Why do some doctors give dusty rebuffs to questions about diet and arthritis?
Well the study of nutrition still plays only a small part in a medical student’s curriculum, and orthodox medicine has traditionally been suspicious of claims that diet might have a part to play in either the cause or treatment of inflammatory arthritis. However that hasn’t stopped many desperate sufferers trying out all sorts of diets, some more weird and wonderful than others. And it’s left many desperate people at the mercy of unscrupulous ‘quacks’ whose bank accounts have benefited considerably more than their victims, thus making many caring, orthodox doctors even more suspicious, even angry, at the question ” What about diet?”. Fortunately, at last, food sensitivity and dietary therapy are being studied in an orthodox manner, as carefully as any other new form of treatment (though research on diet and arthritis specifically is still at an early stage). So, instead of being at the mercy of any Tom, Dick or Harriet Quack, and instead of the dismissive rebuffs we get from some docto
