Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
...Hippocrates Gout is a type of arthritis common in people with
high levels of uric acid, hyperurecemia, in their blood. Gout
manifests as painful inflammation in one or more joints such as
the big toe, knee or ankle joints. High uric acid level in blood
does not cause gout in every person but it is generally
associated with gout. Blood uric acid level greater than 9 mg/dL
is associated with ten-fold increase in risk of gout.
Hyperurecemia is associated with consumption of high purine
foods and alcohol, intake of certain drugs and health conditions
such as diabetes, kidney disease and obesity. Therefore, among
other approaches, gout experts recommend adoption of diet and
lifestyle regime to reduce uric acid level in blood through
either or combination of lowering purine intake or faster
removal of uric acid from the blood. On-going research also
suggests dietary vitamin or supplementation may help reduce
serum uric acid level and subsequently lo