High potassium intake, based on a suitable vegetarian diet and food supplements, reduced joint pain and improved rheumatoid arthritis, says a new study published in British Medical Journal Nutrition, Prevention and Health. Pune based rheumatologist Dr Arvind Chopra, senior and corresponding author of this study told The Indian Express that a predominantly vegetarian diet with sufficient potassium intake should be advocated in the management of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). “However pending further validation, some patients with difficult RA may also benefit from a judicious use of potassium-enriched food supplement,” Dr Chopra told The Indian Express. Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most painful crippling arthritis that leads to poor quality of life and reduces productivity. Despite several newer potent drugs that control the immunological abnormalities, rheumatoid arthritis is a difficult to treat disorder, the Director of Centre for Rheumatic Diseases said. “Our study found that there was a substantial and significant improvement in joint pain and function in patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis when a planned vegetarian diet enriched with increased oral potassium intake was added …