There is a particular mind set that accompanies arthritis. Stress plays a part as well. Certain kinds of diets make arthritis prevalent. The American diet, for example, has high amounts of the wrong kinds of fats and low amounts of the right kinds of facts, and it is laden with dairy products. One other factor is imbalanced hormones.
Women tend to develop osteoarthritis at a much higher rate than men.
Hormones, or an imbalance between the estrogenic and progesteronic hormones can cause arthritis. One study also includes the possibility of dehydration, i.e., not drinking enough water can lead to the eroding of the joints. In rheumatoid arthritis, the body attacks tissue as if it were a foreign organism and much of the current thought in alternative and complimentary medical circles revolve around treating this dysfunction. This is known as disbiosis, which means disordered life in the body which can lead to disease. The entire discussion about eating low fat has lead to a dangerous perception of fat.