Vitamin C protects against rheumatoid arthritis

Washington / Show new research published recently, that high consumption of vitamin C may protect against rheumatoid arthritis, or reduce the pain, which caused a lot of people in the world.

And researchers to these findings, published in "the events of rheumatic diseases," after the follow-up 23 thousand men and women who took part in European research public about cancer, aged between 45 and 74 years in the beginning of the study between 1993 and 1997, and evaluate their eating habits and lifestyles, where 73 wounded, including rheumatoid arthritis in the joints or more during this period.

The experts noted that people with inflammatory diseases were less consumption of fruits and vegetables, than those who did not fall ill, as was who consumed the least amount of fresh fruit to the risk by three times higher compared with those who consumed the largest amount.

Scientists have noted that vitamin C plays a key role in the prevention, where it was found that people who consumed the least amount of it had been injured Bromataatesm joints about three times, those who ate the largest amount of this vitamin, They confirmed that the recommended amount from $ 40 milligrams per day, so those who get less are at risk of arthritis, multiple, nearly four times as others.

Previous studies have shown that vitamin (E) and beta carotene also affect the risk of joint swelling and stiffness, but this link was not as strong as in the case of vitamin C.

Scientists believe that vitamin C, which is one of the most powerful antioxidants, is equivalent to the harmful effects of free radicals, molecules in a liquid joint in patients who suffer from arthritis, and thus protects the tissue from damage