Vitamin C when you're young could protect you from the ravages of arthritis when you're old.

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Eat This and You'll Never Get Arthritis?

A diet rich in vitamin C when you're young could protect you from the

ravages of arthritis when you're old.

Foods that are high in vitamin C appear to protect people against

inflammatory polyarthritis, a form of rheumatoid arthritis that involves two

or more joints...

The opposite also holds true. Those whose diets have the least amount of

vitamin C are three times more likely to develop the condition than their

peers who consumed the highest amounts...

Previous studies have shown that high doses of vitamin C worsens

osteoarthritis in guinea pigs who already have the disease. Osteoarthritis,

which is more common than rheumatoid arthritis, is seen more frequently in

older people. Pattison explained the seeming contradiction by noting that

the two types of arthritis are caused by different physiologic problems.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks

itself, while osteoarthritis is a degenerative process that worsens over

time.

The top 10 foods richest in vitamin C are:

Papaya

Broccoli

Orange juice from frozen concentrate

Strawberries

Oranges

Kiwi

Cantaloupe

Grapefruit juice

Raw mango

Raw peppers...

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