
- And many more!
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| 0:00.0 | The first question comes to us from Risto on YouTube. |
| 0:02.9 | He wants to know what can I do to prevent arthritis. |
| 0:06.7 | You're right to be attentive to it and to look to the role of diet and Rooja and I just |
| 0:10.4 | come to granddaddy of all of them where nutrition has come in and researchers over many years |
| 0:14.8 | have discovered an overdose. |
| 0:16.4 | The getting away from animal products helps a lot. |
| 0:19.1 | So why should that help? |
| 0:21.2 | Because there's no dairy in your diet. |
| 0:22.8 | That means there's no dairy. |
| 0:24.2 | Proteins to trigger an antibody reaction. |
| 0:28.4 | There's no meat in your diet. |
| 0:29.4 | There's no eggs, so that means there are no meat or egg proteins to trigger an antibodies |
| 0:34.8 | either. |
| 0:35.8 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:46.3 | And welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:50.3 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:53.6 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen or a view or a download. |
| 0:59.0 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 1:06.2 | And I'll tell you who else is here today. |
| 1:08.5 | Dr. Neil Barnard is here with us and he will be answering all kinds of listener questions. |
| 1:17.4 | Everything about diet and nutrition is on the table as we help to take charge of our |
| 1:22.9 | health in 2021. |
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