My late husband had gout, kidney failure, high blood pressure, and was diabetic. Until this explanation I never had any idea they were all related. Thank you!
Lisa your husband was very lucky to have someone like you. Never stop learning. I too am still trying to learn everything I can about my late husband's issues.
@@turanamo just because he had these issues doesn't mean he wasn't taking care of himself. There is other information about him that you don't know beyond the comment. He was diabetic. If he were elderly, 65 and beyond, the diabetes would have given him complications no matter what.
I have had many extremely painful gout attacks since my mid 30s. I'm 59 now. I'm otherwise a healthy guy. No diabetes, cholesterol low, normal blood pressure, not overweight. l have also realized that if I allowed myself to get rundown and dehydrated, a gout attack would often happen. I only occasionally drink beer.. and l've also noticed when I do indulge in beer especially after being on vacation in Mexico an attack would happen as a result.. So l've learnt that drinking plenty of water, not getting rundown and avoid too much beer is important in greatly reducing number of attacks..
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And quit sugar ! That means bread, and pasta too as they both turn to glucose (sugar) in your body. Our pancreas doesn’t know the difference between sugar, fructose, glucose , or anything else that ends in OSE. It’s all bad
I am an alcoholic, i drink beer every day if i can.(i cannot currently as i work all over canada and cant drink on the site i am working on). I take Uric Cleanse by naka and if i have to, i will celery seed tincture. But the uric cleanse seems to have worked just fine for the 2 years that i have taken it up until recently. but i think i may have had a bad batch of uric cleanse capsules. I swear by it!
This is a pretty basic overview and he left out what I consider a very important factor. Gout is a genetic disease. If you have hyperuricemia, you cannot lower uric acid and become normal again. You can only lower uric acid possibly several points even if you loose weight, avoid purine, exercise, don't drink alcohol, hydrate, etc. It is may help avoid flare ups, but without meds you can't meaningfully lower uric acid. I'd consider that the most important and defining factor of the explanation of the cause of gout. Also, several types of alcohol do not raise uirc acid themselves. (Basically not beer) they however limit it from being urinated out. Some studies show wine had no affect on uric acid. I doubt it though seeing wine is processed throu the liver just like all other forms of alcohol. There are stats of risk of flare ups based off studies of different types of alcohol. Besides the genetics that cause gout, I would have also mentioned xanthine oxidase and it's role in production of uirc acid. Also, the process of uic acid becoming urate crystals. Like ph levels and what it binds with to form. Basically gout is urate crystals in joints. I don't remember him saying that either.
@@NoNo-dq4mc no, he hit the nail on the head! everything else is just rhetoric from doctors and pharmaceuticals. your body creates uric acid naturally as a way of self cleaning/regeneration.. the crystals however are formed via inflammation due to the body's reaction to the sugars that are overloading everything.
Why than i just have got gout 2 days ago, after eating less honey and instead more salty food, and No other sugars , after been a vegetarian for more than 30 years ? And i never was fat. Than his theory does not match so much with Truth at my case ... Pwy.
@@bustjanzupan1074 can you elaborate on "less honey and instead more salty food"? like what foods exactly?? and did you cook them or was it from restaurant/prepackaged? Also, how much honey did you have?
@@crayrayc As more salty food i do eat, so much less sweet food i eat , and also vice-versa. Usually i eat about 2 - 4 spoons of honey , per one meal. In Thursday evening , i was eating wholewheat pizza margeritta , and drinked 1L the red "bevanda" (about 30% water mixed with red wine ). Otherwise i cook by myself , and i avoid eating outside , because it is mostly junk food .
Isn't it amazing how this information is not only not widely known, but neither is it promoted, advertised, or otherwise being disseminated to the public, but there is all kinds of advertisement and stuff for which medications are made to "alleviate" other things? Here, the prescription for alleviation is to just stop eating and drinking some things. There's no money to be made in that.....and that's why we don't know about this information. Thank you for putting it on RUclips. I learned these things about 10 or 12 years ago and have pretty much eliminated gout flares because of it. I learned it on a website some guy made who experimented on himself with his own gout issues to see what would cause a flare and what would keep them away.
WHY THE HELL WE HAVE TO LEARN THIS AFTER THE DAMAGE IS DONE, THIS SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOLS ALL FOUR YEARS!!! Food industry loves ignorance in consumers.
We’ve had the internet now for … 25 years approximately. Most people have access to find this info for themselves. And common sense would tell you , all of us, to steer clear of things that don’t fuel our body properly.
When I had the last gout attack, My doctor checked my uric acid level and found it to be in the normal range. Gout medication did work for me, so I did get some relief. I did stop drinking beer, now I’ll cut back on sugar. I hope this works, because I could barely shuffle around due to the pain.
Me also , and i Am a Vegetarian for 30 + years, and i have not drinked alcohol since 1 year ago , but still got gout this weekend ... how is that possible ?
My husband is now convinced that Alexa listens to our conversations bc we were just talking about his gout flare up when the notification for this video popped up. Lol! Good information though. We’d never heard that sugar had anything to do with gout. We thought it was just alcohol and red meat.
