How to Lower Uric Acid - Simple Tips on How to Lower Uric Acid Levels in Your Body
By: John Cielo
Submitted: 2010-04-18 06:06:35 | Word Count: 742
Want to know how to lower uric acid? First, you need to know that high uric acid in your bloodstream can lead to gout. But it can be treated if you are willing to introduce some fundamental changes to your diet and lifestyle, and, if you prefer to use natural remedies rather than drugs to help, there are tons of those around that you can turn to. In fact, more and more gout victims are doing exactly that; utilising natural home-based remedies along with dietary and lifestyle changes.
The reason why diet is so important, is that uric acid is formed as a result of the breakdown in our bodies of chemical compounds know as "purines". They carry out the essential task of turning the food we consume into energy and genes into protein. This isn't an exact scientific description, but it will suffice to give you an idea of their importance.
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Your kidneys carry out the important task of eliminating most of this uric acid from your body. The uric acid that is left in your blood acts as an antioxidant. But when there is too much uric acid for your kidneys to process, or, your kidneys aren't working effectively enough, then too much uric acid is left circulating in your bloodstream. This excess can be deposited as crystals in your joints, causing the excruciating pain of gout.
But purines exist in our food and drink as well as our bodies. And many foods have high levels of purines. So, when suffering from a gout attack, or even between gout attacks you can't afford to keep piling more purines and therefore more uric acid into your already overworked kidneys.
This is why a low purine diet is important. You need to avoid foods that are high in purines such as; fatty red meats, offal, some poultry, some types of fish, shellfish, lentils, legumes, yeast, etc. Alcohol should be avoided, particularly beer.
It is also known that your general health and your weight can be factors in your gout and your ability to control it. So a healthy, well-balanced diet, as well as helping to lower uric acid, will improve your overall health position, which in turn helps to tackle your gout.
Mainstream treatment usually consists of anti-inflammatory drugs and drugs to help lower uric acid. These work quite well but many people are put off by their nasty side effects such as; headaches, vomiting, nausea, stomach ulcers, bleeding and stomach cramps.
That's why more and more gout sufferers are turning to totally natural home remedies for gout. These do the same as drug-based medications, but without the nasty side effects...
To give you an idea; cherries have natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties; apple cider vinegar can change blood pH to help neutralize uric acid; hot and cold compresses can relieve pain and inflammation; and, drinking 2 to 3 liters of water each day helps to flush uric acid out of your system.
The important thing to remember is that recurring gout can lead to eventual permanent joint damage and even kidney damage. And once having had a gout attack you're almost guaranteed to have more. So it's not enough just to deal with the symptoms of gout. You need to that, yes, but you need to do everything in your power to prevent further attacks.
You're in luck though. You don't have to do all the work yourself. There's a uric acid gout report already available online [see below] that thousands of ex-gout victims worldwide have successfully used to prevent their gout returning. It also contains a special 2 hour gout pain relief program.
And it uses fully-researched, totally natural methods. So that you benefit two ways: (1) you get rid of your excruciating pain very fast, and, (2) you prevent your gout returning, so that you reduce the risk of permanent damage.
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