Do Interventions with Diet or Dietary Supplements Reduce the Disease Activity Score in Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Nelson, Josefine; Sjöblom, Helen; Gjertsson, Inger; Ulven, Stine M.; Lindqvist, Helen M.; Bärebring, Linnea

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Do Interventions with Diet or Dietary Supplements Reduce the Disease Activity Score in Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

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Linnea Bärebring

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The Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Stockholm University, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden

Biomedical Library, Gothenburg University Library, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

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Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway

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Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

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Nutrients 2020, 12(10), 2991; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12102991

Received: 29 June 2020 / Revised: 24 September 2020 / Accepted: 25 September 2020 / Published: 29 September 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diet and Chronic Pain)

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The aim was to compile the evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) of diet or dietary supplements used to reduce disease activity in adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Searches were performed in the databases PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane. Only RCT studies of diets, foods or dietary supplements, looking at effects on the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints (DAS28) among adults with RA, published in peer-reviewed journals, were included. A total of 27 articles were included—three of whole diets (Mediterranean diet, raw food and anti-inflammatory diet), five of food items, five of n-3 fatty acids, five of single micronutrient supplements, four of single antioxidant supplements and five of pre-, pro- or synbiotics. Studies that showed moderate strength evidence for positive effects on disease activity in RA included interventions with a Mediterranean diet, spices (ginger powder, cinnamon powder, saffron), antioxidants (quercetin and ubiquinone), and probiotics containing Lactobacillus Casei. Other diets or supplements had either no effects or low to very low strength of evidence. In conclusion, RCT studies on diet or dietary supplements are limited in patients with RA, but based on the results in this review there is evidence that some interventions might have positive effects on DAS28. View Full-Text

Keywords: Rheumatoid Arthritis; DAS28; diet

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Nelson J, Sjöblom H, Gjertsson I, Ulven SM, Lindqvist HM, Bärebring L. Do Interventions with Diet or Dietary Supplements Reduce the Disease Activity Score in Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Nutrients. 2020; 12(10):2991. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12102991

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Nelson, Josefine, Helen Sjöblom, Inger Gjertsson, Stine M. Ulven, Helen M. Lindqvist, and Linnea Bärebring. 2020. "Do Interventions with Diet or Dietary Supplements Reduce the Disease Activity Score in Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials" Nutrients 12, no. 10: 2991. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12102991

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