2 years ago, i had back to back gout attacks within 6 months. It started in August, had it for a week then after 2 weeks, it'd start again all the way to February/March of 2022. I didn't understand why i kept getting it since i was just eating chicken, veggies, fruits and even started eating beyond meat products plus no alcohol or meat (pork/beef/turkey). I came across a video that says meat does NOT cause gout. It gave me a pause and made me think about what else i was consuming besides the obvious to avoid gout attacks and it made me realize that yes, i avoided everything my dr told me to avoid but i was still eating pastries/desserts and drinking bubble teas/sodas etc. My dr's have never told me to avoid sugar but it was the main cause for my gout attacks. I haven't had bubble teas/sodas/pastries/desserts for a year now, been eating more meat/eggs and haven't had gout attack since then. Also, my bad cholesterol went down, blood sugar is normal as well as my blood pressure. Have also been cooking my food with butter and extra virgin olive oil instead of vegetable/canola/peanut oil etc. Nowadays, we really have to do our own research to help ourselves because most doctors would just prescribe medicines instead of healing it with dietary and lifestyle changes first.
This is the only video you have to watch on the subject its short to the point and THE TRUTH. I am a renal transplant patient of 21 years, previously i experienced gout flair ups two to three times a year. I was prescribed Febuxostat which I didn't take instead I stopped taking sugar in tea and coffee and i rarely drink alcohol. I eat red meat in moderation. Next month It will be a year without a flair up I recently mentioned this to my renal consultant who said that there is no link between sugar and uric acid which clearly cant be true as its the only change I've made. Thanks Dude.
Sugar and fructose are 2 different things! The normal sugar in your coffee is ok compared to fructose found in fruit and processed foods, which will kill you fast.
@@jamesdey9887Apparently there is no link with sugar possibly fructose from fruit I'm told, I had a brief attack last week and i think that was from stress. I used Cherrys ,Apple cider vinegar, Pineapple supplement and Prednisolone I would have took Celery seed extract as well if I had any. Good luck.
I am a gout sufferer. The biggest thing is to to keep hydrated. You can get a litre bottle for measuring your daily intake. You must drink water even in winter when you don't get the thirst reflex. I also have cut down sugar by 90 percent. I eat as much cheese and red meat and beer and wine as I want. The wife eats far far too much sugar and never had gout. I found that when I was driving long distance with a high stress load my gout would flare up. One other thing I've given up on is canola oil. It's difficult because they put it in everything. Read the label on any processed food.
My gout was hydration related. Been almost flare free for well over a year thanks to "Drop Acid" by Dr. Perlmutter. I was thinking about adding lemon water to my daily routine to try to avoid kidney stones when I read the book and decided to do it. Now I drink 5 quarts of water a day with lemon juice in one of them. Had two minor flares in about a year and a half but both times I let myself get dehydrated.
Yes. I agree with you. I have had many extremely painful gout attacks since my mid 30s. I'm 59 now. I'm otherwise a healthy guy. No diabetes, cholesterol low, normal blood pressure, not overweight. I have also realized that if I allowed myself to get rundown and dehydrated, a gout attack would often happen. I only occasionally drink beer.. and I've also noticed when I do indulge in beer especially after being on vacation in Mexico an attack would happen as a result.. So I've learnt that drinking plenty of water, not getting rundown and avoid too much beer is important in greatly reducing number of attacks over the years. .
I had a brief (2 weeks) experience with gout. I couldn't belive the pain in my right little toe. I couldn't even tolerate wearing a stocking. When I got super serious about getting control over my type 2 diabetes, it went away, never to return. I'm currently control with dirty Keto, but the low carb is the key for me, including weight loss without "dieting". In fact it's difficult for me to consume even 1300 cals a day. Eat REAL food, it's that simple!
Imagine having it in your whole foot and half way up the shin. It was the most pain I've ever had and I had two 6 hour back operations from broken disks in my spine.
How much water do you drink? I started drinking , best guess 10 times and 95 percent of my attacks are gone, and I drink way to much, best of luck, it does hurt.
Same, man. No magical cures, though the suppressors worked reasonably well for me at times. Happy I was able to change my lifestyle and drop a lot of excess weight. I've been gout-free for months now
Finally, someone that points the culprit of gout on fructose, alcohol and sugar in general. Not meat! Being a carnivore myself always frustrated me that so-called doctors only blamed red meat. Heck no! Thanks Dr. Hansen
Your are correct. My first gout attack came the night after I consumed a large amount of alcohol and sweet peach juice and orange juice mixed. I couldn’t walk the next day. I cut out all meat and only ate what I was told would help. A month later I drink one drink of vodka and tonic, (which was sweetened), and I met the gout monster that night again. I quit drinking alcohol and stopped all sweets. So far so good.
I just got gout 2 days ago, and i didn't eat much honey, and NO other sugars, but more salty foods , beside that i am a vegetarian for more than 30 years, with slim body. So , this his theory is not so much acurate , at least at my case.
@@justpray365 - A single can of soda pop brought on a gout attack while I was on vacation. This is when I finally realized how much of a role that sugar plays in Gout.
