It Is Recommended That Osteoarthritis Patients Try The Mediterranean Diet Before Rushing Into Knee Replacement Surgery

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Patients are rejecting dangerous and expensive knee replacement surgery and opting to alleviate their knee pain by improving their diets

Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - The Arthritis Foundation may be the world's leading authority on the known causes of the disease and is an independent and objective source of arthritis-related information. Unlike companies that manufacture and market medical devices like artificial knees, the non-profit organization has no vested financial interest in recommending one method of treatment over another. With the increases in the baby boomer generation entering the mid to late stages of life, senior citizens with osteoarthritis of the knees are driving the demand for knee replacement surgery. Orthopedic surgeons make a fortune performing knee replacement procedures and not one penny sending an arthritis patient away with a prescription and advice on how to relieve their osteoarthritis pain by simply improving their diet. One might, therefore, conclude that orthopedic surgeon should be the least trusted of any professional when seeking advice as to knee pain relief. DePuy knee replacement lawsuit attorneys representing families and persons in the United States offer a free consultation before filing a claim.

The Arthritis Foundation has loosely coined the phrase "The Arthritis Diet" in order to give patients an alternative to rushing into radical knee replacement surgery. The diet mirrors The Mediterranean diet in that fruits and vegetables make up the bulk of the diet and meat and dairy consumption is drastically reduced. Alcohol consumption is also to be reduced as much as possible and could be eliminated entirely for optimal results.

Studies have shown that when a plant-based diet is followed, not only is arthritic knee pain drastically reduced but a person's overall health dramatically improves. When following the plant-based diet a person's blood chemistry improves and high blood pressure is reduced resulting in better heart health and lessening the chances of having a stroke or heart attack. Patients report that a plant-based diet leads to exceptional and sustainable weight loss resulting in decreasing the load and decreasing the pain around the knee joint. Cutting down on eating meat means that the blood will be less acidic and calcium deposits that lodge painfully in the knee joint will be eliminated. A plant-based diet also eliminates overall joint inflammation lessening joint pain. These are just a few of the many health benefits that will accrue to osteoarthritis patient from eating a plant-based diet.

With the proven effectiveness of improving one's diet to reduce osteoarthritic knee pain and improve a person's overall health, recommending knee replacement surgery as the first resort is practically criminal. There is no situation that I can think of where a patient with osteoarthritic knee pain could not put off knee replacement surgery for six months to a year to let the many positive effects of an improved plant-based diet take effect. In spite of this obviously excellent advice, millions of senior citizens will be rushed into total knee replacement surgery in spite of being too old, too overweight, and not being in the proper physical condition to realistically be expected to perform the months and years of physical rehabilitation that the surgery requires. Many knee replacement patients will never experience the reduction in pain that they were promised by their doctors.

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