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 [...]