In my experience, all my gout attacks came after spending long periods of time on my feet and not hydrating. I’ve had two gout attacks after spending time at Disneyland and not being properly hydrated. Three other attacks were after very long walks and not properly hydrating. I learned my lesson and now take electrolytes with added potassium citrate.
This doctor is 100% correct, I had a gout attack that lasted 2 months due to me drinking a fruit, mostly berries, smoothie every morning. Three things never to drink: Alcohol, Fruit juice and soda
@@Veldrin05wrong. Sweetner is changed but with almost same effect over time. Sugar, carbohydrates, seed oils should be eliminated. Meat, fat, eggs, dairy should replace those above.
True story have had gout since 2008. Did some research and for the first time last year I did not get a gout attack from five attacks a year. I stopped 95% of Carbs and 95% of sugar. It was a Big sacrifice but it's better than the pain you get from gout. I do not drink often but when I do I'll drink tequila. In my opinion I think gout and insulin resistance go together. I hope I can help someone from debilitating pain that you get from gout.
Diabetes is essentially caused by ingesting sugary carbs & alcohol - it causes inflammation which plays havoc with the body trying to regulate & maintain a balance...
Great video, doc. I just ran into this while drinking a cup of real grape juice drink, about 20 ozs of a real wine (8% alcohol!) a day and an occasional five beers a night. My legs and feet swelled up for the first time in my life. It really terrified me. The oddity here was a grossly sweet frozen cheesecake made everything come to a head. I never knew a single incident of food poisoning could cause your legs and feet to swell so bad, but it can. I stopped the sweets, dropped the wine and beer, and went on a seven day fast with no solid foods - just lots of spring water, many types of teas only sparingly sweetened with real honey and just a half cup of fruit juice if I got lightheaded. I made it the full seven days fasting with no solid food. My legs and feet went totally back to normal. My eyes got better and my brain fog, that I didn't even realize was that bad, went away. I look forward to my next seven day fast soon. And I am definitely reconsidering any more alcohol consumption at all. I never want to live with swollen legs and feet. I wished I knew this fasting and complete refusal to ingest anything sugar producing was a cure when my wife was alive. She had swollen legs the last couple of years of her life and the Lasix didn't help it at all. You are 100% correct about the alcohol and anything else full of sugar. It is really bad for you.
Your fruit juice was a no no. Plain water. I am just going through the same thing now. Doc. gave me lots of gout meds and no information. I don't drink, eat red meat or sea food and couldn't figure out why I had gout. Turns out my ice cream binge (SUGAR, SUGAR, SUGAR) was to blame. Eat a little fruit but the juice is fructose and water. Sugar is in everything and is a killer. Still learning at 79, and I am glad to have found you Dr Mike.
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I went pure carnivore nearly two years ago. Not one single gout attack since (it's the carbs, not the meat). Dropped 75 pounds and all meds as well. Look into it, it's worked for me!
@@minortremors Dr. Baker had a wonderful interview and discussion about lipids last week. Look it up. Dr. Berry has some also. Personally, I don't live by the numbers, I live by how I feel. My cholesterol is above the AHA guidelines, but my triglycerides are lower than they've ever been, and my HDL is higher than it's ever been. I believe we've been sold a false narrative about cholesterol and its relation to heart disease. Do your research and make an informed choice, I did.
I am a teetotaler on a ketogenic diet and I have very high uric acid. My blood pressure is excellent, my triglycerides are low and I am far, far from diabetic. And this guy is giving me a speech on sugar, alcohol and all the other stuff I don't have...
There's more going on with gout than just sugar and alcohol. Six years ago, I had my first gout episode. Four years ago, I gave up sugar and fruit. I've never drank. I ended up in keto, even though that wasn't a goal, I also lost 20 pounds and was not overweight. One year ago, I had the worst gout episode yet-- both feet, and I couldn't walk without pain, which was difficult for me because I walk between four and six miles per day. I'm on Allopurinol now, and it's working so far. Sugar and alcohol are not the full reason for gout. YMMV.
I am a regular beer drinker I eat meat often and do not have sweet tooth. Rarely eat chocolate or biscuits. I am not over weight and do not have diabetes. I have had gout twice both times when I had given up beer for few weeks, I would drink water with few drops of lemon juice in it as a tonic... In my opinion this is what has given the gout access to attack.
Sugar is everywhere man. Sugar comes from carbohydrates, Pasta, bread, cereals of any kind. Savoury or sweet biscuits including sao or vita wheats. So dont think sugar is only from sweets and soft drinks.
Totally agree with you. Only 3% of adults have gout and it's not all cake eating alchies. As sugar is omnipresent in every food, it's impossible to avpid so how come 100% of adults don't have gout? The reality is that the cause of gout remains a mystery. Staying hydrated or taking allopurinol are the best remedies.
I've suffered for years with gout. My old dr. Was not actually helping. I now have the right care. Your description is the best I have ever heard in 18 years. Thank you. Confirmed my thoughts. I will now implement a much stricter diet. I was very sad to hear you say ice cream. That is my favorite snack. 😢
I didn't eat sugars at this my last gout attack, nor did i drink alcohol, and i am a vegetarian 4 more than 30 years, light weighting, so, there must be some other reason ...
