Out with Gout

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Out with Gout

 

 

 

 

 

 

The oldest records we have establish gout as a disease of over-feeding of protein foods. The simple preventive solution is vegetarianism. The therapeutic solution is raw-food vegetarianism and fasting. Those who are not whooped up about fasting might be able to do a "pseudo-fast" by simply not eating meat and drinking lots and lots of water. One reader says: "Until about a year ago I was suffering from increasingly frequent attacks of gout mainly in my big toe joints. The relief came from precriptions of Indomethacin. As I avoid drugs wherever possible, I decided that something different should be found. For reasons which now escape me, I decided to drink large quantities of water, i.e. about 2 litres per day. I have now been free of gout for over a year. This may be coincidence and this is why I have called the evidence inconclusive. However, my doctor observed that this has the effect of stimulating the kidneys. A very recent item on UK radio by a nutritionist and doctor came to the conclusion that we do drink to little water and that many can be suffering dehydration. "My brother rang me and mentioned he had gout. This was last Saturday. I recommended he try drinking as much water as he could handle. It may be his gout was already going into remission, but anyway by Sunday the pain was receding and gone by Tuesday. Could be coincidence, but... he took no drugs." "My advice is, go for that water." robert holmes This webpage is under construction. We would like your input in making it as valuable to readers as possible. If you find any particularly useful articles or websites on this subject, forwarding them to me may be of help to me in preparing future material. In the meantime, a site search for "uric acid" or "protein" at the http://www.doctoryourself.com mainpage might be worth your while. Using single keywords one at a time works the best. If this is not sufficiently helpful to you, I would recommend both internet and library searches. You can ask your public librarian to assist you. The links on my LINKS page may provide a good start in your web search. I advocate people taking charge of their health themselves, with practical limits. http://doctoryourself.com/subcontractor.html http://doctoryourself.com/advice.html http://doctoryourself.com/healthquestions.html