Reduce inflammation with lifestyle changes
You’ve adjusted your life around your pain. It’s time to get it back.
Plants for Health offers a lifestyle program tested in a randomized controlled trial at Amsterdam UMC. Participants had less pain and stiffness, and lower disease activity.
When you live with arthritis, you know it touches everything
The stiffness in the morning. The flare you did not see coming. The feeling that you are managing symptoms instead of living your life. You have probably been told that managing symptoms is the best you can do.
We know there is more you can do, and that it starts with how you eat, move, rest, and recover.
The method
This is The Inflammation Practice Program
Plants for Health teaches one method: The Inflammation Practice. A four-pillar approach proven to reduce disease activity — and the foundation of our 12-month program.
You don’t have to wait for a new prescription. Everything we do rests on one idea: when your daily habits work with your body instead of against it, inflammation has less room to take hold.
The Inflammation Practice turns that into four practical pillars — nutrition, movement, stress, and sleep — that you can start applying right away.
Created by the scientists who proved it works
The Inflammation Practice Program was developed by Dr. Wendy Walrabenstein (PhD) and Dr. Carlijn Wagenaar (MD, PhD), together with rheumatologist Prof. Dr. Dirkjan van Schaardenburg. The same team that ran the research now guides you through the program.
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Past the Pain
A plant based lifestyle for arthritis. The full method in one book, by the researchers behind the Amsterdam UMC trials.
- Food, movement, relaxation and sleep, step by step
- 60+ plant based recipes with weekly meal plans
- Evidence based, no wellness hype
$12.99 e‑book
Recommended by Michael Greger, MD, author of How Not to Die.
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The Inflammation Practice Program
Twelve months of expert guidance in small steps you can actually follow. Built by the researchers who ran the trials.
- 100 videos and 170 lessons, at your own pace
- Monthly live webinars with our team
- A community with the founders present every day
- Past the Pain e‑book included
$395 one time payment
Just over $1 a day for a full year.
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Four pillars, one practice to reduce inflammation
FOOD
Nourish
Nourish to calm inflammation. Whole, plant-rich meals that give your body what it needs to settle down.
MOVEMENT
Move
Move to restore mobility. Gentle, consistent movement that keeps joints supple and strong.
RELAXATION
Recharge
Recharge to reduce the inflammatory load. Practical ways to lower the stress that fuels inflammation.
SLEEP
Restore
Restore so your body can heal. The rest your body relies on to repair and recover.
Built on clinical research
The Inflammation Practice Program grew out of the Plants for Joints clinical trials, conducted at Reade Amsterdam Center for Rehabilitation and Amsterdam University Medical Center.
In the 4 month trials, people with arthritis had noticeably less joint pain and swelling than those getting usual care, and the benefits lasted up to two years. More than half were able to reduce their medication, in consultation by their doctor.
The Inflammation Practice Program brings that same approach to you, developed by the researchers and clinicians behind the trial.
Stories
Participants in our program
Real people with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis or chronic inflammation, in their own words. Filmed in the Netherlands, with English subtitles.
"My body responded almost immediately. I have my life back."
Olav
"After two months, I started playing tennis again."
Marjolein
"My medication was reduced in consultation with my doctor."
Denise
Results are personal and not typical. Individual outcomes vary. Plants for Health is not a replacement for medical treatment and is designed to work alongside your physician's care.