Thursday, February 28, 2013

Gout Diet : What Really Works?

Will a gout sufferer keep up a diet if it not giving relief?What type of foods

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Gout Cures That Work.

Tophaceous Gout of the Hand (Photo credit: ex_magician)

A gout sufferer's quest in finding a gout cure that works ,can be a daunting task.When I started this blog I was doing the research for a client of mine who stated : "I have pain all over, in all my joints and sometimes I have so much pain that I don't want to get out of bed." This post I will list a few resources that you can look at .I hope that you find a cure for gout that works for you!

1 "Details Of The Best Diet For Gout

The British Society of Rheumatology has issued guidelines for the management of gout.

Gout is a common disease, and you would think by now that a common treatment strategy would have emerged. However, it appears that there is a lack of consensus in the exact treatment methodology that should be adopted, and investigation into how gout is treated in practice strongly suggests there is great deal of variability. Read More : http://www.remedyforgout.org/best-diet-for-gout/"

2" Is There a Cure for Gout?

Gout is intensely painful and has been referred to as the most painful type of arthritis. People who experience a gout attack often can't tolerate a bedsheet brushing lightly against their foot.

Because of the intensity of the pain, gout patients would do just about anything to prevent another gout attack. They want to know what cures gout. Learn more in Is There a Gout Cure?"
Read more: http://arthritis.about.com/b/2013/02/18/is-there-a-cure-for-gout.htm

3"The Top ”Home” Remedies For Gout

http://www.greatultrabooks.com/gout-home-remedies/

1) Drink less alcohol. Regrettably, if you like a drink, but you don’t like the pain of gout, then you are going to have to drink less alcohol. The worst offenders are beers and stouts, which are full of purines; a glass or two of wine a day should be all right. Whisky has a bad reputation, too, but the truth is you’ll be able to establish a correlation between drinking alcohol and how quickly you get a gout attack, especially if you keep a diary. Even so, cutting down on the booze is the simplest remedy for gout of all — and one of the most effective.
2) Consume less sugar, whether as simple sugar like glucose and fructose, or refined carbohydrates like white flour bakery products, sweets and candies. The body can’t cope — and indeed isn’t designed to cope — with the massive influx of sugar that we subject it to every day. It tests our body’s ability to control sugar levels to the limit, can induce a degree of insulin resistance, and results in fat being laid down around our abdomens.
3) Increase your intake of complex carbohydrates from vegetables and fruit. You’ll find that this satisfies your appetite for longer, and this food places less stress and strain on your hormonal system than simple sugars; it also protects your pancreas and adrenals, possibly even reducing the risk of Type II diabetes.
4) Another simple gout remedy is to reduce the amount of purine-containing protein in your diet. Generally speaking this means less meat, fish, and in particular shellfish. Once again, it’s a simple remedy for gout, and provided you maintain a food diary that enables you to link the consumption of certain foods with the onset of a gout attack, working out what you can and cannot eat “safely” need not be a chore.
5) Drink plenty of water. We hear this advice so often, don’t we? But we hear it for a good reason! Drinking lots of water reduces the level of toxins and impurities in your bloodstream, and in particular reduces the amount of uric acid in your blood, and therefore reduces the chance of a gout attack.
6) Cherries. Ah yes, cherries. You see this recommended all over the Internet as a traditional gout remedy which works well, and so I investigated whether or not there’s any truth in the idea. The theory is that the anthocyanins in cherries inhibit the activity of xanthine oxidase, the enzyme associated with the production of uric acid. There’s actually quite a lot of evidence to suggest that the pigmented compounds in many fruits and vegetables have an impact on the metabolic pathways that are responsible for gout. Rather than quote a whole load of references to you, I’ll just give you this one. In essence, what this report demonstrates is that urinary urate increases quite dramatically after eating cherries, while plasma urate decreases, but to a much lesser extent. In short, though, there’s definitely a marked trend towards decreased inflammatory responses in humans after the consumption of cherries, so it does look as though this may be a very useful home remedy for gout. Further evidence about the anti-inflammatory properties of cherries can be found here."
Read more: http://www.greatultrabooks.com/gout-home-remedies/

As you can see solid advice from fellow gout sufferers.The thing is with "cures for gout" you sometimes feel as if you do not want to make the effort to try something new.Well as the saying goes "only an insane person will keep on doing the same thing over and over AND expect the results to be different." Or something to that effect. Start somewhere:drink more water for example,eat less meat etc , see for yourself on a scale from 1-10 how much your pain has decreased.Hope you feel better soon!

