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Antioxidants may help protect against arthritis

Monday, July 23, 2007

Eating foods with antioxidants may help protect you from the bone changes associated with arthritis.

Australian researchers found that middle-aged adults with higher dietary levels of vitamin C were less likely to develop certain bone abnormalities that contribute to knee arthritis.

Antioxidants protect cells throughout the body from accumulating oxidative damage, which has been shown to play a role in osteoarthritis.

Read more about this study in the online journal Arthritis Research and Therapy.

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