Natural Gout Treatments and Prevention

Gout is a triple-whammy of pain/inflammation/swelling that may attack our joints when there is a uric acid build-up in our body.

Why would that happen? Some foods and beverages are particularly high in purines and some people’s kidneys aren’t working efficiently enough to process and excrete all the purines we take in. That’s when the pain often begins.

Common Trigger Foods for Gout:

• Organ meats — heart, liver, lungs, kidneys
• Beef in general
• Seafood, especially lobster, crab, scallops, and shrimp, but fish contributes, also
• Coffee — a source of purines and a cause of dehydration
• Sugars, especially Fructose in soft drinks and desserts, and even orange juice
• Alcohol …read more