Out with Gout

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Out with Gout

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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

mcsrecommended 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 ascorbate " C " .

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.

For further reading, a site search for " uric acid " or " protein " at the

_http://www.doctoryourself.com_ (http://www.doctoryourself.com/) mainpage might

be

worth your while.

Copyright 2005 and prior years by Andrew W. Saul.

Andrew Saul is the author of the books FIRE YOUR DOCTOR! How to be

Independently Healthy (reader reviews at

_http://www.doctoryourself.com/review.html_

(http://www.doctoryourself.com/review.html) ) and DOCTOR YOURSELF: Natural

Healing that Works. (reviewed at _http://www.doctoryourself.com/saulbooks.html_

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