Comments on: What is Gout? http://alt-cures.com/88/what-is-gout/ Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:54:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tel http://alt-cures.com/88/what-is-gout/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 tel Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:54:43 +0000 http://alt-cures.com/?p=88#comment-1987 David, the best natural remedies for gout are in finding what food trigger your attacks and then avoiding them! Sometimes it means sacrificing the things we like most. I had to give up a lot of things I like. I discovered cheese and other high fat dairy produce are triggers for me and I love cheese! But it had to go along with butter. I switched to skimmed milk and substitute in cottage cheese which is actually very good at helping to reduce the overall body acidity, as is cider vinegar and fresh squeezed lemon juice diluted in plain water. Don't drink soda or carbonated water and keep alcohol to he minimum. This is part of the key to beating gout - reducing that all-important level of uric acid. Not too low, because you need it, but get the balance right and you won't get many attacks. It won't eliminate it completely, but will cut it down to almost none. David, the best natural remedies for gout are in finding what food trigger your attacks and then avoiding them! Sometimes it means sacrificing the things we like most. I had to give up a lot of things I like. I discovered cheese and other high fat dairy produce are triggers for me and I love cheese! But it had to go along with butter. I switched to skimmed milk and substitute in cottage cheese which is actually very good at helping to reduce the overall body acidity, as is cider vinegar and fresh squeezed lemon juice diluted in plain water. Don’t drink soda or carbonated water and keep alcohol to he minimum.

This is part of the key to beating gout – reducing that all-important level of uric acid. Not too low, because you need it, but get the balance right and you won’t get many attacks. It won’t eliminate it completely, but will cut it down to almost none.

]]> By: David Lumbok http://alt-cures.com/88/what-is-gout/comment-page-1/#comment-1986 David Lumbok Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:28:27 +0000 http://alt-cures.com/?p=88#comment-1986 I was a bit confused of the terms given by my doctor as one named it as gout and another one called it athritis. However, my most concerned was my occasional bout with this illness. Whenever, I take curry chicken with red big chillies and beef,it attacks my fingers from one to the other fingers. The pills that were given by the doctor did help to reduce the pain but sometimes followed by gastric. I was almost have given hope because it (gout) comes now and then. Do you think that I can now turn to traditional treatment, especially the herbal ingredient such as ginseng, bird nest, ginger? I was a bit confused of the terms given by my doctor as one named it as gout and another one called it athritis. However, my most concerned was my occasional bout with this illness. Whenever, I take curry chicken with red big chillies and beef,it attacks my fingers from one to the other fingers. The pills that were given by the doctor did help to reduce the pain but sometimes followed by gastric. I was almost have given hope because it (gout) comes now and then. Do you think that I can now turn to traditional treatment, especially the herbal ingredient such as ginseng, bird nest, ginger?

]]> By: anthony http://alt-cures.com/88/what-is-gout/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 anthony Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:09:24 +0000 http://alt-cures.com/?p=88#comment-1774 I can sympathize with all the gout sufferers. I was told for years beer or alcohol would cause the gout, but it is true that you must find out what your trigger food is. I can eat seafood, drink alcohol and not have a reaction, but I recently found out at the age of 48 that beef is my trigger food. I had a steak one night and the next day my toe flaired up. The following week I had a beef based soup and sure enough, my toe flared up again. The third week, I tempted fate again and ate a hamburger at a BBQ, and it flared again. The main point is what the previous writer wrote, in that you must figure out what your trigger food is and try to cut it down or eliminate it. Eating a pill is not the answer because the pills tend to weaken your kidney functions. Try to drink lots of water during the day and get in a salad also. You will see diminishing attacks of gout like I have. Good luck in finding your trigger food. I can sympathize with all the gout sufferers. I was told for years beer or alcohol would cause the gout, but it is true that you must find out what your trigger food is. I can eat seafood, drink alcohol and not have a reaction, but I recently found out at the age of 48 that beef is my trigger food. I had a steak one night and the next day my toe flaired up. The following week I had a beef based soup and sure enough, my toe flared up again. The third week, I tempted fate again and ate a hamburger at a BBQ, and it flared again. The main point is what the previous writer wrote, in that you must figure out what your trigger food is and try to cut it down or eliminate it. Eating a pill is not the answer because the pills tend to weaken your kidney functions. Try to drink lots of water during the day and get in a salad also. You will see diminishing attacks of gout like I have. Good luck in finding your trigger food.

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