Diet
Women with greater adherence to Mediterranean diet have 23% lower risk for death
Greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet was associated with a reduced risk for all-cause mortality among women, data in JAMA Network Open showed. Researchers said the association can be partly attributed to cardiometabolic risk factors.
Patients with arthritis at higher risk for poor nutrition regardless of function
Older adults with arthritis demonstrate poorer nutritional risk scores, and increased risks for poor nutrition, whether they have functional impairment or not, vs. those without arthritis, according to data published in Scientific Reports.
A catered low-fat, high-fiber diet ‘new, hopeful option’ to manage Crohn’s disease
WASHINGTON — Patients with Crohn’s disease who ate a catered low-fat, high-fiber diet for 8 weeks experienced improvements in symptoms, inflammation and quality of life vs. those offered counseling alone, researchers reported.
Q&A: New diet screening tool helps clinicians incorporate ‘food as medicine’ in practice
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine, or ACLM, announced the release of a simple diet screening tool that captures a patient’s dietary pattern, allowing clinicians to implement a “food as medicine” approach in practice.
ACR integrative guidelines for RA make sense of 'messy' data on diet, wellness
DESTIN, Fla. — The 2022 American College of Rheumatology recommendations on integrative therapy in rheumatoid arthritis can help make sense of “messy” data on diet and other wellness behaviors, according to a speaker.
Reduced likelihood for emphysema with plant-centered diet
Ever current and former adult smokers with a diet high in nutritionally rich, plant-centered foods had lower odds for emphysema, according to results published in Journal of the COPD Foundation.
'Diet quality still matters' with popular weight loss technique intermittent fasting
BOSTON — Intermittent fasting is a popular weight loss technique, but there are a few considerations that physicians should keep in mind when discussing it with their patients, according to a presenter at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.
Q&A: No ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to diet in rheumatoid arthritis
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis may be able to tame their disease progression and inflammation by adopting elements of the Mediterranean diet such as lowering sugar intake and incorporating protein in the form of fish or plant-based sources.
Autoimmunity, the exposome and the rise of integrative rheumatology
In this issue of Healio Rheumatology, we have a provocative roundtable on why there is provocative a rise in both autoimmune laboratory phenomenon, as well as an increase in certain autoimmune diseases over the past century.
Source of surging autoimmunity may lie in ‘a thousand cuts’
The common consensus for some time has been that the prevalence of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases has been on the rise.