For a lot of people, weight loss (especially when following the PHD lifestyle) can significantly reduce and even eliminate joint pain, especially in the ankles, knees, hips and lower back. This works through two ways: 1) By shifting your nutrition- eliminating some foods and highlighting others you can significantly reduce the inflammation in your body. Also by getting rid of the deep belly (visceral fat) you will create a hormonal shift in your body which will also allow for less circulating inflammatory hormones, reducing pain throughout the body. 2) By reducing the amount of force pushing through the joints. Did you know that for every ONE pound of excess fat weight we carry, it's 8 pounds of force pushing through the ankle? By dropping this excess fat-weight and thus the amount of force through the joints most people experience dramatic relief from long standing joint pain. Listen to, PHD Client, Billi's story of how in just 6 weeks he has no more knee pain that had initially br...