Contrary to popular belief, meat does not lead to gout.  There is much 
research on the subject.  Are you eating enough fat?  Do not trim the 
fat from your meat.  Eat it first.

   Bill

Kate Scott/John McEwen 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.   
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> 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.
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> 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.  
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> K McEwen
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