Go With Us! to EULAR 2025: Can Diet Help Manage Autoimmune Arthritis? Here's What We Learned

In this Go With Us! video from EULAR 2025, patient advocate Deb Constien shares takeaways from a powerful session on nutrition, microbiome health, and how diet affects autoimmune and inflammatory arthritis.

She breaks down complex science into easy-to-understand points, including:
What is precision nutrition and why it may be the future of care
How diets high in ultra-processed foods may increase your risk for diseases like lupus and RA
Research showing the benefits of Omega-3s and vitamin D
How gut health may impact treatment success and overall inflammation

Watch this recap to learn what lifestyle changes may reduce pain, fatigue, and inflammation—and why your plate might be more powerful than you think!

00:00 – Welcome from Deb at EULAR 2025
00:25 – Brief overview of the topics covered in the nutrition and microbiome session
00:53 – Global vs. targeted microbiome treatments: precision nutrition explained
02:07 – How gut health may predict inflammation and treatment response
03:00 – Studies on RA and lupus risk based on long-term diet patterns
04:44 – Research from Black Women’s Health Study: lupus and diet connections
05:51 – What is “ultra-processed food” and why does it matter?
07:50 – How inflammatory arthritis develops and gets worse over time
08:56 – Omega-3s: What research says about benefits for RA management
10:15 – Key takeaways: How healthy food choices may prevent or reduce disease

Our hosts, Tiffany Westrich-Robertson, Leila P.L. Valete, Deb Constien, and Eileen Davidson, are on site in Barcelona, Spain, for the next few days attending this event, and here are the updates for June 11th, 2025 after Day 1 at EULAR 2025.

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