Comment NEWSLETTER and I'll send you a link to sign up for my free weekly newsletter 🗞️ 👉 Things you won’t change my mind about as an orthopedic surgeon 🦴👇 🥗 A low-inflammation diet can help with joint pain. Nutrition matters in orthopedics. I favor a Mediterranean-style approach built around whole foods—wild-caught salmon 🐟, blueberries 🫐, vegetables, nuts, olive oil, and other minimally processed foods. A healthier dietary pattern can help reduce systemic inflammation, which can mean less joint inflammation and less joint pain. 🦴 Collagen peptides may help support bone health. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of postmenopausal women with reduced bone mineral density found that 5 g of specific collagen peptides daily for 12 months significantly increased bone mineral density at the lumbar spine and femoral neck compared with placebo. This could be particularly relevant for postmenopausal women with osteopenia or osteoporosis (PMID: 29337906). 👨‍⚕️ Heal...