After my recent Arthritis Scare (thank you knees), I have clamped down again. Not that I was straying far, but we had been on hol and I had nibbled the odd bit of gluten, and gluten free carb treats (GF choc brownie of legendary deliciousness) and went out to dinner and had some of the heavenly beer battered onion rings with cumin...
Anyway, it has now been nearly 2 weeks of 100% carni + seasonings.
No choc. No coffee substitute. No nonsense. And my knees have improved back to how they were about 5 years ago.
This means I've also cut back hugely on cream intake, but am still having some, plus cheese and butter.
So obviously something was upsetting my joints quite significantly. I have known for a couple of years that gluten did - but now I need to investigate the other stuff too.
Bit depressing. I have always been someone who enjoys food's wonderful variety and complexity.
On the positive side, am drinking (and loving) more bone broth, but my current production levels are simply not enough. Either need to source huge quantities of bones, or buy some of the absurdly expensive broth concentrates. Am also a lot more knowledgeable about arthritis, causes, treatments, progression, etc. than before.