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@@bustjanzupan1074what do you mean “even” some fruit? Fruit is the major source of fructose. Most things processed will have fructose. Even bread has it. Problem is not so much as it is fructose.
I’ve been getting gout for twenty years. I finally realised my triggers were aspirin at any dosage and anchovies. I can drink litres of OJ (no added sugar) and a nice glass of red occasionally without a problem. Now instead of my big toe, the crystals are forming in my heels. I go to the gym, sweat it out for two or three hours with lots of water and after a couple of days, it’s gone.
Give up the OJ or sooner, rather than later, that will be your new trigger. It takes approximately 16 medium orange to make one litre of juice (no sugar added). The fact that you said you drink litres implies that you drink at least 2 litres a day. That is 32 medium oranges WITHOUT the added benefits the orange fibres provide, basically 2 litres of mostly fructose. I'm sure you wouldn't consider eating 32 medium sized oranges. Replace the litres of OJ with litres of water and maybe also eat an orange or two. You're welcome!
Weight issues is rarely caused by a DNA issue, it is that we inherit the way we eat and our relationship to food, that is why family members look the same. You inherit the way you cook and think about food, it's tradition and comfort food.
Drinking Lemon Water and Apple Cider Vinegar with the Mother mixed into 10 ounces of warm water daily has helped me big time. Peanut butter Black coffee helps too
My late husband had chronic gout and medications exacerbated the situation. Someone recommended a tea spoon of black cherry juice concentrate daily that you can get from health food stores which worked tremendously. He never had to go through the painful extraction of the uric acid or painful gout episodes.
Every body is different and congratulations for finding one solution to your husbands body. But did he also eat well, avoid processed or fast foods, and was he NOT obese to begin with. All are different.
@@user-zp7jp1vk2i Absolutely that everyone is different and bodies react differently as did my husband’s body with medications. Allopurinol exacerbated the gout and Colcicine was not effective. That’s why he at times needed the painful Uric acid extractions and steroid injections. I looked up the types of food to avoid so he stopped eating them. He was not obese but did become diabetic. But when we tried the black cherry juice concentrate it was effective almost 100%. Since he used it every day it became more of a preventative measure as well as treatment. The frequency of gout episodes were almost nonexistent and when it did happen the severity and timeline was greatly reduced. So it worked for him.
Thanks for this information. My brother (RIP) had gout for many years. Never did we know he had other other health issues because of it. It took a car accident to determine all his health problems which spiraled downward.
I used to drink close to 6 liters of soda a day - or a 12 pack when I was drinking cans (I naively thought that I would cut back by switching to drinking from a glass). I would get gout at least once every couple of years and it would usually depend on a lot of factors. Now that you mention the kidney connection that makes sense. I used to take a LOT of ibuprofen (thank you United States Military) and it was usually after a cold or some other sinus affliction. I would take pseudoephedrine for my sinuses (when it was available) and I would take a lot of ibuprofen because when the rebound would happen (and with sinus medicine it's not a if, it's a when) I would get severe headaches. It was usually after these events that I would have several things go wrong. Gout is the warning usually, then I would get an upper GI bleed from too much IB, which I would then fight for three days until I got dehydrated and went to urgent care. All of that was related to IB. I have since stopped taking IB, and only take Tylenol for pain. I have since stopped drinking soda as well. I haven't had any issues (knock on wood) in almost 3 years since I changed my habits. Oh, I forgot to mention, I also would up with diverticulitis. My mother died from complications of diverticulosis, so that was a wake up call for me.
I had a few very serious gout attacks, pain is right up there with kidney stones. When ever I had an affliction I would not just study local medicine but other countries for that dietary association, and I found american medicine was wrong on gout, completely...that being said You are right on target with your assessment. When I discovered this years back, I have no more gout attacks, diet moderation is also the key, stop gorging yourself on foods, reduce portions and use more water instead of juices, beer and sodas.
Had reoccuring back injury starting at 2012 and got worse. In 2011, I was diagnosed with fatty liver and had to take some dry powder medicine. In 2018 December, I caught a very severe pneumonia. All 3 factors got me wondering if part of the lower back pain was due to my diet. Seeing how my daughter keeps gaining weight for unknown reasons, I experimented with sugar. It's High Fructose Corn Syrup and Corn Syrup that are the main reason why people get majority of the medical problems. After I was diagnosed with fatty liver, I basically had every known symptoms of diabetes. But my doctors said I didn't have diabetes when they took blood samples. Cut the consumption of any kind of Corn Syrup and eat sugar moderately. I do this, and I'm okay
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Had reoccuring back injury starting at 2012 and got worse. In 2011, I was diagnosed with fatty liver and had to take some dry powder medicine. In 2018 December, I caught a very severe pneumonia. All 3 factors got me wondering if part of the lower back pain was due to my diet. Seeing how my daughter keeps gaining weight for unknown reasons, I experimented with sugar. It's High Fructose Corn Syrup and Corn Syrup that are the main reason why people get majority of the medical problems. After I was diagnosed with fatty liver, I basically had every known symptoms of diabetes. But my doctors said I didn't have diabetes when they took blood samples. Cut the consumption of any kind of Corn Syrup and eat sugar moderately. I do this, and I'm okay
I have a good friend who has gout. Her Dr just keeps putting her on different meds. I told her to quit all sugars. She did and after 3-4 days, she felt SO much better. Gout is gone. No meds. Just a healthier diet.
