Has "Everything" You Learned About Nutrition Been Wrong?

[GThreepwood]

For example, I used to have wickedly bad knee pain to the point that I could barely walk sometimes after hiking etc. After I stopped eating read meat (which produces uric acid in the joints), I was fine and have never had problems since. That includes some tough hikes as well.

Another example: A friend of mine had dangerously high cholesterol levels for genetic reasons. He decided to go on a more-or-less vegan diet and vigorous daily exercise after doing a bunch of research (wasn't happy with the possibility of having to take statins). He dropped his cholesterol by 50 points to safe levels. And this guy is very fit and extremely strong despite not taking in a lot of protein.

People react differently to food. You have to find what's right for you.

I'm glad you're feeling better!

And I hope you continue to feel better.

One thing to at least know about is that although uric acid gets a "Bad Rap" it's actually one of the most important antioxidants in your body. And higher uric acid has been linked to longer life span.

"In humans, over half the antioxidant capacity of blood plasma comes from uric acid." - Wikipidia Uric acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"A positive correlation of serum concentrations with lifespan potential among mammalian species implicates uric acid as a longevity determinant." Serum uric acid: Correlation with behavioral, metabolic, age, and lifespan parameters among inbred mice | ResearchGate

Also, careful about lowering your cholesterol too much, high cholesterol may be a symptom of something else going on, but low cholesterol could be much worse. Here's just one example of many that shows lower cholesterol can be linked to higher mortality, especially in people after 50 years old.

A study of elderly women indicated that a cholesterol level of 270 mg. per 100 ml. was associated with the longest longevity. Link to study below, and quote here: "Mortality was lowest at serum cholesterol 7.0 mmol/l [=270.6 mg%], 5.2 times higher than the minimum at serum cholesterol 4.0 mmol/l, and only 1.8 times higher when cholesterol concentration was 8.8 mmol/l. This relation held true irrespective of age, even when blood pressure, body weight, history of myocardial infarction, creatinine clearance, and plasma proteins were taken into account." Cholesterol as risk factor for mortality in elderly w... [Lancet. 1989] - PubMed - NCBI

 

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