You will be required to give your informed consent before the study begins. If you are accepted, we will run a FBI background check for the safety of all volunteers and staff. You will be encouraged to stay in the study for its duration, but you may withdraw at any time. We provide a free airline trip back to your point of origin if you complete the study. A letter from Dr. Curtiss D. Hunt to those persons interested in participating in this rheumatoid arthritis study The professional dietary staff very carefully explains the importance of eating all, and only, the specially prepared food low in boron.
Bikes are ready for pedaling by volunteers who want to get extra indoor exercise.
My colleagues and I at the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center will be doing a study designed to establish that dietary boron is important to reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. In humans, a diet low in boron is associated with poorer attention and short-term memory, increased severity of osteoarthritis, and lower amounts of vitamin D in the blood. My studies with animals with rheumatoid arthritis show that taking boron out of the diet increases tissue swelling in the feet. It is now time to find out whether boron in the diet is important in reducing the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in humans. This will be determined by feeding a diet that is low in boron to people with rheumatoid arthritis.