Gout

November 21, 2007

Gout

The oldest records we

have establish gout as a disease of over-feeding of protein foods. The

simplest preventive solution is vegetarianism. The simplest

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. "

Another anti-gout hint: Increased Vitamin C

consumption improves urinary excretion of uric acid. (Cheraskin,

Ringsdorf Jr., and Sisley: The Vitamin C Connection, Harper and Row, 1983.) Use buffered sodium ascorbate " C " (non-acidic) - not the Ascorbic acid type.

But perhaps the tastiest solution is eating cherries. Lots of

cherries, cherries by the bowlful. Sour cherries work best, but fresh

sweet cherries will help a great deal as well. Such an odd-sounding but

time-honored remedy sounds almost too simple to work. Well, it does.

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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.

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