Sugar. I've been pretty tolerant of sugar for most of my like. High metabolic rate, I burn it off. But age creeps up. I should have been reducing sugar intake a few years ago. I began to just recently. This vid means my effort to reduce it will be even more.
Thank you! I suffer from gout, high blood pressure and kidney issues. Thankfully not diabetic. I have known beer, alcohol and some meats are high in purine, but had no idea sugar was a cause. In fact during my flare ups, I'd cut out meat and eat carbs and sugary deserts. I'll be cutting that out immediately.
This couldn't have come at a better time. I woke up this morning with Gout. Thinking back, I had fish the other night and a high sugar desert. My right toe joint feels as if it is broken and came on within hours. This is the second time in 4 years i have had Gout. i need to monitor my sugar and food intake more carefully. This is very painful but thankfully for me, only lasts a few days.
I've had two awful cases of gout in the past few months! Eliminating the sugar & excessive alcohol is real. I do like beer, so I switched from my Modelo to Michelob Ultra PureGold; research shows it has very low purines and since I've been drinking it, no more gout attacks!
Finally someone who actually knows the science and regurgitating scientific facts in a non scientific way but wrapped in gloss, mainly the DC out there because I wonder whether they really know what’s going on. This video is a comprehensive and coherent explanation.
Very helpful. I knew alcohol increased gout attacks but did not know about sugar's impact. When I first developed gout I was heavy into drinking soda pop, so this revelation makes a lot of sense in hindsight. And yes, now that I'm older I also have additional health problems such as high blood pressure. 😓
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As with most things, some people are just more susceptible to certain issues. Like in my family, as soon as we drink red wine, that triggers an almost immediate gout attack. Yet, we can drink whiskey, brandy, etc. in moderation and not suffer any gout. Just like some people can eat/drink what they want and never get a gout attack. Just like people who smoke their whole life and never get cancer or people who have never smoked get lung cancer. We still have so far to go to really understand how the human body works.
"Hyperuricemia" Hyper- means high or excess Uric means Uric acid -Emia meaning -present in blood High/Excessive Uric Acid present in Blood Thanks Dr. Bernard, he taught me about this.
Cured my gout with hydration. 5 quarts of water a day. Yes, I pee a lot. Only 2 minor flares in over a year and both were related to letting myself get dehydrated. I also add lemon juice to the first quart of water every day. I think the jury is still out as to whether you can actually "melt down" kidney stones that have already formed, but I don't think it can hurt to try. If you have gout you're something like 6X more likely to get kidney stones, so anything is worth a shot.
Oh mate finally! You are a breath of fresh air.when people blame Alcohol as a cause of gout they don’t realise that it’s not the beer that causes gout..it’s dehydration from the after affects.I’ve suffered from gout for 20+ years and keeping hydrated has kept me gout free for years
@@deecee129 Yeah, it also ticked me off a bit. Why don't doctors know this?? Alpurinol didn't seem to do anything but make me tired (side effect only about 2% of people get) and taking Prednisone is a pain and they only prescribe it once you're in the middle of a flare up. If only a doctor had told me 15 years ago "hey, drink lots of water" I could have saved myself a lot of pain and trouble.
@@deecee129 Thanks. I write for a beer website and can now taste test 5-7 full bottles a week without fear. I focus now on hydration (how hard is it to drink a quart of H20 in a hour?) and inflammation with turmeric, MSM, "systemic enzymes" (which defeats most arthritis forms), and other natural things. Works every time. When a doctor told me "millions of people (mostly under 50) have high uric acid but never have had gout a day in their life" he clued me in. I do find that strong beers with high ABV (13+) like barrel-aged stouts and barleywines are the most risky so I pre-hydrate when tasting some of those and take my inflammation blend at the same time.
I have high uric acid my dr told me to drink heaps of water Going on day 2 of drinking 3 litres I had kidney stones removed many years ago, I’m only 33 😢 will continue with 3 litres of water a day and I’ll buy some lemon juice too. What foods help lower high uric acid too?
I’m female and had a gout attack when I was 21. Never had one again because when I feel any warning signs, I avoid seafood, spicy food, alcohol etc. I work out for 30 minutes 5 days a week. I’m 5’ tall and 97 lbs. I have normal blood pressure that borders on low. It’s interesting to learn that sugar is a contributing factor and I’ll keep that in mind for the future. I like sugar but not excessively. Thanks for the info.
@@tia7765 For weeks I felt like I maybe hurt the bone under my big toe. It got worse and my big toe was swollen and red. Then, I ended up in the hospital with the pain going up my right leg. I’m told that I went out of my mind and was shouting “cut off my leg.” I couldn’t even tolerate someone putting their hand near my foot. I never want to go through that again!
