WHAT SHOULD A PATIENT WITH ARTHRITIS EAT?

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A time-honored question with physicians as well as with laymen is What should a patient with arthritis eat? If the type of diet prescribed for patients with arthritis is any criterion in answering this question, one is forced to conclude one of two things: (1) that the diet indicated varies considerably from patient to patient or (2) that there exists no unanimity of opinion concerning the correct dietary for an arthritic patient. CLASSIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF JOINT DISEASES Any discussion of the dietary in arthritis cannot be adequately presented without stressing the fact that an accurate diagnosis is the first requisite. In other words, the physician's first duty, when confronted with a patient complaining of symptoms referable to the skeletal system, is to determine whether or not the patient has arthritis, and if so, what type. Therefore, some simple, workable classification of joint disease should be followed by all. The

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