Does an extremely low fat diet cause major joint pain especially in the back and cold appendages? ?
FluffyPanda asked:
the only fat I eat these days are from a few eggs a day and the little bit of butter I put on the frying pan, beside that I eat mostly carbs and protein without fat.
the only fat I eat these days are from a few eggs a day and the little bit of butter I put on the frying pan, beside that I eat mostly carbs and protein without fat.
Recently I’ve been getting joint pain everywhere and my spin feels like it’s going to snap off. my neck spin area hurts.
I’ve also been getting extremely cold hands, feet and tip of the nose.
Is this due to my very low fat diet?
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Could be. Joint pain is definately a possiblity in low fat diets as there is often less lubrication around your joints/tendons. The consensus is usually to use a joint health supplement containing glucosamine and condroitin. Although these supps usually take a while to really kick in, there are some fast acting glucosamine/condroitin formulas out there that will help lubricate your joints.
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Well, first off you have to remember that fat comes in many foods. It’s not just butter or eggs. There are places where coffee will hold so much fat. Chips hold fat. Meat holds fat. Milk holds fat. Oils are fats (So like popcorn or things fried in oil). Desserts are fats. Peanut butter even has a lot of fat and even nuts! These are just some of the foods that hold more fat than others. Many foods hold fats. Fast food holds fats in every thing they create!
It’s possible that you aren’t getting enough fat But I have trouble believing that your body functions are being caused by just low fat. Tell me, is your hair completely dry and brittle? I’d say if that was happening than you might be way too low on fats. Because you need fats/oils to make hair lusty. Oils from your scalp (which come from the food you eat) will fall down your hair making it lusting. Thats why straight hair gets oilier than curly hair or thick hair.
Your joint pain could be tons of things. But it probably isn’t from the fat. And the other guy is right when he says that oils help the joints move. But otherwise If it had anything else to do with your diet it would be not getting enough food so your bones are dissinagrating but you’d have to be eating as little as an anorexic for that to happen. You might be exercising wrong or something.
And cold hands and feet…. I’m not exactly sure all the reasons. I only know one but that wouldn’t fit you I’d think. It might just be how your body’s reacting from the weather changes this winter. And I do believe that can happen. I’ll be sitting at a desk or in the car and my feet would get so cold it’s painful even though it’s warm in the room. If your really worried than I’d ask a doctor.
But if you are getting in other foods with fats than I’d think that it wouldn’t be your fats that are causing this.