Specifically, the researchers have observed that moose that suffer from arthritis seem to have not had access to proper nutrition early in life.Perhaps they were born during a drought when there weren’t enough berries and other plants to eat.Whatever the case, even if those moose had plenty to eat later on, their very early nutritional deficits appear to have doomed them to an adult life of aching joints.The takeaway for scientists who study arthritis, and doctors who treat it in people,is that how and what we eat, even as babies, may lay the foundation for chronic arthritis and other health problems later in life.And thanks to the moose, those scientists are also beginning to better understand the sorts of diets that could lower those risks.
