Atkins Diet is it normal to have joint pain while on the Atkins diet?

Answer 1

After a few months on Atkins, I noticed stiff and painful elbow, wrist and knee pain. I continued to adhere to strict no carbohydrate diet and by the end of the year, it felt as if I was walking on broken glass. Finally, I stopped the diet and soon after the pain began to diminish until it was gone. I thought it might be a coincidence and so I went back on the Atkins diet and the joint pain came back immediately. Again, I went off the diet and began a moderate carb diet with very low caloric intake. That was two years ago. Recently, I decided to give the diet another chance. The first three weeks were fine and I started to lose weight quickly. The fourth week which began three days ago, I began to experience terrible joint pain again. I have not been able to run my usual 3 - 4 miles daily for three days. Im off the diet for good. This morning, I bought fresh organic produce and grains.

While searching through the internet about this issue, I found information stating that no carbs elevates uric acid in the blood creating crystals in our joints which is gout and gout creates terrible joint pain.