Explosive Newt wrote: âWed Apr 03, 2024 4:40 pm
That's odd.
Are there any specific vegetables that make them worse?
Anything else that triggers the joint pains?
Is it all joints or just certain joints?
And is it joints or more muscle aches?
Some veg contain solenins (spelling?) which has a weak link to inflammatory arthritis (in rat work, I don't think proven in humans).
I want to say some clever diagnosis like a porphyria but I'm reaching a bit here.
The whole reason for doing the steak was that it gave my body everything it needed and was an easy elimination diet.
Long dull history.
Struggle to recover from exercise, a deadlift session took me out of action gym wise for a week.
Muscle pain for 4 or 5 days afterwards.
Painful wrists from work, I used to get âthe clawâ where in the morning you have to spread your fingers open after a heavy 12 hour day.
Lower back pain.
The walk downstairs first thing in the morning was like an 80 year old.
Doctors said I had low vitamin D, then after a load of blood tests kept being told itâs expected as I aged but the difference from my early 30s was huge.
Had tests for fatty liver disease, no signs at all.
130/80 blood pressure has been pretty consistent.
Heart rate always pretty close to 60bpm.
Big sleep problems for a long while but managed to sort that with small pre bedtime routines.
Removed pasta, bread, rice, anything with flour in etc so just meat and veg. A little less bloated but permanently hungry and no change with joints.
Removed all seed oils, just cooked in olive oil or tallow etc. Didnât notice any difference.
Went on a carnivore diet, bacon, beef, eggs, full fat milk, butter, water and salt. Felt really good, wasnât hungry that much but wasnât eating till I was full every time, weight was coming off despite eating loads,all my joint pain went but I screwed this up by adding condiments which annoyed me as I bloody love condiments.
Had steak, water, milk, salt and the occasional egg on top, ate till I was full and sometimes didnât eat for a day and a half as I simply wasnât hungry. Weight falling off, loads of steady energy, everything was better, oddly I noted my finger nails were growing much quicker and no aches or pains in the morning. Tried to carry this on while travelling with work and it was nearly impossible, steaks cooked in oil, needing 3 steaks to fill you up which means ÂŁ60 a meal etc so had to stop. Got down to 120kg relatively quickly and was never having to deal with being hungry all the time.
Since on quite a large dose of TRT as apparently I had none and the brain fog went completely, sleep improved even more but being able to train again was a big plus mainly. Itâs good to feel strong. This is done through a private doctors clinic.
Itâs a fascinating subject as all the healthy things we were told in school just donât work. Oatmeal, porridge, cereal and toast etc removed from the kids diet and it was even noted by their teachers how much more focused they were, especially our eldest who was a dramatic stresshead at times and he turned around in about a week. So all we did was change breakfast from normal breakfasts to meat and egg, all meals after that are normal diet foods.
As an aside, my Dad was a normal 50s child diet. He had fry ups, chips with everything, bacon and lots of red meat. He now is portly with a belly after cutting out red meat and eats very healthy. Could be in the genes to be a salad dodger
Dave!