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Eating sugary foods is bad but the main cause of high levels of uric acid is eating high purine foods, red meat, seafoods and drinking alcohol. Some vegetables like spinach and asparagus are high in purines too. And I heard a different reason why royalties in olden days had a much higher incidence of gout than the poorer populace. It was the high game meat consumption.
Finally some one here with some common sense. II suffered with Gout for many years. Finally I gave up meat & dairy and the problem went away. I changed to an Organic whole food plant based diet rich in raw fruits & veggies. I have not had a gout attack in 10 years. Uric acid levels down to 3.11 from 7.0. Did this with diet alone. Gout is mostly a meat eaters disese. This is the Data not my opinion at all. The results I got prove it. I eat at least 1 to 2 mangos a day, blueberries, bananas, etc... My weight stabilized from 290 lbs to 165 + or - 3 lbs and stayed this way for over 10 years. Gout = Meat this is the data people...
@@BigBadJerryRogers Yes they do, but the body absorbs them differently. I had the worst Gout you could ever imagine. I gave up Meat, dairy, boozing and junk food/processed food. I eat a huge amount of fruit daily probably 4 to 6 pieces like mangos, etc... I lost 100 lbs and have not had 1 gout attack in 10 years. So for me it was the meat. As I eat spinach asparagus regularly, no gout here, sorry if that upsets you. I did not come here to piss people off just to share my real experience with food and this disease of Gout.
@@mikesalcito4230 We have to get people off these vegetables, they're very unhealthy. The best thing people can do other than not drink or eat sugar is to cut out vegetables, meat, dairy, fish, nuts, grains and the fruits from their diet entirely.
One of my close friends who is in very good shape. The guy’s 54 years old and he jogs and rides his bike 3 to 4 times a week. He’s 5’10 160 lbs . Last year he just found out he has gout. And this video just confirmed his alcohol consumption. The guy loves drinking wine.
I've had 4 flare ups in the last three years, all traced back to binging on sugar combined with eating a lot of meat like a pot of chili. I've found that starting a fast for 1-2 days and drinking a lot of water will cure it in as many days.
@@Goldenhawk583 And not the tomatoes (1 small can to 3lbs of ground beef). I always heard that red meat had purines that would give you gout, but I never got it just by eating a lot of meat. It was when I was also binging on Easter candy at the same time, and things like that, is when I got gout flare ups. It probably also has something to do with getting older and less activity since I retired.
@@rogerwilcojr It's good to question, as you do, not assume. ( Thus I was just trying to help avoid something very horrid. 😊 We need to test and experiment on ourselves. In my N=1 it was the veggies. Going all-meat saved me. That's one bit of info. If it helps even one person, it's worth taking the time to say it. ) Tomatoes are nightshades as well. But perhaps less vicious than 🌶️. 😏 Good luck and good health to all, either way.
Many people have high uric acid but never get gout. Why? Gout = uric acid + inflammation. I can eat anything I want now because I eliminate the inflammation part of the equation with turmeric, MSM, blueberries, and other ingredients. If you're a beer lover and don't want to give up your beer....controlling the inflammation and not getting dehyrated is your key to having a reasonable amount of beer. Add in some liposomal C and celery extract with lots of hydration to remove uric acid even quicker.
I don't drink alcohol, don't eat any fructose/sugar, I'm low carb with time restricted eating, eat quite a lot of fat but do not eat large amounts of protein, never eat shellfish and only occasionally eat fish. Blood pressure is typically around 110/70. Last CRP a couple of months ago is below 1 (still higher than I prefer) and recent triglycerides around 0.8 mmol/L. Interestingly, my uric acid level is often at the top end of the normal scale (0.46 mmol/L or 7.7 mg/dL) and never below 0.4 mmol/L. It has been at that level ever since I first measured it a couple of years ago. I've never had the slightest negative effect from it, even when I was high carb. I've heard uric acid referred to as being a paradox. It is the strongest antioxidant in the human body, yet high levels can cause inflammation and a variety of problems, but some people with high uric acid never appear to have any issues from it. I'm still keen to understand if it is actually a problem for me or not. I got my own uric acid meter so I can check it more often and see if anything can affect it, but no luck so far.
@@mesbahulhoda9539 Whilst it would appear wise to reduce uric acid, bearing in mind I'm 100% asymptomatic with no liver or kidney issues (good recent lab tests), and that the drugs that treat high uric acid can cause liver and kidney issues, I'm hesitant to take a drug. It would appear I have a genetic tendency for high uric acid production. There is research that indicates 'Most patients with asymptomatic hyperuricemia never develop gout or stones. Pharmacologic treatment for asymptomatic hyperuricemia carries some risk, is not considered beneficial or cost-effective, and generally is not recommended.' Recently I've found an almost 100% carnivore diet has kept my level under 0.40 mmo/L (as low as 0.36) and has not gone up towards 0.46 so I will continue that for a while. Apparently it is now believed that diet plays a fairly minor role in hyperuricemia, although keeping fructose, alcohol, etc. lower will for sure help.
