Sköldstam L
Nord Med. 1989;104(4):112-4, 124.
For several decades representatives of Scandinavian health food movements have categorically recommended that victims of rheumatoid arthritis should switch to a vegetarian diet to obtain a cure for the disease. A very strict vegan diet (i.e., completely lacking in animal protein) is usually recommended, with certain features said to be particularly beneficial to rheumatic patients. These notions have been widely disseminated and have been adopted with remarkable faith by the public. Although a measure of support for the subjective palliative effects of a vegan diet has derived from certain medical studies, it should be borne in mind that, apart from exceptional cases, the inflammatory joint condition has persisted unabated; nor has the diet shown any tendency to forestall subsequent joint damage. More recent studies of the importance of various dietary factors vis-à-vis rheumatoid arthritis have to some extent improved our understanding of vegan diets, and shown there to be features of this type of diet which might contribute to the subjective improvement experienced by patients. The findings of such studies may provide a basis for speculation as to the form a more rational health food diet for rheumatic patients in the future.
几十年来，斯堪的纳维亚健康食品运动的代表们明确建议，类风湿性关节炎患者应转而采用素食饮食来治愈该疾病。通常推荐一种非常严格的纯素饮食（即完全不含动物蛋白），据说某些特性对风湿患者特别有益。这些观念已广泛传播，并被公众极为信服地接受。尽管某些医学研究对纯素饮食的主观缓解作用提供了一定程度的支持，但应该记住，除了个别情况外，炎症性关节状况一直未减；而且这种饮食也没有显示出预防后续关节损伤的任何趋势。最近关于各种饮食因素对类风湿性关节炎重要性的研究在一定程度上增进了我们对纯素饮食的理解，并表明这种饮食类型的某些特性可能有助于患者体验到主观上的改善。此类研究结果可能为推测未来针对风湿患者更合理的健康食品饮食形式提供依据。
