Living With Gout

• eat lots of fruits and vegetables
• eat 2-3 servings of meat, fish, poultry, eggs
• walnuts, flaxseed (healthy fats)
• drink WATER, TEA, JUICE daily
• NO alcohol
• TRY hard to get active DAILY

• Fresh cherries, strawberries, blueberries, and other red-blue berries
• Bananas (I don't eat because they elevate potassium)
• Celery
• Tomatoes
• Cabbage, parsley, green-leafy vegetables
• Pineapple (high in bromelain)
• High Vitamin C foods: red peppers, red cabbage, tangerines, oranges
• 8 glasses of water a day
• Low-fat dairy products (only 1/2 cup dairy a day which I get from cheeses)
• Breads, cereals, pasta, rice, fruits and veggies
• Chocolate, cocoa
• Coffee, tea (only herbal teas now-occasionally a coffee)
• Pop (DON'T drink except occasionally) 
• Tuna and salmon, flaxseed, nuts, seeds (essential fatty acids)
• Tofu (I DON'T eat) 

IMPORTANT: purines are found in all protein foods

• Drink 8 to 16 cups (about 2 to 4 liters) of fluid daily (at least half water).
• Avoid alcohol.
• Eat protein, from healthy sources (low-fat or fat-free dairy, tofu, eggs, and nut butters).
• Limit intake of meat, fish and poultry to 4 to 6 ounces (113 to 170 grams).
• Vitamin C
• Lemon juice
• Blueberries
• Cherries
• Strawberries and other RED berries
• Black Cherry Juice
• Keep legs elevated
• High fibre diet
• Grapes
• Nettle
• warming the affected joints
• increasing the alkalinity of body fluids (1/2 tsp baking soda in glass of water)-should be taken on an empty stomach

Use PH test strips to check urine regularly.

I SUFFER from gout pain in my feet. Usually one or the other but the latest attack has come in both at once. It is my own fault I know because I can't stay hydrated and I've come to understand that EVERY time I get dehydrated the foot pain will begin.  How better to see that it NEVER leaves me. At best I only keep the pain at bay by DRINKING enough fluid EVERY day.

I'm NOT very good at that.

BUT the alternative is PAIN, which I HATE very much and can't endure very well either.

So the answer is that I MUST keep drinking water, tea, sometimes juice, fruit smoothies (to get the berries and cherry that remedy the pain), and maybe even eat fruit like grapes and watermelon.

I AM trying but some days it is just sheer frustration and I revert to bad habits once again.

One of these days I hope to get over myself and just GET ON WITH IT!

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