Junk food exacerbates arthritis and joint pain, new research has found. The knee cartilage of obese mice who ate the oligofructose supplement was indistinguishable from that of the lean mice. Oligofructose even made the obese mice less diabetic, but there was one thing the dietary supplement didn't change: body weight. Obese mice given oligofructose remained obese, bearing the same load on their joints, yet their joints were healthier. Just reducing inflammation was enough to protect joint cartilage from degeneration, supporting the idea that inflammation - not biomechanical forces - drive osteoarthritis and joint degeneration.

Source: The Star April 20, 2018 04:07 UTC