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Gout sucks. In this episode you’ll learn some things about gout that you may have not heard about yet.
Things that predispose you to gout:
- Have family members with the disease
- Are a man
- Are overweight
- Drink too much alcohol
- Eat too many foods rich in purines
- Have an enzyme defect that makes it hard for the body to break down purines
- Are exposed to lead in the environment
- Have had an organ transplant
- Use some medicines such as diuretics, aspirin, cyclosporine, or levodopa
- Take the vitamin niacin
4 Main Triggers of Gout
- Mycotoxin exposure: https://metabolichealing.com/the-mycotoxin-connection-uric-acid-gout-ra-other-degenerative-disease/
- Fructose: http://ajprenal.physiology.org/content/290/3/F625.short
- Inactivation of Nitric Oxide: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2701227/
- Cell damage & ROS: http://www.naturalhealthnewsreport.com/page/nhn/articles/specialreport/2012-05-02-013.html
Natural Remedies for Gout:
- Find out what foods agree with you and which ones don’t
- Keep fructose consumption to no more than 15g per day
- Cherries – blocks cyclo-oxygenase 1 & 2
- Anthocyanins
- Quercitin
- Proteolytic enzymes
- Pantothenic Acid
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Alfalfa
- Nutmeg
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