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<blockquote data-quote="CaminoTurtle" data-source="post: 2618483" data-attributes="member: 574908"><p>Thanks for starting the conversation [USER=6467]@LittleGreyCat[/USER] and I really hope that your discomfort eases soon. My Uric Acid results were 0.52 mmol/L as of two weeks ago.</p><p></p><p>Gout is part of my story too, I had a gout flare up in the ball of my right foot about three weeks after having a sweet bitter lemon drink mixed with sparkling water at a social evening. I think that it was the extra sugar in the drink which pushed me over the top. I'd had a gout flare up about two years previously and my bllod sugars were high at the time so I changed what I was eating, cutting out out al sugar related items and high carbs... for a while. I also ordered a bitter cherry supplement from our friend amazon and the gout went away after about a week.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately I didn't stay with this plan and so here I am again with high blood sugar levels. This time I went to the dr and there I learned that I had actually pre-diabetic BG in March (I get regular blood tests because of haemochromatosis) and the practice nurse didn't tell me at the time. Now I'm on allopurinol 300mg however I don't plan to stay on this for life if I can help it. My brother takes it too, his gout appears to be much worse than mine although he doesn't know what his uric acid levels were or are. That's his journey, he is happy to take the pills and enjoy his occasional beers (and occasional flare ups), I'd rather make changes and enjoy being pill complication free as much as I can. </p><p></p><p>When I first had the flare up I did some googling and learned about the <em><strong>Montmorency Bitter Cherries</strong></em> being highly effective helping to move the crystals so I got some in supplement form and my gout flare up did ease more quickly than my brother had suggested it would. I still had some and started to take them again with this flare up and found that I only needed NSAIDs for 2 days so that wasn't too bad. I couldn't find the same supplement this time around and after further research I opted for a British made supplement from<em> <strong>Natures Aid called Celery Seed Complex</strong> </em>and I take two a day. I can't tell if they are helping however if they do contain what they claim then they certainly can do no harm imo so I'm happy with them.</p><p></p><p>I found a forum for gout although it's not as easy as this one to navigate and lately I've been distracted by prediabetes. If you search for 'gout pal' I'm sure you'll find it. It's currently being housed by GitHub but it's archives are still open so I'm sure you'll find it. Later today I may get a chance to have a look and post the link to it.</p><p></p><p>I was not hydrated as well as I could have been at the time of the attack so I'm really trying hard to drink more water or herbal tea than was my habit, I'm aiming for 2 lts a day currently. I believe that having good levels of Vit C, Vit D, magnesium and potasium also help to flush the system and support a healthier uric acid environment. I take 1000gr of Vit C with no problems, it only stays in your system for 4 hours and is then excreted in urine. If I am coming down with a cold I'll take 1000gr every four hours or so with no side affects.</p><p></p><p>I've started reading 'Drop Acid' by David Perlmutter about Uric Acid, I read the free kindle download at first to get an idea what the book was like, I learned some things already and now I'm waiting for the paperback to arrive.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/recommendations-for-books-on-diabetes-related-health-and-health-improvment.197593/#post-2618328[/URL]</p><p></p><p>From what I've read it would seem that high uric acid and gout are possible part of the wider meatbolic syndrome mainly connected to too much sugar and fructose intake and high BG. Of course I'm only a newbie in this world and have a lot to learn so this is all just my own musings so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaminoTurtle, post: 2618483, member: 574908"] Thanks for starting the conversation [USER=6467]@LittleGreyCat[/USER] and I really hope that your discomfort eases soon. My Uric Acid results were 0.52 mmol/L as of two weeks ago. Gout is part of my story too, I had a gout flare up in the ball of my right foot about three weeks after having a sweet bitter lemon drink mixed with sparkling water at a social evening. I think that it was the extra sugar in the drink which pushed me over the top. I'd had a gout flare up about two years previously and my bllod sugars were high at the time so I changed what I was eating, cutting out out al sugar related items and high carbs... for a while. I also ordered a bitter cherry supplement from our friend amazon and the gout went away after about a week. Unfortunately I didn't stay with this plan and so here I am again with high blood sugar levels. This time I went to the dr and there I learned that I had actually pre-diabetic BG in March (I get regular blood tests because of haemochromatosis) and the practice nurse didn't tell me at the time. Now I'm on allopurinol 300mg however I don't plan to stay on this for life if I can help it. My brother takes it too, his gout appears to be much worse than mine although he doesn't know what his uric acid levels were or are. That's his journey, he is happy to take the pills and enjoy his occasional beers (and occasional flare ups), I'd rather make changes and enjoy being pill complication free as much as I can. When I first had the flare up I did some googling and learned about the [I][B]Montmorency Bitter Cherries[/B][/I] being highly effective helping to move the crystals so I got some in supplement form and my gout flare up did ease more quickly than my brother had suggested it would. I still had some and started to take them again with this flare up and found that I only needed NSAIDs for 2 days so that wasn't too bad. I couldn't find the same supplement this time around and after further research I opted for a British made supplement from[I] [B]Natures Aid called Celery Seed Complex[/B] [/I]and I take two a day. I can't tell if they are helping however if they do contain what they claim then they certainly can do no harm imo so I'm happy with them. I found a forum for gout although it's not as easy as this one to navigate and lately I've been distracted by prediabetes. If you search for 'gout pal' I'm sure you'll find it. It's currently being housed by GitHub but it's archives are still open so I'm sure you'll find it. Later today I may get a chance to have a look and post the link to it. I was not hydrated as well as I could have been at the time of the attack so I'm really trying hard to drink more water or herbal tea than was my habit, I'm aiming for 2 lts a day currently. I believe that having good levels of Vit C, Vit D, magnesium and potasium also help to flush the system and support a healthier uric acid environment. I take 1000gr of Vit C with no problems, it only stays in your system for 4 hours and is then excreted in urine. If I am coming down with a cold I'll take 1000gr every four hours or so with no side affects. I've started reading 'Drop Acid' by David Perlmutter about Uric Acid, I read the free kindle download at first to get an idea what the book was like, I learned some things already and now I'm waiting for the paperback to arrive. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/recommendations-for-books-on-diabetes-related-health-and-health-improvment.197593/#post-2618328[/URL] From what I've read it would seem that high uric acid and gout are possible part of the wider meatbolic syndrome mainly connected to too much sugar and fructose intake and high BG. Of course I'm only a newbie in this world and have a lot to learn so this is all just my own musings so far. [/QUOTE]
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