Maybe it helps. In the first half of the nineties of the last century, it was fashionable to add rheumatoid arthritis omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids. And it seemed that even this was useful.
It should be noted here that in the first half of the nineties there were not only modern biological preparations based on antibodies, but even the very Arava (leflunomide). It is clear that I would like to support the patients with something.
So it seemed that omega-3 fatty acids, which are usually obtained from fish oil, quite noticeably increase the effectiveness of treatment. No one would try to treat rheumatoid arthritis with fish oil alone, but with normal medications it worked out noticeably better.
This case was explained by the competition of unsaturated fatty acids from fish oil and arachidonic acid.
Our body can get arachidonic acid with different foods or make it from other fatty acids (usually from vegetable oils). We have already discussed harmful inflammatory effect of vegetable oil on our bodies. Read the article here.
So arachidonic acid is involved in the production of a whole army of inflammatory substances that are ready to spoil all our joints.
There is a lot of this arachidonic acid in our body. Therefore, an organism that is overeating with lean oil readily switches to fish oil.
It turns out that omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids compete with arachidonic acid. And while our body is playing with omega-3 fatty acids, it is distracted from the production of all kinds of inflammatory nasty things. In any other situation, it might not affect anything, but when a person's own immunity eats away at the joints, even a small respite already noticeably facilitates well-being. A statistically significant anti-inflammatory effect is obtained.
Perhaps these omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids would have taken their rightful place in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis if normal powerful drugs had not appeared.
Nowadays, fish oil is remembered only in the sense that it can be to some extent effective. Since much harm from the cod liver is usually not observed, they still cannot delete this diet from the treatment plan.
Well, that is, when something is being treated, they list pills, injections, methods of surgical treatment, physical education, diet, regimen and all that. For rheumatoid arthritis, it is also necessary to list the diet. And it turned out that nothing but omega-3 fatty acids helps in this matter. So fish oil has taken its place of honor in the treatment of arthritis with a diet, but only because there is nothing else you can write there. In any case, there is no great harm from it, so those who wish can try. You never know? Suddenly it will help.
