question about gout

[hoosiergal]

is there a home rememdy for someone suffering from gout. it is very painful and foot is swollen. my 34 yr old son has this going on with him. kind of young for gout i thought.

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

is there a home rememdy for someone suffering from gout. it is very painful and foot is swollen. my 34 yr old son has this going on with him. kind of young for gout i thought.

Sugar and processed food free, and start drinking Kombucha.

 

[hoosiergal]

is there a home rememdy for someone suffering from gout. it is very painful and foot is swollen. my 34 yr old son has this going on with him. kind of young for gout i thought.

Sugar and processed food free, and start drinking Kombucha.

what is Kombucha??

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

is there a home rememdy for someone suffering from gout. it is very painful and foot is swollen. my 34 yr old son has this going on with him. kind of young for gout i thought.

Sugar and processed food free, and start drinking Kombucha.

what is Kombucha??

It is a fermented probiotic tea that you can make at home, or buy in many stores.
FYI on store bought, as its STRONG! Regardless, its super yummy stuff.
If you google it, you will find plenty of excellent info.
Many of us in here have extra mothers for making it at home.

 

[sheaviance1]

I don't know if this works or not because I have to try something to become a believer of it. I had one episode of gout several years ago, and a friend told me (after it was over) to eat A LOT of berries, especially cherries and strawberries, and also to drink apple cider vinegar mixed with honey (to make it palatable). If i remember correctly, it was 2 tbsp. vinegar and 2 tbsp. honey.

I remember that pain, it is miserable! Feels like when your foot falls asleep, but more intense, more needlelike. Ugh! Hope he feels better soon!!!

 

[Wifezilla]

One of the big contributors to gout symptoms along with processed foods and sugar is fructose. Especially high fructose corn syrup. So if he is drinking energy drinks, soda, or even drinking lots of fruit juice, tell him to knock it off!

 

[TanksHill]

My husband has gout. Cherry extract helps a lot. They do sell it in pill form.

Just some ideas of things that trigger it for my husband..

Strong beer....
Lot's of shell fish.

g

 

[Dunkopf]

Allopurinol. Not very natural, but it's very effective at totally eliminating symptoms and it is cheap. Otherwise no coffee or anything high in acid. Gout is caused by the bodies inability to process acidic food. It forms into crystals and is just like having microscopic shards of glass in your joints. Usually ankle and toes. Pain pills don't even tough it.

 

[Wifezilla]

My dad had gout in his 30's. Yeah..the regular pain killers don't do a thing.


"Too Many Carbohydrates Cause Gout

For centuries, gout has been associated with obesity and overindulgence in alcohol. As I have discussed before, obesity is linked to development of insulin resistance which also causes elevated triglycerides, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, chronic kidney disease and heart attacks and elevated uric acid levels. The greater the degree of obesity, the more likely a person seems to be predisposed to develop gout.

Elevated insulin levels (hyperinsulinemia) are one of the hallmark signs of insulin resistance and have been shown to reduce the kidneys ability to excrete uric acid as well as sodium (table salt) in humans. The reduction of uric acid excretion by the kidney leads to an increase of uric acid in blood stream.

Interestingly, uric acid levels seem to elevate before the onset of medical complications associated with insulin resistance (elevated triglycerides, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, chronic kidney disease and heart attacks). This is a tantilizing clue that at a basic level, uric acid may somehow fuel the complications of insulin resistance.

But as I discussed before in this blog, the increasing weight that leads to insulin resistance (and gout) is probably a surrogate marker for the true driving force of this disorder, carbohydrates. Weight often reflects the amount of carbohydrates consumed by an individual. The more an individual weighs, the more carbohydrates they tend to consume and visa versa.

Fructose and Gout

Fructose, an increasing common form of carbohydrate in our food supply has been shown to directly elevate uric acid in humans. Likewise, increasing or decreasing dietary fructose in a rats diet leads to a subsequent increase and decrease in the blood pressure, triglycerides and insulin levels respectively.

Because of this and other accumulating evidence, many scientists believe that gout is the direct consequence of excessive carbohydrate intake (fructose or otherwise) in our diet."
http://www.nemechekconsultativemedicine.com/?p=1362

 

[hoosiergal]

thanks for all your help guys, i guess gout in a young adult is not all that uncommon.
he is resting now with pain meds that barely have an effect. will take all this advice and work with it too see what works best for him.

again thanks for the help.