50 million Americans suffer from arthritis.

In osteoarthritis of the knees, the most common form, making a leading cause of disability.

Several inflammatory pathways underlie the onset and

progression of the disease, so various anti-inflammatory foods have been put to the test.

Strawberries decrease the level circulating in the blood of an inflammatory mediator known as

tumor decrosis factor, but that doesn't necessarily translate into clinical improvement. For example, drinking cherry

juice can lower a sign of inflammation known as C-reactive protein, but it failed to help with

the disease. But wait, it says provided symptom relief. Yeah, it did, but no better than placebo,

meaning drinking it was essentially no better than

doing nothing.

Cherries may help with another kind of arthritis called gout, but they failed when it came

to osteoarthritis.

Same with pomegranate juice.

No significant improvement in symptoms, but then again no significant improvement in inflammatory mediators either,

so perhaps there's no surprise.

But strawberries did decrease inflammation.

Let's see if they actually help in a randomized double-blind crossover trial and dietary

strawberries were indeed found to have a significant analgesic effect, causing a significant decrease

in pain.

There are tumor necrosis factor inhibitor drugs on the market now available for the low,

low cost of only about $40,000 a year.

For that kind of money, you'd want some really juicy side effects, and they do not disappoint,

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