Increased sugar intake can trigger an RA flare

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Dear Doctors: I stopped eating sugar while I was losing weight last spring and summer. When holiday sweets started showing up at the office and at parties, I really indulged. I noticed that hip pain from rheumatoid arthritis, which stopped while I was dieting, came back again. Did the sugar do this?

Dear Reader: For a few decades now, studies have identified added sugars in the diet …