Here's what Gary Taubes has to say about gout, if you're interested:

http://blog.zeroinginonhealth.com/?p=948

Kate McEwen wrote:
> Thanks - have done!  Trying to keep to slow release carbs but still feeling
> my way...
> K
>
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> 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:
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>> 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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