Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Proper Diet is a Natural Gout Cure

Many Americans remain blissfully unaware of gout until it begins to cause terrible pain for them or their loved ones. Gout is an increasingly common condition in which high levels of uric acid overwhelm your kidneys' ability to get rid of it. The result is that the uric acid begins to accumulate in your joints, causing pain that is often immobilizing.

In fact there are a number of natural treatments for gout that can be quite effective depending on the severity of the gout and its underlying causes. All kinds of natural fruit and vegetable compounds constitute effective herbal treatments for gout. Everything from strawberry and blueberry preparations to celery seed extract and pineapple have gout improving properties. In fact many of the foods that stimulate natural weight loss also serve as protection against gout attacks.

Something I was not aware of before coming across a paramedic's in-depth study of natural gout treatment techniques is that drinking soda can actually bring about episodes of gout and increase the level of gout suffering that you experience. Fortunately for caffeine addicts, a Canadian study has found that coffee consumption does not agitate gout so long as you control the amount of sugar you are putting into the coffee.

Some of the most interesting content I found relates to gout symptoms treatment which any gout sufferer will tell is a pressing matter when gout attacks. Some of the most helpful foods for gout that are listed there are bananas, blueberries, grapes, and cherries. It is nice to hear these methods from someone who has survived gout attacks.

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