Foods that Cause Gout

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Tony Phylactou	I had my first gout attack about 10 years ago. At the beginning I was having attacks every 6 months. Then gradually I was getting them every 3 months, then every month and eventually every week. It started at my big toe and then it was moving sometimes in my knees,and generally all around my joints, in my feet.And the pain was agonising. I have tried all the cures you can imagine.I tried ACV, lemons, drinking a lot of water, but to no avail.I tried water fasting, juice fasting,baking soda, again without success. I almost gave up meat, limiting it to only once a week ,gave up alcohol completely,again no success. I was living on vegetables, lots and lots of fresh fruit, milk ,cheese beans and so on .My eating habits could not be healthier ,or so I thought.But my gout was worsening. Then I decided to increase the amount of fruit I was consuming, thinking that if some fruit is healthy, more fruit will be more healthy.Some days I was eating fruit only ,others over 10 portions a day. And alas my gout instead of improving it became chronic ,it was there all the time. I was desperate I did not know what to do. And then one day accidentally I read an article about fructose,which is contained in fruit in large quantities.It said that it increases uric acid, in a matter of minutes. Fructose is also present in table sugar, and in HFCS, which is used in soft drinks. I put two and two together and realised what I was doing wrong. I stopped eating fruit and all other sugars, for a period of 3 weeks,and by magic I saw a dramatic improvement.Pain was gone, swelling was gone, I was fine. I re introduced fruit again in my diet but reducing them to 1 or 2 a day, and my gout completely disappeared. I do eat more meat now, and occasionally have an alcoholic drink, and thank God everything seems to be fine. Fructose was my enemy.	11/14/2011
Gwen Roundy	is white vinigar good for gout	8/6/2011
mick m.	Very informative. Thank you!	5/4/2011
sheree	i eat any soy, i will come down with gout	3/30/2011
romao neto	Must control my diet , drinking ,I'm in control thanks	10/8/2010
Mark P	can you eat chicken? does that have high does of uric acid?	8/10/2010
Elaine F	very helpful,I suffere from arthritic gout in my ankles.I have plantar facitis as well and no arches. do you know where I can a get a book on these .	5/25/2010
Derak	My night attack first aid... Cross the ankle of the offending foot over your other knee (sit cross legged) Lay back and stretch your crossed leg. Also, stretching the leg by standing on one foot and pulling the ankle up behind you helps too... MOST IMPORTANT get to the tub, lay down, and run a stream of warm water over your foot. Relax it and run the water hotter and hotter in a stream. You can shift from hot to cold quickly to shrink the swelling and numb the foot so you can sleep, but sometimes the heat is the best. Do this during your morning shower to get a leg up on your work day as well. Do NOT use hot Epson Salt soak! If you soak, use some vinegar or wrap with vinegar.	2/11/2010
Derak	First, ACV works. The day I started drinking a few shots was the LAST night attack I had in a two week long string. Second, and more importantly, cut down the COFFEE! I worked two jobs and drank about 3 Large 6 days a week for two weeks and got stiffer every day until the night attacks started. I'm 26, and I forgot my uncle had gout and my dad had it for a year, so I wa bewildered what was wrong. I cut coffee to 1 or two small cups for work and used orange juice or poweraid instead. After about half a week, my toe and foot were normal size, just badly bruised. I have continued working 60-65 hr a week on my feet the entire time and yet my condition improves! While you pursue these more long term solutions, keep the ibuprofen on hand, but that really didn't fix the swelling for me.	2/11/2010
Edward Pascua	Very helpful and informative info. I myself need such because I am a victim or sufferer of gout or arthritis...please help me now. I want to help many people with this delibitating condition.	1/7/2010
Flint Honour	I had a gout attack just yesterday and it was so painful. The pain is minimal now and i strongly believe it's because i take so much coffee. Can gout be cured?	12/6/2009
dr. F	gout is not a form of rheumatoid arthritis; this needs to be corrected in your article	3/27/2008
dr maqbool	i extremly admitted that this is a good way of knowing the people. may you succeed in your object. our good wishes always be with you.	1/20/2008
SASIKUMAR B	VERY WELL SAID.	8/31/2007
Mary Corrigan	So what are the foods you can eat to avoid the gout.......the foods listed are pretty much what everyone usually eats so what do you eat for a little protein?	8/15/2007
Genito A. Dioca	so wha good foods should i eat since i have gout?	6/26/2007
piyush	what type of food to food to be or not to be eat in the gout................................ a pure vegetatrian person.............................................	5/26/2007

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