Keto drastically increased joint pain and heartburn - HELP!

(Tiam) #22

Nicely done Charlie! Congratulations and thanks for sharing that experience!

It looks like almost, if not, everything can be repaired or regenerated under the right conditions.

The body is a self regenerating and repairing organism, and science/medicine is very slowly starting to catch up with that.

Ketosis stimulates the regenerative, cellular building and repairative processes of the body. That in combination with your continued running and exercise gave the body the knowledge of which area it should focus on, while also providing the necessary heat and frequent use needed to repair and even improve the area.

While going through this phase of repairing the hip and running for fun; did you notice any significant realizations or alterations with your running posture or gate? Did you notice if the pain unconsciously made you also start changing your running style or movements slightly?

I ask because I’m currently experiencing something similar with my knee and want to get more insight.

(charlie3) #23

I don’t run. My exercise, starting in Febuary, consists of 3 one hour whole body resistance exercise sessions per week, 3-4 moderate steady-state cardio sessions on an early model Schwinn Airdyne, and 12,000 steps 5 days a week. My keto is 19-23 net carbs, 18-20% protein, and 75% fat. I restrict eating to twice a day 6 days a week and no eating one day a week which means, instead of 3 meals + 2 snacks X 7 days, I’m eating 12 times a week total. In the past year I got rid of 20 pounds of fat, half of that on keto. I’m lean and back to about my highschool waist size. I believe all of that contributes to the hip improvement. BTW, I’m 69, at least from the neck up.

I don’t know why people say exercise doesn’t contribute to weight loss. Walking and exercise are 30% of my daily calories burned. I can eat a lot more food because of that which makes everything easier.

I’m no expert on running but you might want to include fast walking to reduce impact.

(Tiam) #24

Awesome input, thanks! I’ve gone down to walking until I can train a better posture for my knees.

People who say exercise doesn’t contribute to weight loss, have no idea about how the body works. I’m glad you’ve proved that!

Thanks for the insight into your regiment as well!

(Marfi) #25

I used to get inflammation in various joints (mostly knee and hands) before keto and continued when I started keto. I had to take anti-inflammatories for the pain, but did further research when tablets became necessary almost every day. I thought it was gout, but Dr Google told me it was probably pseudo-gout. So, researching how to deal with pseudo-gout, juice of a lemon in warm water upon waking and apple cider vinegar a few times during the day was recommended. Apparently the problem is having an “acidic” body. I know this is counter intuitive (taking acids to counter an acid body) but apparently the acid doesn’t act as an acid when you take it. Voodoo medicine maybe…but it worked!! No more pain or flare-ups, apart from when I did a 3 day fast, on the 3rd day I had pain in my finger. So, not sure when TO avoid acids/vinegar and when NOT TO, but worth a try.

(Mark Truscott) #26

When i was on keto i had bad pains in my finger joints/knuckles i thought I had arthritis doctor diagnosed it as tendonitis and put me on tablets that helped a little bit but i was on keto for 9 months and lost 30kg i just put up with the tendon pain and now i have been off keto for 6 months and have not had any pain since so in my opinion keto does affect your joints but it helped me alot with weight loss

#27

Hi Mark! Most folks on here find that keto helps a lot with joint health and inflammation in general, but it does depend on what you’re eating. There are some oils that are highly inflammatory, and some people find that dairy just doesn’t work for them. Can you give us an idea of what you were eating? We might be able to help you figure it out.