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Originally Posted by Villages PL
My opinion was not meant to be the final word. I just stated off-hand the reasons I could think of. It could be one thing or a combination of all of the above. In your father's case, the manual labor likely was a contributing factor. That would be in the same category as athletic overuse.
If you will go back and read my post I listed arthritis as a cause. Then diet as a contributing factor. There's no doubt that poor diet (especially excess refined sugar) will raise one's risk for inflammation. It's fairly certain it will.
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NOT ALL ARTHRITIS IS CAUSED BY FOOD.
Our cousin in N.J. has a meat route. He lifts heavy boxes all day long.
He has to "jump off of the truck" and has been doing that for a good 30 plus years.......ruining his knees in the process. His surgeon says he has osteo arthritis which is the "wear and tear" type and it's bone on bone.
He needs double knee replacement surgery as he can barely walk.
You are always mentioning obese folks as if you hate them.
This fellow has experienced the vicious cycle such as when he is in PAIN which is from morning till night.......he cannot exercise. Thus, one does tend to put on weight as they age.........he's in his mid 60's and should be retiring soon.........plus some body builds are stocky and husky which his is. Not everyone is skinny by nature.
He also has a bad back and has had all type of cauterizations and procedures and tons of physical therapy............nothing works.
He's been on all kinds of pain killers including the worst of the worst which they had to wean him off of......like oxycodone or oxycontin......vicodin, etc.......all the heavy duty pain killers.
Arthritis isn't always caused by food.........but from everyday life and wear and tear............such as sports athletes suffer from.
Read my earlier post about our son and his knee surgeries.
It runs in my husband's side of the family as his cousins and his aunts all have had their knees "pop out" and had multiple knee surgeries..........
THEY ARE ALL SKINNY.