How to Lower Uric Acid Levels in the Body Naturally
By: John Cielo
Submitted: 2010-05-30 06:51:43 | Word Count: 686
Here, you'll discover how to lower uric acid levels in the body. But the first thing that you need to understand is that there isn't a recognized cure for gout, which is caused by too high uric acid levels. But gout is certainly manageable, if you can lower your uric acid levels in your body, and, maintain them at healthier levels.
Long Term Damage Caused by Recurring Gout
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Now, here's a worrying aspect of gout; once you have suffered just one gout attack, you are very likely indeed to suffer more.
And its important to prevent recurring gout because frequently recurring gout attacks can lead to some serious complications, such as permanent joint damage, kidney stones and even damaged kidneys.
So you can see why it is very important for you to get your gout, i.e. high uric acid levels in your body, under control...
Drug-based Treatment
Normal mainstream treatment uses drug-based medication. But when doctors prescribe painkiller and anti-inflammatory drugs, they are only to deal with the symptoms of a gout attack and not the root cause, e.g. high uric acid levels in the body.
Even when they do prescribe uric acid reducing drugs like allopurinol, these only help reduce it while they are being taken. Once you are off the drug, your uric acid levels can rise again. Which is why they are normally prescribed over the very long term.
Plus, they have the further complication of having some very nasty side effects like nausea, vomiting, headaches, stomach cramps, bleeding and stomach ulcers.
So more and more gout sufferers are using totally natural home remedies instead of drugs to reduce inflammation, relieve pain and lower uric acid.
5 Natural Home Remedies For Gout
Here are just 5 of the tons of natural remedies being used around the world that you can try:-
1 - Drink between 2 and 3 liters of water every day to help flush excess uric acid out of your body.
2 - Drink 3 teaspoons of raw apple cider vinegar in a 8oz glass of warm water three times a day to help alleviate high uric acid levels.
3 - Eat a bowl of cherries everyday because they have natural antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
4 - Apply, 3 min hot x 30 secs, cold compresses to the area to help relieve pain and improve circulation.
5 - Take 400 mg of dried devil's claw three time a day to reduce uric acid levels until symptoms abate.
How to Control Gout and Prevent Further Attacks
Now, whilst the above natural remedies are very effective, the gout condition is complex enough that you need to take a range of underlying issues into account. Your diet, in particular, and lifestyle are very important among other things, like your weight, etc.
So for a truly effective, totally natural approach to controlling and managing your gout, you will need a combination of natural remedies, plus, dietary and lifestyle changes. Your objective should be to relieve your painful gout symptoms, and, prevent further gout attacks.
The Easy Option
You're in luck though. You don't have to do all the work; it's already been done for you. There's a uric acid gout report 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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