Promising New Research: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Plant-Based Diets
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 6 November 2019
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Doctors may soon be prescribing plants instead of pills to treat arthritis.
On this episode of The Exam Room™, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll is joined by Dr. Hana Kahleova to discuss why people with rheumatoid arthritis are turning to a vegan diet. Her team of researchers examined scores of studies on the topic and published a review showing very promising results. In fact, Dr. Kahleova says that there have been cases where patients have completely reversed RA after adopting a plant-based diet!
That's sweet relief for the millions living with the disorder who have painfully inflamed and in many cases crippled joints.
Chuck is also joined by Melissa Sherlock who is a mover and shaker in a town made famous by its steak. She's finding that her meat heavy town also has big appetite for plants!
She's changing lives and changing minds one class at a time as a Food For Life instructor even when lifelong meat eaters come in vowing not to change. Through nutrition science, recipes, and a healthy dose of fun, Melissa is showing that beef is not what's for dinner!
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| 0:00.0 | One participant after another. |
| 0:02.8 | After only a few weeks on a plant-based diet, |
| 0:05.4 | they experience such a huge improvement in their symptoms. |
| 0:09.5 | It's just amazing. |
| 0:11.0 | And oftentimes, they're able to reduce their medications as well. |
| 0:15.8 | So it's just amazing how much can be achieved through a diet. |
| 0:20.5 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:30.5 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:33.9 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:36.5 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen this week, or a view, or a download, |
| 0:42.4 | wherever it is in the world that you are. |
| 0:45.2 | We appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:50.4 | You know, when we think about health issues that are on the rise, we tend to think about |
| 0:55.8 | obesity or diabetes, heart disease, or cancer. |
| 1:01.3 | But one issue that is often overlooked is also one of the most common. |
| 1:07.8 | I'm talking about arthritis. |
| 1:11.0 | And this is a big one for us, especially as we get older. |
| 1:15.4 | Those achy joints, the stiff knees, painful elbows, sore shoulders, maybe it's even hard |
| 1:21.8 | to type or grip a pen. |
| 1:25.4 | And to that end, the CDC defines arthritis as the general term for conditions that affect |
| 1:32.9 | the joints or the tissues around the joint. |
| 1:37.8 | And for the most part, the 100 plus types of arthritis that there are, that's where |
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