Thanks for that too.  I don't think I could eat my meat raw though I have
always eaten rare.  However if I have to eat fat, I like it zapped!  Raw
plant foods sound fine though.  I am vacillating between the different
opinions as you can no doubt see!  I would prefer a higher veg. diet though
I am not that fussed about fruit.  Luckily I don't have a sweet tooth at all
- I dislike most sweet things.  What about alcohol?
K

-----Original Message-----
From: Paleolithic Eating Support List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Geoffrey Purcell
Sent: 26 June 2009 10:41
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Joint pain

 


Gout is commonly linked to the consumption of (cooked) meat by numerous
studies such as this one:-

 

http://arthritis.about.com/cs/gout/a/foodstoavoid.htm

 

(granted, though, there are other factors cited such as corn-syrup as well).

 

One thing that I've noticed is that acquaintances of mine who live past a
certain age always tend to greatly limit their consumption of cooked meat
and go mostly vegetarian as they find that (cooked) meat greatly aggravates
their arthritis/gout and other conditions.Indeed, it is commonly suggested
to go in for raw plant foods to avoid gout.

 

Raw meat doesn't cause such  problems as it doesn't have those heat-created
toxins which aggravate conditions like arthritis etc. However, for those
unable to transition to raw, it is at the least, vital to only lightly cook
one's meats so as to avoid these particular issues or to add a higher
percentage of raw veg into the diet.

 

Geoff




 
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:33:22 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Joint pain
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> 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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