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Remove as much refined sugar from your diet ... remove it all if you can. Also remove or reduce refined carbs ... like bread, especially plain white bread products.
I have arthritic problems because it runs in my family ... my mom had crippling arthritis starting at about age 45 / 50 (which is where I am) and she was completely unaware of her diet. She just didn't know although she didn't become severely overweight, her diet was filled with sugars, sugar products and she only ate plain white bread. She could hardly walk in her 50s, wheelchair bound in her 60s, lingered in pain in her 70s and basically lived in pain because every joint and at the end every organ was affected with arthritis. I really, really, really, really don't want that to happen to me. I accept death ... but I really don't accept surviving in pain for decades.
All that white stuff is inflammatory ... arthritis is an inflammatory disease. So you want to reduce or remove the things that cause inflammation.
I control my sugars now ... side benefit is that it protects against diabetes anyway.
When it comes to bread ... stay away from any plain white stuff ... it has to do with Glycemic Index but I forget all the science and explanation of it (all I know is that we have to keep it low) ... an easy way to do it is to do a calculation with the bread you select ->
Consuming refined sugars and carbs is basically like eating sand paper .... everything it touches inside your body just inflames everything ... its also the cause of heart disease ... the excess sugar acts like sand paper in your arteries and slowly just inflames everything, causing scarring and build up and give it 20 years, it will lead to heart problems.
So I've reduced sugars and carbs in my diet and my arthritis is not as bad as it could be .... I have several siblings, they all have terrible diets and they are suffering with early onset arthritic problems, faster than me.
BTW ... good for you for making the change ... your 50 year old self will kiss you a thousand times for doing that
So I haven't cut sugar and white bread out entirely, but in general sugar makes me sick to my stomach so I avoid it especially in concentrated form like soda or candy. For bread I've been learning to bake though too! And because sugar makes me feel so sick if I'm baking things like bread I usually leave out the sugar entirely and if it is something like cookies or muffins I'll cut it down by 1/3-1/2 (depends on the recipe, some things lose structure if you cut too much sugar). I've also been playing around with more whole wheat and bran. I've got a killer whole wheat, bran, reduced sugar blueberry muffin I've been making lately. I do have a weakness for a mug of hot chocolate with some whipped cream at night but even then I'm making my own whipped cream with very little and sometimes no sugar
Greatest lesson I learned about taking care of your health from a health care professional at a conference one year
It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're trying ... anything is better than nothing
Keep it going and it's good you're doing things now in your 20s, I wish I had, but I'm catching up and doing my best. Stay safe, stay well and I'm happy for you