Monday, February 11, 2013

Gout Is A Pain In The ... Foot

Just researching the subject matter of gout in foot has made me realize that this problem is wide spread.What causes gout and why does it mainly manifest in the big toe or the feet? I found this article that explains this in terms that are easily understood.

Gout In Foot.

Denis Kilcommons: Gout has left me like Richard III

"GOUT came in the night. It spiked my big toe.
I don’t know why it has returned. I have kept my intake of venison and flagons of port to a minimum. But it is back.
Possibly it felt like a holiday. Perhaps my left hallux (that’s big toe) has become a timeshare among the gout community.
“Pleasant destination for a short vacation that nestles in the Pennine hills. A digital extremity only occasionally used; almost virgin territory to explore and inflame. No venison or port, but plenty of red meat and beer. Accommodation is in just the one toe, so is suitable for a singleton with expansion plans or young couple looking for a weekend of pain and pleasure.”

I’m not sure whether it’s a singleton or the young couple that has arrived but it throbs non-stop. It’s not just the limp and the uncertainty of whether it will get worse. It’s the incongruity of putting on training shoes, because they are the most comfortable, with an affliction that makes me drag my foot like a bad Richard III impression.
Gout is a type of arthritis caused by the build-up of excess uric acid in the body which can cause crystals to form in the joints. It is most common in the big toe, but can develop in any joint. Men are more prone than women to gout and can get it from the age of 30. The incidence increases with age.
Bad diet, being overweight and drinking too much alcohol or fizzy drinks can cause it. Extra fluid can flush out the crystals. Sadly, that means water and not beer. I’m not overweight and I don’t drink to excess. Perhaps I shall cut down on chips. After all, having them for breakfast is a tad extreme.
The annoying thing about gout is that it doesn’t come with an outward sign of affliction so people who don’t know you are suffering, just think you're a miserable so-and-so. Sprain your wrist and you get a bandage. Break your leg and you get a plaster. But gout? It just sits under your sock smirking.
Perhaps the NHS could issue a lapel badge for sufferers showing a nail being driven into a toe.
In the meantime, I am moving my foot as little as possible and sleeping with it outside the duvet. If we get another cold snap, maybe the toe will drop off with frostbite. And when it is at its throbbing worst that does not seem like a bad idea.
Eventually, my unwanted lodger will, of course, just sneak away in the night, without a by your leave or a thank you note and probably with dishes left unwashed in the sink.
I just hope the singleton or young couple at presently in possession of my big toe don’t write a glowing review of their holiday on the gout equivalent of Wish You Were Here.

Is Gout A Laughing Matter?

Frontispice of "Two Treatises, The one, Medical, Of the Gout, And its Nature more narrowly search’d into than hitherto, together with a new way or discharging the same. " This book was written by the Dutch clergyman Hermann Buschoff (ca. 1622-1674) who lived in Batavia. It introduced the new remedy Moxa to Europe. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Gout: Nothing to even smile about here let alone plain old LOL.

The sufferers of gout seldom have sympathy coming their way.I reckon the main reason being ignorance. Most people do not have a clue about the real causes of gout ,and just as you will get no sympathy when you have a hangover,most people equate gout to a drinking spree .
I found this very informative article from a guy who has suffered for more than 12 years because of his gout.

"Gout's no laughing matter. So why don't GPs take it seriously?