That is a much more nuanced conversation that I would like to have instead of this broad stroke the Dr. is making. It's bad medicine & egotistical. Thank you for sharing your experience & knowledge.
I have gout and have learned that, for me, the greatest risk factor is grain based alcohol such as beer, malt whisky and most vodkas. I find that grape based alcohol is much lower risk. The positive side of gout is that it has encouraged me to live a healthier life in middle age.
I’ve had gout since my 30’s, I retired in 2018, lost 90 lbs, got off my meds, and drastically changed my diet. Diet , over weight, and STRESS were the triggers of my gout. I gave up: pork, sugar, soft drinks, reduced my beer in take drastically, no more processed food, reduced my beef intake, increased chicken and vegetable intake, VERY Minimal fried foods
My late father had a bout of gout back in the mid-1970s. He didn't drink pop or have many sweets, but he loved his beer and a big steak. Doctor said it was due to these two factors. After our family reduced our red meat consumption, he never had another gout attack.
There’s no sugar in steak. I had gout attacks for years but thought it was something else,when I got properly diagnosed I cut out stuff like spinach, chard, rhubarb and cut down on beer and sugar carbs etc., started eating more meat and haven’t had a problem since.
@@diogenesegarden5152 Fructose and purines both get transformed into uric acid. All meats contain purines and even some veggies, just not the same amount of purines. Consuming 0 fructose and 0 purines is almost impossible, so it's mostly about managing your intake and staying hydrated.
Your videos are amazing, such a great help for medical students like me in our final exams, and this one is no exception! Thank you so much for what you guys do, I have already shared your channel with my classmates and we all seem to think the same. Plane tayurveda is also doing good with their ayurvedic medicines for gout health
Edgar Cayce said that anyone who ate 1-3 almonds a day would never get cancer. After taking 3 almonds a day for awhile I noticed 1) my gout was gone 2) my teeth were no longer sensitive 3) my headaches and backaches were a) less frequent and b) less severe. I’ve been eating 3 almonds a day for 29 years and the analgesic effects continue-the gout has never recurred regardless of sugar or alcohol consumption, although I intend on giving them up for other health reasons.
I was diagnosed with gout at 43. I was drinking at least 1 32oz coke per day, maybe 2 or 3 some days, and the doctors at the time told me to stop eating meat. No one told me anything about sugar. Flash forward to 4 years ago, at 53 I was walking with a cane, taking enough nsaids to rot my gut and weighed almost 300lbs. I didn't want to die that way and began to do some research. Found out about fructose and never looked back. I dropped 50lbs in less than 6 months and was able to run again. If you have gout, you don't have to suffer.
@@Ohkeh640 I completely cut sugar out of my diet. It was tough and took about 2 months to sort itself out. And by sugar I mean starches and, obviously, sugars. No rice or potato products. If you can eat whole foods, to where you know exactly what's in there, that's the best. Sucked at first, but climbing a set of stairs without pain is worth every bit of it.
Thank you so much….about a month ago I had painful gout…..I was baking birthday cakes and enjoying alcohol over a period of 3 weeks……OMGoodness the pain, after no alcohol and no sugar it went away….I suspected it was the combination of sugar and alcohol as that was all I did differently for a short period of time…….thank you, other videos did not nail it like yours……
The worse my Kidneys get the more gout attacks I get. My GFR IS 18 now. (T1D for 36 years) I always say the difference between gout and arthritis is gout feels like someone slammed my ankle with a steel rod.
You are the first person i hear that doesn't shout "red meat" first. I have gout with lumps on a lot of my joints as well as a high level of inflammation in my body, i can say for a fact that sugar and fructose is an immediate trigger to my gout attacks. Not so much red meat.
Is what you said true for tophus gout? My mom (age 103) has never had a gout attack but she has tophi on her toes and a little on her fingers. She has lived with me for the last 3 years and doesn't eat as much sugar as she used to. I am glad to know that it isn't the grass fed beef that I like to cook for her.
Having watched so many videos I can say this is outstanding. I am vegan that eats zero oil, very low salt. All organic salad and homemade healthy soups and only water or herbal teas in the drink department. I do have a bowl of 2 table spoons of quinoa and 2 of oats in the morning and was putting mixed berries on it. Once I stopped the mixed berries and banana the pain went away. I am genetically predispose to Gout. I also limited the mushrooms which I used to eat everyday to once a week in much smaller quantities and have a celery drink daily. I eat no breads, pastas or rice which has been a big help. If you're an extremely healthy eater and get gout cut the bread and fruit completely.
I'm going to take the advice about the bread. Thanks. I too can't get on top of the gout after drastically changing my diet. Gave up alcohol. Still suffering.
Interesting, I had dealt with gout out breaks for year's! I tried diet after diet, cutting meat out, cut this out, cutting that out! Hell, I even went vegetarian for 4 months none of it worked! Until I went Gluten free! Haven't had a gout out break since! 3 years 4 months later no gout issues. I still drink alcohol like a fish, has to be gluten free. No whiskeys, bourbon, beer, scotch or any gluten grain base alcohol. If I just drink one beer now, 2 to 3 days later I would have a gout out break. I can drink Tito's all day and all night no gout outbreak! Explain that one doc!
