Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Hey bros, a co-worker of mine is having a problem with his diet. It's actually not the diet (or is it?)but pain in his joints. Here's his background: 40 yrs old, last November he weighed approx. 240 lbs at what I would guess 15% bodyfat. He has been on a virtually fat free diet to this day. All he eats is tuna, egg whites, and if he has a little extra cash pre cooked shrimp from WalMart. He is now around 200 lbs and I would guess 4% body fat. It could be less as the dude is ripped. In our line of work there is a lot of physical activity and he is starting to suffer from alot of pain in his joints, most noticeably his knees. IMO the 6 months of zero fat in his diet is causing the problem and I recommended taking in some fat and maybe glucosamine tabs. He is dead set against eating fat. Which I think is a mistake, but thats just me. So the ? is can anyone recommend a oil or fat or substitute for these that won't add the body fat but will help with the pain? Thanks brothers.
Best oil/fat to help relieve joint pain?
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Dumping ALL your EFA's for six months means you're pulling out the anti-inflammatory pathway (read: any histamine reaction gets stronger and any longer lasting irritation stays longer) as well as the lubrication for your joints and fascia. Any symptoms of fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue yet? There is no subtitute for essential fatty acids (which would be why they are called essential . . ). Supplement with about 2T./day and just tell him to take the calorie count out of his diet. Remember "Finding Nemo"? Repeat after the shark, "Fats are friends . . "
devcon
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^^^^
Agreed.
Great post wlmcrae. Glucosamine will just be a cover up, if it even works at all for him because his diet is lacking fat. No one should be ~4% bf for 6 months straight it's very unhealthy because of the aforementioned reasons.
Scrap the glucosamine idea and get some cold water fish oil, olive oil, even flax(not my personal choice but it will help)
You can also see if he'll try salmon or some type of fish(I know they're fatty, but efa fatty)
Agreed.
Great post wlmcrae. Glucosamine will just be a cover up, if it even works at all for him because his diet is lacking fat. No one should be ~4% bf for 6 months straight it's very unhealthy because of the aforementioned reasons.
Scrap the glucosamine idea and get some cold water fish oil, olive oil, even flax(not my personal choice but it will help)
You can also see if he'll try salmon or some type of fish(I know they're fatty, but efa fatty)
devcon
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nycgirl said:
Fresh and frozen tuna are excellent sources of omega-3 polyunsaturates. However, during the canning process, most of the oil and therefore most of the omega-3 is lost. This is mainly because tuna is cooked before it is canned, and during the cooking process much of the oil is separated and lost. The fish that goes in the tin thus has a low oil content (usually less than 1g per 100g) and a low omega-3 content (usually less than 0.4g per 100g). It matters little whether the tuna is albacore or chunk light because once it is canned there is little omega-3 left.
