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Foods and Other Things to Avoid
*Meat: organ meats, offal, meat extracts, veal, bacon, sweetbreads, meat gravies and broths, consumme/bullion
*Poultry: turkey, goose
*Seafood: salmon, mackerel, trout, cod, herring, sardines, anchovies, mussels, crab, shrimp
*Vegetables: peas, beans, lentils, asparagus, mushrooms, cooked spinach, rhubarb, cauliflower
* Yeast products: baked goods, beer
* Alcohol - it increases the production of uric acid and inhibits its excretion by the kidneys
* Coffee - it accelerates the breakdown of protein into uric acid
* All fried foods - they cause a depletion of vitamin E, which can cause uric acid to rise
* Cream and ice cream
* Rich desserts
* Spices
* Pastries
* Simple sugars, simple carbohydrates and saturated fats - they increase your body's production of uric acid and impair your kidneys' ability to get rid of it. Eliminate fructose (found in food and drinks, like sodas)
* White flour
* Aspirin can raise uric acid levels. If you need to use pain killers, only use ones with ibuprofen.
* Oatmeal
* Whole grains
* Caffeine - it impairs kidney function, which is needed to get uric acid out of the body.
Supplements
Low-purine diets are low in vitamins B, E and other antioxidants, so supplementation will be necessary to prevent damage from free radicals that can intensify gouty problems.
B complex One to three 50 mg tablets of the complete B complex daily, plus 500 mg of pantothenic acid (B5) in divided doses to assist the body's conversion of uric acid into harmless compounds.
Bromelain 500 mg twice daily as an anti-inflammatory.
Fish oil Take 2 grams of fish oil capsules 2x a day to reduce the chances of gouty inflammation.
L-glutamine 500 mg four times daily on an empty stomach - is an antacid.
L-glutathione 500 mg twice daily on an empty stomach - increases renal cleansing of uric acid.
L-glycine 500 mg four times daily between meals - acts as an antacid.
L-methionine 250 mg twice daily on an empty stomach - detoxifies purines.
Magnesium citrate 400 mg three times a day - an anti-spasmodic to relieve pain.
Shark cartilage used on a daily basis of 3-6 capsules/day can make the pain disappear and allow you to eat previously forbidden foods within one week without experiancing pain in the affected joint. After approximately one month of continuous use, you may stop taking the cartilage until the pain reoccurs. At this point you will probably only need to take the cartilage (3-6 capsules) for a week or two. You may continue this on/off cycle as needed. Your uric acid level may return to normal, but even if it doesn't, the pain will go away.
Tissue salts ~ To prevent the formation of uric acid crystals, take two tablets of 6X Silicea three times a day. During a gout attack, increase the dosage to three tablets and add an equal amount of Nat. Phos. and Nat. Sulph.
Vitamin C 1,000 mg per hour at the very outset of a gout attack, then reduce to 500-3,000 mg daily for maintenance. Vitamin C helps lower serum uric acid levels.
Vitamin E Low-purine diets are low in vitamin E and fried foods deplete it, so supplementation will be necessary as a deficiency can contribute to the formation of excess uric acid. Begin with 100 IU of natural vitamin E, and slowly increase to 6-800 IU daily.
*Meat: organ meats, offal, meat extracts, veal, bacon, sweetbreads, meat gravies and broths, consumme/bullion
*Poultry: turkey, goose
*Seafood: salmon, mackerel, trout, cod, herring, sardines, anchovies, mussels, crab, shrimp
*Vegetables: peas, beans, lentils, asparagus, mushrooms, cooked spinach, rhubarb, cauliflower
* Yeast products: baked goods, beer
* Alcohol - it increases the production of uric acid and inhibits its excretion by the kidneys
* Coffee - it accelerates the breakdown of protein into uric acid
* All fried foods - they cause a depletion of vitamin E, which can cause uric acid to rise
* Cream and ice cream
* Rich desserts
* Spices
* Pastries
* Simple sugars, simple carbohydrates and saturated fats - they increase your body's production of uric acid and impair your kidneys' ability to get rid of it. Eliminate fructose (found in food and drinks, like sodas)
* White flour
* Aspirin can raise uric acid levels. If you need to use pain killers, only use ones with ibuprofen.
* Oatmeal
* Whole grains
* Caffeine - it impairs kidney function, which is needed to get uric acid out of the body.
Supplements
Low-purine diets are low in vitamins B, E and other antioxidants, so supplementation will be necessary to prevent damage from free radicals that can intensify gouty problems.
B complex One to three 50 mg tablets of the complete B complex daily, plus 500 mg of pantothenic acid (B5) in divided doses to assist the body's conversion of uric acid into harmless compounds.
Bromelain 500 mg twice daily as an anti-inflammatory.
Fish oil Take 2 grams of fish oil capsules 2x a day to reduce the chances of gouty inflammation.
L-glutamine 500 mg four times daily on an empty stomach - is an antacid.
L-glutathione 500 mg twice daily on an empty stomach - increases renal cleansing of uric acid.
L-glycine 500 mg four times daily between meals - acts as an antacid.
L-methionine 250 mg twice daily on an empty stomach - detoxifies purines.
Magnesium citrate 400 mg three times a day - an anti-spasmodic to relieve pain.
Shark cartilage used on a daily basis of 3-6 capsules/day can make the pain disappear and allow you to eat previously forbidden foods within one week without experiancing pain in the affected joint. After approximately one month of continuous use, you may stop taking the cartilage until the pain reoccurs. At this point you will probably only need to take the cartilage (3-6 capsules) for a week or two. You may continue this on/off cycle as needed. Your uric acid level may return to normal, but even if it doesn't, the pain will go away.
Tissue salts ~ To prevent the formation of uric acid crystals, take two tablets of 6X Silicea three times a day. During a gout attack, increase the dosage to three tablets and add an equal amount of Nat. Phos. and Nat. Sulph.
Vitamin C 1,000 mg per hour at the very outset of a gout attack, then reduce to 500-3,000 mg daily for maintenance. Vitamin C helps lower serum uric acid levels.
Vitamin E Low-purine diets are low in vitamin E and fried foods deplete it, so supplementation will be necessary as a deficiency can contribute to the formation of excess uric acid. Begin with 100 IU of natural vitamin E, and slowly increase to 6-800 IU daily.
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