How Much Water To Drink To Decrease Uric Acid In Your Body Naturally
By: John Cielo
Submitted: 2010-10-15 04:42:41 | Word Count: 554
When suffering from a gout attack you need to drink a lot of water. But what is a lot? And another thing, what about in between gout attacks?
To answer these questions, it's important to first understand what actually causes gout...
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First up, the excruciating symptoms of gout are caused by needle-like crystals that have formed in your joints and surrounding tissue. Now, it's clear that these are formed out of uric acid, but why do they form?
Urate crystals are created when you have higher than usual levels of uric acid in your blood. And this acid is produced by your body's metabolization process, where chemical compounds called 'purines' break down and form uric acid.
Normally, your kidneys take care of things by processing and excreting the excess acid out of your body via urine. Unfortunately, sometimes they are unable to do this effectively, or, your body is producing too much uric acid for your kidneys to cope with.
So, during a gout attack, you need to do all you can to reduce uric acid levels and disperse the urate crystals as fast as you can. One vital way to do this is to help your kidneys to do their job as efficiently as possible.
And this is where the water remedy for gout comes into play...
The first thing to state is that most of us are generally dehydrated for much of the time. And a dehydrated body is much more prone to gout. So by keeping suitably hydrated we are already reducing the risk of gout a lot. You should drink enough water to stay hydrated every single day of your life.
The other benefits of water in terms of relieving gout symptoms are that... (1) drinking water can help to reduce and even prevent crystal formation in the joints, and, (2) water can aid your kidneys in the process of flushing excess uric acid out of your system.
So how much water should you drink to reduce uric acid in your body?
You should drink at least 3 litres of water every day. Perhaps more in very hot weather. But the thing is not to drink it in big batches, say, 4 or 5 times during the day. You'll get the maximum benefit if you drink less at a time, but more regularly and frequently throughout the day.
I cannot stress enough just how important the regular intake of water is. But, on it's own, water cannot cure your gout, although it is an important component of your overall approach to lower uric acid naturally.
There are many natural remedies to help decrease uric acid and tackle gout, and you should get to know these. And, as well as these, you also need to become familiar with other serious issues that can impact your gout, such as diet, lifestyle issues, weight, family history, medications, and so on.
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