Dr Bret Scher at DietDoctor writes about this new study ( why not try it? ) with links back to that good series on pain relief at CrownMD.

https://www.dietdoctor.com/nutritional-pain-relief

Interesting. I just had the experience of my left knee acting up in a way it never had (have arthritis and bone spurs in this knee and flat out am missing cartilage in some places but it isn't as bad as my right, and I never had the pain in this knee that I had had in my right - where I tore the meniscus) - to the point of me waking up in pain at night, unable to sleep on my side, really gnarly pain (except when up and walking). Being my stubborn self, I didn't want to see my doctor about this (enough else going on). It lasted so long I thought it might be a permanent change and wasn't dealing the best with it.

Then I went back onto my way of dieting for Lent, a strict commitment, and within a few days, it began to resolve. It is now about 99% resolved, and that lack of pain, fear of it returning, might be enough to keep me going on this after Lent is over. Besides the wonderful benefit of seeing my weight drop, my energy level beginning to improve.

That CrownMD series has fascinating reasons I had not read before why low carb could reduce pain...even in non-weight bearing joints. Over the holidays I too went "off the low carb ranch" and my knee arthritis returned. Years ago heard an interview with a doctor who said the people who can commit to Low Carb long-term are those who have immediate negative feedback...i.e. eat carbs, their GERD or arthritis return. Maybe come up with another long distance goal to continue on after Easter Sunday? I've got a big milestone HS reunion in October

I have arthritis in my fingers, or at least I did, and they are permanently a little deformed but I no longer have any pain and they have not progressed at all in years. I credit low carb for stopping the progression and eliminating the pain. Since I have not been known to walk on my hands, my fingers are not weight bearing except for a bit of heavy lifting every now and again.

I was waking up in the night because my hands hurt so much. Low carb and gluten free resolved it, and the lower the carbs go, the more my joints like it.

Seems to me, though maybe Im wrong, that all our collective examples correlating low carb to pain indicates low carb IS the cure. The author doesnt want to get on the low carb bandwagon and give LC its due.

It's so obvious now that I see it in print, I can't believe I didn't pick up on this sooner. Getting immediate relief from low carb is, of course, the difference between my husband and me and the reason why I have stuck with low carb and he (who is a much more disciplined person than I) can't. My joint pain comes back with a vengeance if I eat carbs, but all his little issues - his patch of psoriasis, his mild reflux, his high blood pressure, etc. - they just don't smack him in the face in the way joint pain does.

Tess, tell him that mild reflux is the road to esophageal cancer and see if those little issues become his wake up call.

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My mother 's diet took a natural path change to whole foods, and generally eating far less, and higher quality foods. Her weight dropped to her early 20's weight. She is happy now with her mild psoriasis after a life time of severity, yet her breast cancer returned... and her psoriasis continues. Along with a drink every night. That alcohol runs to the front of the line and interferes with ketosis and fasting. SHe eats almonds to prevent breast cancer but cant see the effect of that one drink.

This is both encouraging and confirming. Like others, I started to develop pain and stiffness in my finger joints and lower back before I adopted a strict low carb WOE. I no longer have any of that, and I'm hoping that the progression was halted and I caught it in time to avoid any issues in the future. Prescriptions simply mask the symptoms and pain and don't correct root cause, an understatement for those on this forum, but more need to become aware of the influence of a healthy lifestyle. One piece of valuable information at a time.

True. They could lose their medical reputation and job so must be cautious in what they can say.

Sugar and wheat are highly inflammatory.

I'm sure carbs are pretty inflammatory, but grains and potatoes seem to make things 1000% worse! And corn... ugh. I should call corn the cripple grain. Eating lots of salmon and veggies seem to keep my joints from being too painful.