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Keto diet for Arthritis

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My husband has bad osteoarthritis in his spine. I have been reading about a Keto diet, and it seemed to mention that it may reduce inflammation. I would like to know if I have understood this correctly, as inflammation is a big problem for him. He is not Diabetic BTW.

If it will help him too, that would be great as we can embark on a Keto journey together next week - something I was planning on doing myself anyway.

Anyway - anyone got any experience/info on Keto and arthritis and/or reducing inflammation through diet please? any success stories?

thanks.

PS we are planning on using this website: https://www.dietdoctor.com/ (thanks to a posting from a forum member) as our starting point.
 
I have no expertise or science to back it up, but the osteoarthritis in my knee is much improved on a keto diet. However I have also lost a shed load of weight so it could also be down to that.
 
I can recall several posters saying that their arthritis and joint pains improved on low carbing, but i am not sure whether that was low carb, very low carb or keto - and I'm afraid at this time of night I can't remember who they were!

My own joint issues improved with vlc but it turns out that was because vlc cut the gluten, rather than the carbs.
 
There are quite a few anecdotal reports on the ketogenicforums of people finding a keto diet works wonders for their osteo arthritis. It might be worth joining there as the threads are in the health section which can only be viewed by forum members.
It is a very welcoming and supportive community (rather like the community here) so it could be of benefit to you both.
https://www.ketogenicforums.com
There are people from all over the world although probably the majority are from the US with largish groups of UK, Canadian and Australian members
 
Keto helps arthritis in many ways. Ditching grains is one big one.

Other foods that can cause / make arthritis worse are dairy and nightshade vegetable. Potato tomato peppers of all kinds and eggplant.

Tomatoes make the back of my knees achy and swollen within minutes.

You might google paleo or whole 30 autoimmune protocol. It removes all foods that cause inflammation and people find great relief. It's not necessarily low carb as sweet potatoes and SOME fruits are allowed. I also believe some root veggies though I don't eat them. Certainly worth a look.
 
It seems to have helped my knees and hips to be eating low carb foods - sweet potato is not low carb - I don't eat starchy foods with over 10 percent carbs - as a rule.
I did eat a lightly battered piece of fish yesterday, and today I am in some pain, but it was an experiment I needed to make, just to see if I can cope with flour now - and no, not even in small amounts, so I suspect that if someone has become sensitive then they will always be sensitive.
 
@serenity648 - I suspect a bit like so many things that responses to any life change are personally specific. I would agree that several members have cited their joints feel much better, once they have taken the big carbs out of their lives. I'm sure there are a variety of root causes for those improvements.

As you are going keto anyway, would your husband be content to join you on that path and just to see what happens, after a month or so? That period is not at all specific, but more used to suggest that the changes are given some time to take whatever effect he might achieve.

I hope it goes well.
 
that is a very good idea. It cant do any harm. Thank you.
 
I have quite bad arthritis and I haven't noticed any improvement since starting low carb two years ago - but I haven't noticed that its got any worse. I'm hoping that losing weight on the Newcastle Diet (which I'm combining with VLC) will help my joints.
 
Cook, I'm sorry, I don't want to cross diet lines but every time I see you post about pain etc I just really wish you ditch the grains ( low carb breads) and the nightshade veg. Tomato potato ( not sweet potato) eggplant and peppers of all kinds. Please google nightshades and arthritis. They're one of the highest inflammatory foods.

I say this with the best of intentions and want you to feel well. Nightshades were a big problem for me. I can eat them occasionally and in moderation now but tomato has almost an immediate reaction. Sometimes it's just worth it
 
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