Weight Loss, Diet and Arthritis

I've been asked a lot about diet, arthritis and weight loss recently. The holiday season seems to make people simultaneously think about...

Arthritis and Vitamin D

Deficiency of vitamin D is big news in the health community at the moment, with deficiency being linked to a whole host of chronic medical c...

Diet, Arthritis and Gluten - Should You Go Gluten Free?

I get asked all the time about whether going gluten-free will help arthritis symptoms. Perhaps unhelpfully, I always say that it is a trick...

Diet, Arthritis and Bone Health

We tend to spend a lot of time thinking about where our bones connect (our joints) but not so much time thinking about the health of our bon...

Diet, Arthritis and IBS (and other digestive disorders)

A while ago I wrote about arthritis and tummy troubles in a post about the FODMAP plan. People with arthritis often struggle with digestive...

Arthur Investigates...Omega 6

Image from Bannerberg and Serhan, 2010 If omega 3s are the heroes in arthritis, then omega 6 is the misunderstood villain of the piece. Ome...