Rheumatoid Arthritis: Dietary Energy Requirements
by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Arthritis, Rheumatoid and Gout
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease with three diet-associated aspects. One is elevated resting energy expenditure. Another is elevated whole-body protein catabolism – a destructive form of muscle metabolism that translates to muscle wasting. And yet another is low body cell mass, which leads to increased fat mass.
For some people, the benefits of eating [...]
