[Therapeutic nutrition and sparing diet therapy in the combined treatment of rheumatoid arthritis]. / Lechebnoe pitanie i razgruzochno-dieticheskaia terapiia v kompleksnom lechenii bol'nykh revmatoidnym artritom.

93 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were given diet therapy and unloading diets (ULD). Adjuvant diets appeared beneficial for RA patients, allowed reduction in antirheumatic drug dosages. ULD are recommended as an alternative treatment of RA dependent on the process activity and pattern.