Nutritional Factors and Three Most Prevalent Types of Osteoarthritis Arthritis - A Short Review: (SJFN) - Lupine Publishers

Nutritional Factors and Three Most Prevalent Types of Osteoarthritis Arthritis - A Short Review by

Jai S Ghosh in Scholarly Journal of Food and Nutrition (SJFN) in Lupine Publishers

One of the most common diseases of bone is arthritis. This disease affects the movable joints like that of knee, knuckles and some time hip joint. The three types of arthritis that are usually observed are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid osteoarthritis and gout related osteoarthritis. Basically in all these types of osteoarthritis, vitamin K related diet intake is recommended as this vitamin activates the GLa proteins by γ carboxylation resulting in proper mineralization of bones and cartilages. In case of Gout related arthritis, purine rich food should be avoided along with alcoholic drinks like beer.

 

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