Thanks - have done!  Trying to keep to slow release carbs but still feeling
my way...
K

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From: Paleolithic Eating Support List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Sent: 25 June 2009 19:14
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Joint pain

Even Atkins taught that extreme low-carb was only an initial phase for
a couple of weeks. Not a lifetime commitment.
Extreme positions in almost any endeavor usually lead to disaster.
Add SOME carbs.
						Chuck

I tried sniffing Coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose.


On 6/25/2009 11:33:22 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Over the last four weeks I have been eating low carb, though not zero,
> with a large increase in the amount of meat and fish ingested.  
>  
> I have managed to lose 7lbs which has to be good.  After following the
> various discussions via email on eating zero carbs I decided yesterday to
> go as close to that as I could.  Today I can hardly walk because of pain
> in my hip and knee joints.
>  
> Researching various sites it seems that I may have inadvertently created
> an excess of uric acid, leading to arthritic gout....?  Can anyone
comment.
>    I have not found the regime all that difficult and was pleased with the
> weight loss, but the discomfort has prevented my doing what I should have
> been doing today. 
>  
> K McEwen
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