Gout Diet Dos & Don'ts

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Thanks for being so honest and real. Excellent video!

[devera]

I had my first gout attack yesterday! Fortunately I can still walk. So many conflicting information about what food to eat and avoid!

[shawngabriel]

When I was dignosed with gout. The list of gout causing foods weren’t in my current diet. I was eating beans of all kinds excessively. I stopped eating beans for one year and never had a reoccurance.

[cocolyndon]

The first time I had gout I had it in both feet. After a couple of days went to emergency be ause I didn't know what was wrong they gave me an oxy and prescribed 3 little purple pills and no more pain since 2017. I eliminated most meat, seafood, turkey, red meat, sugar, mushrooms, and grains. The last couple of years I started adding these foods back, especially sugar and now the last 3 days I've had gout in my left big toe.

[doctorprepperisprepared]

I'm young (age 58) and it started at age 56. I have changed my diet and the flare ups are becoming less frequent. And living on a modified CAVE MAN diet has helped me loose weight and I feel much better.

[seekingtheoncesaved]

Ive been battling this for 3 months. It kept popping up in a new joint about once a week for the whole 3 months. It happened a year or so ago, but I did not realize what it was. Just felt like a random toe sprain I guess, though extremely painful.. My diet had been loaded with the wrong things, in high quantities for a long time. decades. I'm 36. in these past three months, Every time a new joint popped up, it wasn't quite as bad as the one before. and I think it's because I have been getting my uric acid levels down with good diet. But on the last week it went to my elbow and it was terrible. I saw a video saying to stop ALL sugars. Added sugars, natural sugars ALL OF IT. as much as possible atleast. Maybe around 20 grams natural sugar per day may be ok. Not in one meal. NO FRUIT. NONE. I even stay away from vegetables that are higher than 3 grams per 100. Also I saw a video saying stop grains. Like whole grains. Also try to stay away from vinegar. When I tried this, it seems to have stopped. It may be a culmination of everything I've been doing the last couple months though. But it definately has stopped for a week for the first time in 3 months right when I did that. It seems to be a lot more about what you shouldn't put in your body than what you should. Portion control. Calorie count if it helps. Stay hydrated. Don't crash diet and don't eat big meals, to avoid spiking, triggering. Joint friendly Excersize regimen once able. Eat lots of vegetables. Eggs are good. Nuts are good. Olive oil about 2 tbspns per day good. Beans ok. Fat free/reduced dairy ok. Some meats like white chicken may be ok but I think why risk it. I stay away from things with ingredient labels with a lot of stuff I can't pronounce in it. If there is something I'm not quite sure about I use in moderation. I just do eggs nuts beans and dairy for protein for now. Until uric acid levels go down and then work stuff like grains, lean meats/fish/seafood, and fruit back into your diet. It helps that I am good at cooking, both of my parents being chefs. ( Which is probably part of the original problem. In Louisiana nontheless) Almond flour is great. Between that, riced cauliflower, eggs, olive oil and fat free cheese, I can make those vegetables taste pretty good. Always with a fresh salad with each meal. Gout is the personal trainer that I needed. That guy don't play around. When he says drop the cheesecake, you better do it or sleep with one eye open. He will attack you in your sleep. He's dedicated to making you change. You will thank him later. Lol. For some people, it's just genetics. For most people, it seems to be poor diet, gluttony, alcoholism. I have never had a good diet for 3 months in my life until now.

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[LEFTaTIP]

The Doctor here said, the Gout episode can last 24 to 48 hrs. NOOOOooo, im going thru my Gout attack and it has lasted 5 long, painful days. I need help.

[justkidding]

Just recovered from a aggressive gout attack. Need to reduce my red meat n seafood consumption, and add more fruits n veggies to the menu. This could be a life changing experience, since I'm super obese.

[edwardbliss]

Giving you all a heads up to avoid *rhubarb* at all costs if you have gout. The plant is high in oxalic acid, which is reputed to inhibit the absorption of iron and calcium and can also aggravate joint problems. I found out the hard way so I can tell all of you.

[aprilmurphy]

It is so hard to really know the dos and donts. I have watched so many contradictions.

[burtonabrams]

The extreme pain of a gout flare is an alarm signal that something in the body is seriously wrong. It is up to the doctor to figure out the underlying cause, as recommended by Terkeltaub and Edwards in their book about gout. If there is no investigation into the cause of gout, just prescribing NSAIDs muffles the alarm, and just prescribing urate lowering drugs disables the alarm.

Nowadays in only a small minority of cases, gout is the warning of lead toxicity. In a large majority of cases, it is the warning of chronic intermittent hypoxemia from sleep apnea, which is why most gout flares originate during sleep. The hypoxemia leads to gout by: generation of much excess uric acid from all oxygen-starved cells; serum acidosis which makes serum uric acid more likely to precipitate; increase in serum lactate, which leads to URAT1 reducing renal reabsorption of uric acid; and gradual reduction of the glomerular filtration rate which slows the removal of serum uric acid.

One of the first things that should be done when gout first occurs is a sleep study, followed by effective sleep apnea treatment when warranted, after which the hypoxemic causes of gout flares will no longer occur. If the sleep apnea goes unresolved for too long, the patient’s risk will be significantly elevated for developing the many life-threatening consequences of sleep apnea, which usually are misunderstood to be metabolic comorbidities of gout, and lead to a shortened lifespan, even with the use of urate lowering drugs. Gout is an early warning!

Resolving the sleep apnea should result in no more gout flares. It is important to avoid the use of urate lowering drugs up to that point to be sure that it was the sleep apnea resolution which led to no more gout flares. If the flares recur, other underlying causes need to be investigated. If the flares no longer occur, then urate lowering drugs will probably be needed to accelerate the dissolution of all the urate crystals throughout the body that accumulated from all the previous apneic episodes.

[henrygunin]

Diet program is the key part of curing gout. Picking the right food could end the disease recurrence and its bad effects.

[Healitnow]

This list is wrong in total. Get a book called The Arthritics Cookbook and live pain free. I have been doing it for 40 years now.

[illwell]

I have solved Gout. Diet is not the cause ( In one family everyone eating the same food but only one gets Gout...why?). I am eating meat, fish everything ( which I had almost stopped and still the issue was not resolved). I feel most of online content talks about the symptoms and not the actual cause.. I am OUT OF GOUT for 2.5 years now by changing only one main food. Watch my channel to know fully..

[alialmisned]

I have had a gout attack for the last two weeks ! It’s painful 😖 ! The big problem is the strict diet which I can’t committed to!!

[rishabhmishra]

Excellent video.. For gout, one can take Kaishore guggul from planet Ayurveda which is helpful in gout and helpful in removing toxins and helps to remove the uric acid .

[vigneshkalaiselvan]

Severe toe pain for last 3 days n just came to know from doctor it's gout with uric acid level above 11

[theforgottentales]

Thank you for all the information. I will recommend this diet to my aunt who is suffering from gout. However she is better after taking Kaishore guggul from Planet Ayurveda.

[DrKosarAli]

गाउट रोग क्या है ?यूरिक एसिड का घरेलू इलाज – Uric Acid ka Gharelu Ilaj in Hindi – Uric Acid Home

[rohitbajaj]

Very nice video. My uncle was suffering from the same condition then he used Planet Ayurveda's Gout care pack. He is recovering gradually.