A pilot study of the effect of an elemental diet in the management of rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract:

:To evaluate the extent of food allergy/intolerance in rheumatoid arthritis, an elemental (hypoallergenic) diet was studied in a controlled, double-blind pilot study. Ten patients were allocated to an experimental group and 7 to a control group. The patients in the experimental group received an elemental diet for 3 weeks, whereas the patients in the control group received a control soup consisting of milk, meat, fish, shellfish, orange, pineapples, tomatoes, peas and flour of wheat and corn. During the 4th week of the study the patients in both groups resumed their regular diet. A significant improvement was found in the number of tender joints (p = 0.04) in the experimental group, whereas improvement was found in the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (p = 0.03) and in the thrombocyte count (p = 0.02) in the control group. Three patients in the elemental diet group and 2 patients in the control group improved in all of the measured disease variables during the dietary treatment period. There was no significant difference in disease activity variables between the two groups. These results suggest that some RA patients may respond to the elimination of offending food items. However, the results do not encourage treatment with an elemental diet in unselected RA patients.

journal_name

Clin Exp Rheumatol

authors

Haugen MA,Kjeldsen-Kragh J,Førre O

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-05-01 00:00:00

pages

275-9

issue

3

eissn

0392-856X

issn

1593-098X

journal_volume

12

pub_type

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