What affects would switching from cows milk to soy milk have on arthritis?
There is only anecdotal evidence that eliminating milk and other dairy products from the diet may alleviate rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. However, since the disease is an inflammatory disease, there may be some reason to believe that some people may do better on a dairy-free diet (milk allergies are thought to cause inflammation). So it is worth a try. As for soy products, you can drink several glasses of soy milk per day. In the US, soy milk, as well as dairy milk, is fortified with vitamin D, a vitamin with antiinflammatory effects, so you should be sure that you are getting vitamin D in the product you use or in a vitamin pill. There are soy yogurts, but I don’t know if these are available in India. It is likely that tofu is available, and that would be another substitute that you can make. Omega-3 fatty acids that are present in soy, canola and cottonseed oil also have been shown to help with arthritis. It is important that you add some form of oil or margarine to your diet if it
