A small study suggests a daily half-litre of low-calorie cranberry juice could help women with rheumatoid arthritis, which affects 400,000 people in the UK. Cranberry juice may relieve painful joints for women with arthritis. The antioxidants in cranberries could help prevent some of the immune reaction which causes pain and stiffness in people with rheumatoid arthritis. While 23 drank half a litre of cranberry juice every day, 18 stuck to their normal dietThe results, published in the journal Nutrition, show women drinking cranberry juice had improved symptoms. Ailsa Bosworth, chief executive of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, said: 'Significantly more research would need to be done to be able to support a recommendation of cranberry consumption as a nutritional intervention for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Source: Daily Mail February 18, 2019 01:52 UTC