Gout in Pictures
Pictures of Gout In this post I decided to add some pictures to show you what gout looks like. Pictures paint a thousand words, so this should help you to see what gout is all about, especially if you have been newly diagnosed with gout or think you may have it. Some even portray gout…
Gout and Magnesium
What Role Does Magnesium Play In a Gout Diet? Magnesium is an alkaline mineral that is found in many foods like leafy green veggies like romaine, lettuce, spinach, nuts and whole grains. Magnesium performs many functions in your body, helping control the amount of calcium in your body to muscle functions as well as your…
Interview With A Young Gout Sufferer
How a 19 Year Old Developed Gout If you’ve been following my social media accounts where I post the latest news on gout from around the world, you’ll notice how gout is increasing amongst young persons starting in their late teens. I’ve also written a post about it on this site that you can check…
Gout and Elbows
How Gout Can Affect Your Elbow and Arm Gout in the elbow is not that common but for gout sufferers since for most it begins and remains concentrated in the big toe or feet area when suffering an inflammatory attack. For some, as the disease progresses over the years, it can move up the body…
Gout and Fasting
Can Fasting Cause Gout? A popular diet fad that has been around for a few years is the fasting diet where you basically don’t eat anything in order to detox your body or people do it for religious reasons like Muslims during Ramadan. Believe it or not there is a small study that studied the…
Gout and the DASH Diet
Is The DASH Diet Really Good For Gout? There was breaking news in the gout world these past few weeks regarding a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology conducted by the American College of Rheumatology. Stephen Juraschek, MD, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and his colleagues studied 103 adults with pre…
Gout and Papaya
Papaya in a Gout Diet Papaya! Yes that green egg shaped exotic fruit that you see at the market, is actually one of my favorite. And for good reason! Papaya is very good for us gout sufferers since it contains “papain” a proteolytic enzyme which is a natural anti-inflammatory, helping keep the body in an…
Gout and Natural Home Remedies
Top 10 Natural Home Remedies for Gout Gout is a type of arthritis that can affect different body parts like the ankles, knees, hands, wrists but mainly affects the big toe. Symptoms include acute pain, inflammation in the joints causing swelling and tenderness. Many gout sufferers have experimented with natural home remedies. What is a…
Gout and Glucosamine
Can Glucosamine Help Treat Gout? Many readers ask me about buying Glucosamine supplement for their gout and if they relieve the pain and inflammation of gout. Others want to know if glucosamine can help heal from the damage caused to their joints from the many years of gout attacks. So we shall address this subject…
Gout Medications
A Comprehensive Look at Gout Medications If you suffer from gout then there are two ways your doctor can treat your gout with medication. First there the preventive gout medication, those that you take daily to keep uric acid levels normal and medication that help you during gout attacks, when you are most in pain,…
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