I get gout, inherited from my moms side of the family who all have it and dealt with it for 27 years. I went on a keto diet, lost over a hundred pounds, don't eat sugar, have low cholesterol, never drank alcohol and can still get it. I take 400mg of alopurinol which controls it. No matter what i eat, I can get it. For some reason, fresh turkey breast (not sandwich meat) and drinking non sugary carbonated drinks is the worst for me. I was on a salad and chicken breast diet for awhile with low fat and no sugar or alcohol and got it. My dietary and lifestyle changes helped alot, but i feel a tinge of it from time to time, drinking water more than anything else is a must.
Every body says this and that which cancels each others claims about gout but the missing piece of the puzzle is this--Stress causes gout- sends the body into over'drive - learn relaxing your mind and the body will follow.........
I'm 57 had gout flares up every now and then . It started about 4 years ago ( father & older brother have it too) But this year it's been really bad. I had to resort to Ibuprofen 4 pills twice a day to reduce the pain and inflammation. Luckily, a friend of mine from Mexico brought colchicine tablets and made my symptoms go away. I love coffee with cream and sugar every morning and sometimes chocolate bars or ice cream. So, am I doomed with this condition the rest of my life , Dr. Hansen!?
how long did you have gout? im surprised you survived 4 years without medication. i had a flare up for 2 weeks without meds and it was so painful i couldnt walk.
I wouldn't worry about the first thing in the morning coffee as you don't have more than one cup with sugar and cream, but the chocolate and ice cream means you also have other sweets; even if it's periodical, and those are the things that I would worry about.
I suffered with Gout for many years. Finally I gave up meat & dairy and the problem went away. I changed to an Organic whole food plant based diet rich in raw fruits & veggies. I have not had a gout attack in 10 years. Uric acid levels down to 3.11 from 7.0. Did this with diet alone. Gout is mostly a meat eaters disese. This is the Data not my opinion at all. The results I got prove it. I eat at least 1 to 2 mangos a day, blueberries, bananas, etc... My weight stabilized from 290 lbs to 165 + or - 3 lbs and stayed this way for over 10 years. Gout = Meat this is the data people...
@Mike Salcito Glad you had it under control and with weight loss improvement. But, honestly I don't know if I can cut meat entirely. I like bodybuilding as a lifestyle and protein consumption is a must. Though, I'm going to try to supplement on whey protein and increase consumption to replace meat protein and see if my condition improves!
Insulin resistance adds to this effect severely. I went carnivore diet, and I have cleared my gout, Diabetes, hypoglycemia and started to clear up my psoriasis.
Uric Cleanse by Naka has helped me avoid gout for 2 years. Until recently, somehow it wasnt working and i was having gout attacks again. I was also taking Celery Seed Tincture at high doses to stop the attacks. I may have had a bad batch of Uric Cleanse, i dont know. But it seems to have subsided for over a week now. I blast this on all gout videos that i see because it saved me from the excruciating pain and i want to help others. I rarely ever see anyone talking about celery seed but i swear by it!
Don’t scare people away from whole fruits which doesn’t cause any problems. Unless you have fatty liver from something else and you need give your liver a chance to heal quicker
I had gout, I could not walk and the pain was the worst ever. I was told about Barley Grass Powder which I've been taking every day, one tablespoon full and been gout free ever since I started taking it. Nearly seven months now, it works for me .
I cycled 50,000 miles in 10 years and still got gout. I did not drink alcohol and was on a low sugar diet. However, I ate a lot of Turkey and Cauliflower. Since I went on a low Purine diet my Gout went away.
I love chicken, mushrooms, strawberries and fruit cordial drinks. A few years ago, pre COVID era, I woke up at 3am with an insane pain I'm my left big toe. I first thought a spider had bitten me but there wasn't the usual marks. I got an Uber to the Dr only 3/4 mile away and they diagnosed gout. Having been through the worse pain I have ever felt in my life, I have cut down on the foods that are known to increase likelihood of gout attacks. Good to know about the links you explained too as I have high-ish blood pressure too.
Been in the marines for 6 yrs and firefighter for 5. Recently started getting gout about 28 yrs old. By far the worst pain ive been in. Some of the best things ive found is lots of water and nettle. It supports kidney funtion. Its amazing what our kidneys do. I never drink or smoke and still have these problems. My weaknesses are soft drinks and this sounds like i need to quit. The corn syrup is s sugar on steroids that seems alot sweeter.
I went low-carb 18 months ago - no sugar or carbs since then. About 4 weeks later I had my last gout attack and since then nothing at all. I have now stopped taking all my gout medication.
People, if you read the ingredients for chocolate, it's made of junk. The first ingredients are sugar, and something else. I purchased an expensive bag of Lindt holiday chocolate bon bons for $14. Then, later realized, chocolate is not made of chocolate. It's usually made primarily of sugar and fructose corn syrup.
If you want to eat real chocolate, know what you are buying. