Ramadan Tips: Fasting and arthritis
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- Ramadan fasting helps in weight reduction in knee osteoarthritis patients as due to the inability to do intense physical activities, these patients especially obese ones cannot lose weight and instead perpetually keep gaining weight.
- Ramadan fasting also suppresses pro-inflammatory cytokine expression, reduces the body fat and the circulating levels of leukocytes; hence bringing relief of symptoms to most of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis.
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