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• Brightly colored fruits and vegetables may help lower the risk of developing certain forms of arthritis by fighting inflammation.
• Researchers found that a modest increase in antioxidants from brightly colored fruits and vegetables -- equivalent to a glass of orange juice a day -- was associated with a lower risk of inflammatory arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects about 1% of the U.S. population.
• It is three times more common in women than in men.
• It usually occurs in people 20 to 50 years old, but young children and the elderly can also develop rheumatoid arthritis.
• It has long been known that oxidation plays a role in the joint damage seen in rheumatoid arthritis, write the researchers.
• They add that antioxidants may suppress inflammation by getting rid of the free radicals.
• The researchers, members of the Arthritis Research Campaign's Epidemiology Unit, in Manchester, England, worked with researchers from the Institute of Public Health at the University of Cambridge.
• Twenty-five thousand participants aged 45 to 74 were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding their daily diet.
• The researchers found an association with certain antioxidants called carotenoids (beta-cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin) -- which are found in yellow/orange fruits and vegetables -- and a lower chance of developing inflammatory arthritis.
• "We found that the average daily beta-cryptoxanthin intake of the 88 patients who developed inflammatory polyarthritis was 40% lower than those who hadn't, and their intake of another carotenoid, zeaxanthin, was 20% lower," researcher Dorothy Pattison, states in a news release.
• Those in the top third for beta-cryptoxanthin intake were only half as likely to develop inflammatory arthritis as those in the lowest third, according to Pattison.
• Vitamin C was also found to be an important factor, she says.

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