Vegetarian diet protects against heart attack people with rheumatoid arthritis

Vegan diet, consisting of nuts, sunflower seeds, fruit and vegetables protects against heart attacks and strokes people with rheumatoid arthritis, according to Swedish researchers. Such a diet reduces cholesterol and improves the immune system, relieves the symptoms of certain diseases. Scientists have suggested that nutrition is a key role in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis to play more prone to heart attacks, strokes and impaired blood flow in the arteries. About 20 million people worldwide are diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. One of the major manifestations of rheumatic fever, and one of the main criteria of the disease is arthritis. Small joints of the hands and feet - is on the acute and sub-acute inflammation of the membranes of the joints (synovitis), which is characterized by multiple lesions of the large joints (hip, knee, ankle, elbow) and much less. The main symptoms of arthritis: pain, swelling and deformation, limiting the mobility of the joints due to pain, increased skin temperature over the joint, sometimes redness of the skin over the affected joint. Swedish researchers conducted a study in which 38 subjects on a strict vegetarian diet and 28 on the non-strict balanced diet will be all year Sat As a result, the people who were sitting on a strict vegetarian diet, reduce the bad cholesterol that clogged arteries, and they lost weight. The second group of participants observed changes. Based on the analysis, the researchers found that participants who were sitting on a strict vegetarian diet, the level of C-reactive protein, lower presence of which the level of inflammation shows in the body, which in turn can lead to heart disease, were.