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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Osteoporosis

Overview and Risk Factors Osteoporosis is a metabolic disease characterized by progressive thinning of the bone matrix and cortex. Fractures may result from decreased bone strength, and hip fractures are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for aging adults. Primary osteoporosis...
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Osteoarthritis

Overview and Risk Factors Osteoarthritis (OA), also known as degenerative joint disease, is the most common joint disorder. It is characterized by hyaline cartilage degeneration and subchondral bone hypertrophy within a joint. Unlike rheumatoid arthritis, OA usually produces minimal...
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How Does Animal Protein Affect Bone Mass?

The effect of animal protein on loss of bone calcium and its consequences for osteoporosis has been extensively shown for more than 2 decades. Animal protein intake as strongly associated with bone fracture rate for different countries [Abelow, B. et al. Calcif. Tissue Int., 50: 14-18, 1992] and...
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Gout

Overview and Risk Factors   Gout is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperuricemia and precipitation and tissue deposition of urate crystals, resulting in inflammation and tissue injury.  Clinical manifestations include recurrent bouts of acute, often monoarticular...
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China Report: Osteoporosis

Do we need more calcium in order to avoid osteoporosis, the progres sive thinning of bones in the elderly? In the West we are certainly told so. The dairy industry vigorously promotes the suggestion that without its products we face an unpleasant and probably shrunken future.

Yet the...
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Fibromyalgia

Overview and Risk Factors   Fibromyalgia is a common but poorly understood and somewhat controversial pain syndrome that affects muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Some reports suggest that in 50% of cases, generalized pain begins after trauma or illness. However, the patient’s...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Overview and Risk Factors Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, autoimmune disease marked by inflammation of the joints, sometimes with prominent extra-articular manifestations. The disease is initially characterized by inflammation of the synovial membranes (synovitis) of...
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by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

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Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? Why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates.