Fish as Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis NY Times
- Reporting on study in Arthritis Care & Research – eating fish twice a week
- “The magnitude of the effect,” she said, “is large — about one-third of the expected magnitude of the standard drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with methotrexate.”
VitaminDWiki
- Note – some wild fish have Vitamin D, most wild fish have Omega-3
- Note – about 1% of people on methotrexate become photosensitive, which results in less vitamin D
- Rheumatoid Arthritis and vitamin D
- Salmon intervention (vitamin D and Omega-3) improved heart rate variability and reduced anxiety – Nov 2014
- Farmed fish have 2X less Omega-3, 4X less Vitamin D – May 2017
- Overview: Omega-3 many benefits include helping vitamin D
The TOP RA articles are here:
- Diseases treated by high-dose Vitamin D - many studies
- Immunologic Effects of Vitamin D on Human Health and Disease - Holick July 2020
- Rheumatoid arthritis and many other diseases associated with low Boron – 2012
- Every patient with rheumatoid arthritis had low vitamin D, severity was proportional to degree of deficiency – June 2014
- Active Rheumatologic disease was 5X more likely with low vitamin D – June 2013
- Rheumatoid Arthritis strongly associated with low vitamin D – Dec 2012
The Meta-analysis of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Vitamin D
- Rheumatoid Arthritis pain is reduced by Vitamin D, high doses also reduced inflammation (CRP) – Meta-analysis July 2023
- Widespread pain, arthritis pain and muscle pain are associated with low vitamin D – meta-analysis March 2018
- Rheumatic diseases not helped by Vitamin D – if you ignore what and how much was given – meta-analysis June 2017
- Rheumatoid Arthritis strongly associated with low vitamin D – meta-analysis April 2016
- Rheumatoid Arthritis associated with lower vitamin D and higher latitude – meta-analysis Jan 2016
- Rheumatoid arthritis is 40 percent more likely if vitamin D Receptor problem – 2 meta-analyses 2015
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis associated with low vitamin D, but how low – meta-analysis Jan 2013
- Rheumatoid arthritis 24 percent more likely if low vitamin D consumption– meta-analysis Sept 2012
Intervention AND Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Several rheumatic diseases treated by high-dose vitamin D, but made worse if Calcium was added – April 2022
- Rheumatoid Arthritis pain reduced by monthly 100,000 IU of Vitamin D – Oct 2018
- Rheumatoid arthritis reduced by 440,000 IU of Vitamin D over 4 months – Oct 2015
- High dose vitamin reduced pain of fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis - July 2015
- Just 500 IU of vitamin D helped reduce rheumatoid arthritis pain - RCT Oct 2011