Carburetor

Congrats! About a year and a half here, very low carb "ketovore". Got rid of statins and allopurinol, I have forgotten about gout altogether. Just had hot wings and wine yesterday. I have found a good new supplement,carnosine. It lowers my AFIB heart rate from 90+ bpm to 70. Everything is just better.

More time is needed. A friend of mine just tried keto but could not handle the adaptation "cold turkey". Good luck & patience!

I like this method. It's easy to get a controlled medium/rare roast or steak. This time I let the meat cool down in snow after bath, so it did not get any more done when I seared it on a very hot cast iron pan. Eight hours / 133 F.

I just found this: Sally K. NortonPainful Gout, Joint Pain, and Oxalates - Sally K. NortonA high-oxalate diet contributes to inflammatory joint pain, including painful gout. Get relief from bursitis, arthritis, rheumatism and other pain syndromes.

Black pepper ok, Carolina Reaper ok, more chicken ok,tuna ok, red wine (sometimes a lot lately) ok... and no Allopurinol. Sometimes I wish I knew a keto-friendly doctor. Normal docs are not interested. Oh I've been off statins for over a year,too. I can kneel,squat,get up again etc...

As a side note: it's Funny how "A Mediterranean Diet" jumps up on these discussions. There is no such thing.

Maybe better way to put it,gout is in remission. I started cutting down my Allopurinol dosage a year ago and completely quit Allo in May. Being in very low carb keto ( about 10 g carb/day ) for 14 months now, I have not had a single gout attack in eight months. I have eaten hot wings,anchovies, mushrooms, sometimes had red and white wine... anything... no flare-ups. My gout was really bad some years ago,both achilles tendons in flames at the same time etc. Any food seemed to trigger it. But cutting sugars/carbs eventually got rid of it. I just tested, had hot wings for dinner four days in a row. Fish eggs (caviar) at breakfast every day. Nothing. I can not take efficient gout painkillers , not even ibuprofen because of blood thinners so this is just great.

Yep,especially after finding out about benefits in your own health... I for one don't want to get back to carb-o-land. 20+ years ago I was just curious. And I enjoyed the ketosis feel. Now it's about health too. Stent and heart failure and afib to name a few. I rarely need spray nitro any more. My gout is gone, I'm off allopurinol for half a year and eat anchovies, chicken wings, mushrooms,nothing triggers gout any more. I've been off statins for a year. Lost 28 kilos, normal bmi now. I can squat and get up again... just so much healthier all in all. Christmas hi carb diet week experiment did not matter. I'm back on track.

Good,try more bacon and eggs.

Oh I see. Does even fat rise glucose?

Food / calorie restriction has never worked for me when in keto / carni / very low carb whatever this journey has been. I started experimenting in 2002 or so, Atkins first. Keto (name) had not been invented yet. Been on and off ever since. It's very easy to eat too little when you're in ketosis. No hunger. I have lost 28 kg in a year by eating a lot , lots of fats, and with minimum exercise. I have a stent and all the heart failures ever invented,can't exercise much at all. Motorbikes in summer are my main exercise. Walking is good, and I can do light HIIT. But exercise is not a good weight loss helper. Body fat burning in ketosis is good. You need enough dietary fat for that. I weigh and measure once a month. No stress. Good luck!

I've been very low carb ,good ketosis, for over a year now,life has been good. Blood ketones around 1,5-2,5, sugar low and steady. But Christmas week I decided to eat some trad Christmas food including dark rye bread,green pea soup etc. No "wow-effects" but good food. Surprisingly little other effects either. I made sure I had enough fat all that week, bought a seven kilo (16 lbs) ham that came out delicious. Wife and me ate it in five days. Now I'm back on track,surprisingly no cravings. Here's The Ham at butcher's.

Here is one more: Many think of "diets" as some kind of magic temporary quick fixes, often for weight loss. They have read "I lost 100 pounds in three weeks!" -interviews and get frustrated quickly because that did not happen. Patience is a rare virtue in Today's World.

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Yeah,flexibility really comes back. Part of it may be increased activity because of weight loss. Excercise is easier. And less joint strain from all that mass,too. A year ago I noticed it was hard to squat and especially get back up. This summer all that trouble was gone, I am riding fast sportsbikes @ 62 years. I have lost almost 30 kg in a year , I fit in my 90's leathers -and I'm staying here without dietary worries, all this is automatic by now. I'm not full carni though, 10 g carbs max per day keeps my keto going good.