Could Your Diet Be Causing Chronic Pain?

It’s long been known that eating a healthy diet gives you a better chance of leading a healthy life. But, one new study looks at high-fat diets and whether they contribute to chronic pain.

According to the study, mice fed a high-fat diet demonstrated pain responses to non-painful stimuli, a similar effect that may be seen in individuals with obesity or type 2 diabetes.

Oliver Hulland, MD, a pain medicine specialist in North Haven, says considerable research has already shown that a diet high in fats can lead to obesity, diabetes, cardiac disease and can cause inflammation in humans. However, what this study showed was that “simply the consumption of fats, regardless of obesity, can lead to changes in the experiencing of pain and of non-painful stimuli to become painful.”

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