The keto diet: “At 47 years old, I feel like I’m 25 again”

January 25 2018 by , medical review by in Arthritis, Keto, Success stories

Congratulations to Joe, who has reached tremendous success on a keto diet. Here’s a recent tweet of his:

Feel free to share this with people who have doubts. Started keto Mother’s Day, 2017. At 47 years old, I feel like I’m 25 again. Keto has also reversed my arthritis from a shattered ankle & I no longer need arthritis & pain meds for first time in 27 years pic.twitter.com/aPuXoq64Ma

— umpman joe (@umpmanjoe) January 20, 2018

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