By Jo Waters
PUBLISHED: 00:30 GMT, 5 February 2013 | UPDATED: 00:30 GMT, 5 February 2013

The one thing that really makes postman Neil Pert’s blood boil are the sniggers and jokes his gout provokes.
Neil has suffered from gout for 12 years, and last year had to transfer to a desk job because he can’t stand on his feet for longer than an hour without pain.
‘I’m crippled by it, and had to have three months off work because the pain was so excruciating.

My ankles and feet are particularly badly affected, and when I’m having an attack I can’t bear any weight on them,’ says 44-year-old Neil, who lives in Clydebank, Glasgow, with his wife Jennifer, 46, an assistant shop manager, and their daughter Hannah, 11.‘Yet I’m frequently teased about my gout.
'My GP’s attitude seems to be that it’s all self-inflicted, even though I haven’t had alcohol or eaten rich foods for years, while colleagues think I use it to get out of work.’
A spotlight was thrown on severe gout recently following the story that Mark Cahill, a former publican from Yorkshire, underwent a hand transplant after his hand was paralysed following a gout attack that had led to an infection.
Although such cases are thankfully rare, doctors say they are seeing increasing numbers of patients with extreme gout and joint damage.
Hospital admissions have doubled in a decade to 4,400 cases per year, according to a recent study of GP practice records.

But experts say much of the misery of gout is entirely avoidable — with the right treatment.

Gout is a form of arthritis that causes sudden and very severe attacks of pain and swelling in the joints.
It’s caused by excessive amounts of uric acid in the blood, which forms needle-like crystals in and around the joints, most commonly in the foot (particularly the big toe), but also the knees, fingers, forearms and elbows.
The crystals form in the extremities, as the body temperature there is slightly cooler (crystals grow at lower temperatures).
Uric acid also accumulates in the kidneys, forming kidney stones.
Uric acid is a chemical produced when the body breaks down purines (compounds found in certain foods including red meat).
It’s normally excreted by the kidneys, but some people don’t clear it as well.
High levels of purines are also linked to a rich diet, or as a side-effect of medicines such as diuretics prescribed for high blood pressure.

On The Bright Side :Some GOUT sufferers ARE HILARIOUS! Enjoy!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Gout Diet Recipes

Looking for gout diet recipes that will relieve your gout symptoms and not taste like sawdust?

I found these fantastic article with many ideas for a gout diet that will not make your symptoms worse. Tasty recipe ideas are hard to come by .Not anymore!

"13 Great Recipes If You Have Gout"

http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20448271,00.html

Gout shouldn’t keep you from enjoying your food. Stick to low-purine fare, like that in the following recipes, to have a tasty meal without triggering an attack or making a flare-up worse.

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Gout-friendly meals

By Alyssa Sparacino
Too much bread or alcohol can be a problem if you have gout, a condition in which uric-acid crystals form in the joints, causing pain, swelling, and inflammation.

Add purine-rich foods—such as seafood and red meat—to the list and it can seem hard to find something you can eat. (Purine gets broken down into uric acid in the body.)

Still, gout shouldn’t keep you from enjoying your food. Stick to low-purine fare, like that in the following recipes, to have a tasty meal without triggering an attack or making a flare-up worse."

Read more Here:http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20448271,00.html

Here are some more resources : Look a Gout Diet Recipe Cookbook!

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Gout diet: What's allowed, what's not - MayoClinic.com
A gout diet isn't a treatment for gout, but it may help you control your attacks. ... Free weekly e-newsletter; Mayo Clinic expertise; Recipes, tools and other helpful ...
www.mayoclinic.com/health/gout-diet/MY01137

Gout Recipes
Gout Recipes that include Salads, Dressings and other condiments. When making your Gout diet work, you should include fresh vegetables whenever possible.
www.gout-aware.com/Gout-recipes.html

LOOKING for: gout recipes - Special Diet Recipes Forum - GardenWeb
This is the place to share recipes for those on restricted diets due to diabetes, gout and other health conditions.
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