2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
The benefits of fish are many, but scientists have recently discovered another that can change the lives of many. According to a new study, increased consumption of seafood may help relieve the pain of rheumatoid arthritis. People suffering from the disease, who eat fish at least twice a week, report a reduction in swelling and tenderness of the joints.
The study included 176 people with arthritis who answered specific questions about their eating habits the year before. In particular, the authors look at the answers to questions about how often people eat tuna, salmon, sardines and other fish, cooked raw, steamed or baked.
Scientists have not looked at how often people eat fried fish, mussels or shrimp, because these foods have a lower value of omega-3 fatty acids - a type of fat with anti-inflammatory properties.
Previous studies have shown that taking fish oil supplements (which are rich in omega-3) may benefit people with rheumatoid arthritis, the current study is the first study to look at the benefits against immune disease of eating real fish..
For more accurate results, the researchers also took into account the disease activity of the participants or, in other words, the number of swollen joints according to the degree of inflammation in their blood.
Disease activity scores were, on average, half a point lower in those who ate the most fish (twice a week or more) than those who ate the least (once a month or never). This is established after researchers correct a number of factors that would otherwise affect the results, including age, gender, body mass index, depression, marital status, medication use and fish oil consumption.
On the scale for reporting the results, the highest grade is 5 (for people with worsening arthritis), and the lowest is 1 (for healthy people). So for scientists, reducing the activity of the disease by half a point is considered a great success.
With this type of improvement, we usually expect the patient to feel significantly better, says study lead author Dr. Sarah Tedeschi, a graduate student in rheumatology at Brigham Women's Hospital.
The study also suggests that the more fish people with rheumatoid arthritis eat, the greater the pain relief they receive.
Each serving of fish per week is associated with lower disease activity, Tedeschi said.
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