By: John Cielo
Submitted: 2010-05-01 03:07:23 | Word Count: 765
Can you get rid of gout without drug-based meds? Yes you can. And diet is a key element. Discover, here, how diet can help eliminate gout. First, though, let's see why more and more gout sufferers are turning to natural remedies to cure gout...
DRUGS CAN HELP YOU GET RID OF GOUT
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There is no doubt that mainstream medications can help to eliminate gout attack symptoms, by reducing inflammation and relieving pain. And there are also long-term drugs to help reduce your uric acid in order to try to prevent recurring gout attacks.
BUT THEY DO HAVE HORRIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Drug-based medications for gout have many negative side effects that put people off their use. These are nasty things like vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, skin allergies, headaches, stomach pains, bleeding, ulcers, and many more.
SO GOUT SUFFERERS ARE INCREASINGLY USING NATURAL GOUT REMEDIES
People are able to reduce inflammation, get gout pain relief, and, reduce their uric acid blood levels by utilizing totally natural home remedies through the use of herbs, fruits, vegetables, supplements, dietary changes, lifestyle changes, etc.
One of the most significant is your diet. But to understand how diet can help you get rid of gout without drugs, it's worth going over what actually causes your excruciating gout attacks...
GOUT IS CAUSED BY CRYSTALS IN YOUR JOINTS
When uric acid crystals form in your joints and around your tendons and surrounding tissue, your body's natural inflammatory reaction to these 'foreign bodies' results in your gout symptoms of redness, swelling, stiffness, inflammation, heat, and of course, agonizing pain.
GOUT CRYSTALS ARE THE RESULT OF HIGH URIC ACID LEVELS
Under normal circumstances your kidneys process the uric acid in your body, retain what your body needs, and then excretes waste uric acid out through your urine.
Gout crystals form when you have higher-than-normal levels of uric acid in your blood. This can occur when your kidneys aren't processing and flushing enough uric acid out of your body fast enough.
URIC ACID IS PRODUCED BY PURINES
Where does uric acid come from? It is a byproduct of the breakdown of chemical compounds called 'purines' which your body needs to help provide your protein and energy needs, among other benefits. Purines exist in your body cells and in your food...
PURINES EXIST IN YOUR FOOD
Different foods contain varying levels of purines. Some have high or very high levels, whilst others have moderate or relatively low concentrations of purines. In general, and only in general, the foods that are high in purines are foods that have high protein content.
SO AVOID HIGH PURINE FOODS TO GET RID OF GOUT
So, for a gout sufferer, it's utter madness to continue with a high purine diet which only produces even more uric acid, when you're trying to reduce acid levels in your body.
The types of food that you need to avoid to help get rid of gout are fatty red meats, game, organ / offal meat, poultry, fish, shellfish and legumes. And you need to avoid alcohol, particularly beer.
OTHER ISSUES FOR YOUR TO CONSIDER IN GETTING RID OF GOUT
Frequent gout attacks over an extended period can have serious consequences, such as permanent joint damage and kidney problems such as painful stones. And if you've suffered just one attack, you're now highly likely to have more.
So it's vital to prevent recurring gout. But there are so many issues for you to investigate and consider; things like your weight position, family history of gout / arthritis, lifestyle, current medications, underlying medical conditions, etc.
You're in luck though. There's a special gout report available online [see below] that has all the information you need in one place. It is what 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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