Blueberries improve pain, gait performance, and inflammation in individuals with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis
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The CNP Diet, Chronic Pain and Disability Research Category consolidates research exploring the interdependent relationship between dietary intake, pain, and disability. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.
This 2020 systematic review screened 20,316 articles from three large online scientific databases to analyse the current literature on the link between dietary patterns, the components of patients’ diet, and chronic musculoskeletal pain. Twelve eligible studies were included in this review, consisting of nine experimental and three observational studies. Seven out of nine experimental studies reported a pain-relieving effect of dietary changes. Proteins, fat, and sugar intake were all found to be associated with pain intensity and threshold, and also, inadequate consumption of calcium, folate, zinc, magnesium, and vitamin B6 was seen in sufferers of pain from chronic rheumatoid arthritis, whilst patients with fibromyalgia showed a lower intake of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamin A-E-K, folate, selenium, and zinc. Moreover, chronic pain severity was seen to be positively correlated to fat and sugar intake in osteoarthritis, and pain threshold was positively associated with protein intake in fibromyalgia. Elma et. al (2020) also believe plant-based diets might have pain-relieving effects on chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Blueberries improve pain, gait performance, and inflammation in individuals with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis
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Chronic musculoskeletal pain and nutrition: Where are we and where are we heading?
Role of diet in diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Gut-brain Axis: Role of lipids in the regulation of inflammation, pain and CNS diseases
Food in chronic pain: Friend or foe?
Association of chronic spinal pain with diet quality
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Nutritional intervention in chronic pain: an innovative way of targeting central nervous system sensitization?
Lifestyle and chronic pain across the lifespan: An inconvenient truth?
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The relationship between dietary inflammatory index and psychosomatic complaints profiles: results from SEPAHAN cross-sectional study