What foods to avoid in treating gout?

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how to treat gout?

Answer 1

Hi Bobby

Here is how to start the healing process.

Causes of Gout
Gout is caused by excessive accumulation of uric acid in the tissues. The underlying cause of uric acid accumulation is unknown, yet research has found that it can basically be attributed to metabolic or kidney problems. Increased production of uric acid may be the result of metabolic enzyme defects, certain types of chronic anemia, or other complex conditions. Dehydration and kidney disease can cause poor clearance of uric acid from the body.

Proper diet, nutrition, and metabolic balance all play crucial roles in the prevention and treatment of this disease. The conception of gout as a condition of affluence is tenuous, but a heavy diet, particularly organ meats that increase amount of uric acid, and alcohol consumption, can hinder the removal of uric acid by the kidneys.

Although most people initiate a gout attack through poor lifestyle choices (obesity, rich foods, alcohol), 10%-15% of gout patients have attacks due to a metabolic problem, such as a deficiency of enzymes (xanthine oxidase) and purine imbalances. Purines come from certain foods (meat products, especially liver and other organ meats, sausages and other processed meats, anchovies, crab, shrimp, milk, eggs, and many beans, including soy), but are also normally present, in the form of DNA and RNA in the cells. Purines are broken down into uric acid, which is then normally excreted through the urine.

Medications, including aspirin and diuretics, can cause gout by putting extra stress on the kidneys; these drugs cause 25% of new gout cases. Kidney stones and other kidney problems are present in 90% of gout sufferers, because urate crystals also accumulate in the kidneys.

Quick Action Plan for Gout


1. The goal of diet for those with gout is to reduce the production of uric acid to normal levels. Cherries, and all rich colored berries, such as blueberries, are recommended. Consume half a pound of fresh or unsweetened frozen cherries per day for a period of three to six weeks as a healing protocol.

2. Organic cherry juice is especially good for gout, as are many of the new "magic juices" such as Goji, Acai and Noni juice, puree or powder. Pomegranate fruit extracts have been shown to be effective as well.

3. Eliminate alcohol consumption, which both increases uric acid production and reduces uric acid excretion in the kidneys. Gout sufferers should also maintain a low-purine diet, which completely omits organ meats, shellfish, yeast (brewer's and baker's), herring, sardines, mackerel, and anchovies.

4. Intake of dried legumes, spinach, asparagus, fish, poultry, and mushrooms, should also be curtailed. Refined carbohydrates and saturated fats are best kept to a minimum.

5. Drink plenty of pure water, because it keeps urine diluted and promotes the excretion of uric acid.

6. Test for food and environmental allergies and avoid all foods and substances to which you are allergic.

7. Cleansing and Detoxification, including colon and bowel cleansing therapies, fasting, kidney and gallbladder flushes, physical medicine, and homeopathic remedies.

8. In clinical trials with gout patients, devil's claw was found to relieve joint pain, as well as reduce blood cholesterol and uric acid levels. For gout sufferers, professionals can recommend: 1-2 g of dried powdered devil's claw root three times a day; 4-5 ml of (1:5) tincture three times a day; or 400 mg of dry solid extract (3:1) three times a day.

9. The following nutritional supplements are recommended: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 1.8 g daily), vitamin E (400-800 IU daily), folic acid (under a doctor's supervision, 10-40 mg daily), and quercetin with bromelain (125-250 mg three times a day between meals).

Herbal Aids

The eliminative organs must be improved. Drink apple cider vinegar with honey and bathe the area in hot apple cider vinegar. To speed healing, take MCP pectin (one teaspoonful three times a day). Herbal teas work well to relieve pain. Tincture of lobelia with apple cider vinegar baths on the afflicted parts is very good. A good herb combination is equal parts of skullcap, valerian, and yarrow taken in tea form to assist in freeing the toxic waste from the tissues and to eliminate the waste through the various excretory organs.

Best of health to you

Cheers

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Gout is a condition where uric acid crystals build up in the body.
This can happen in the area of the big toe and cause a lot of pain.
Our foods contain purines; some foods are higher in this than others.
The doctor may place you on a lower purine diet (of which they will usually provide you a list of foods to avoid. There is also medications that can lower the uric acid in the blood
Here an alternative way to cure gout?

Answer 4

Red wine, seafood and red meat tend to bring on flare ups of your gout. Some can go a while without their meds for the gout but don't think its ever really "cured". Its like a type of arthritis, but watch your diet and you can cut back on the meds if you are very careful with that.

Answer 5

Fatty food and food high in sugar and starch can all aggravate gout symptoms. I had a bachelor cousin and uncle who lived together and ate Domino's pizza and drank Pepsi all the time. They both had trouble with gout at the same time, coincidence?, I think not When their diets improved so did their symptoms.

Answer 6

You want to avoid foods high in purines. You will learn that some food will affect you more than others. These will be you trigger foods. You will also learn that your trigger foods may be different than the trigger foods that affect another person.

Generally, during an attack, stay away from alcohol, red meats, seafood, legumes, and certain vegetables, like mushrooms, asparagus, spinach and cauliflower.

The best thing to do is avoid your trigger foods and drink lots of water.

Answer 7

avoid acidic foods, eat alkaline foods (see: http://www.essense-of-life.com/info/foodchart.htm )
NEVER consume tap water...buy distilled or spring water and drink lots of it! There are plenty of really good books out there to help as well, look at the library on books about detoxing
also switch to organic foods...
I have arthritis in ALL joints (at 33) and following these few things I am now 95% free of pain on a daily basis and RARELY/next to never take pain killers anymore.
Good luck I know this is painful and hard to deal with.

Answer 8

High purines content foods like meats; particularly hotdogs, lunch meat, kidneys, liver etc........diet alone will not treat gout
other triggers are beer, alcohol in general..........

Answer 9

Maybe there is some info in this article

http://www.medicinenet.com/gout/index.htm

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Answer 11

Eatting fatty foods; Eggs or chicken; alcoholic beverage should all be avoided. Go see you dr.