Vegan Diet Improves Painful Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain | Ali DiGiacomo on The Exam Room Podcast

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee · May 3, 2022 · 1m

She tried everything to improve crippling pain from rheumatoid arthritis. Nothing worked nearly as well as eating a vegan diet. Ali DiGiacomo began suffering from RA at a young age. It ruined a once promising swimming career. Doctors told her that her joints resembled those of someone 50 years older than she was. As the condition grew worse she could barely do much physically let alone compete in the pool. For the next 10 years she suffered in silence and kept her diagnosis a secret despite having surgery and being put on medication. The invisible illness was all too embarrassing, and she…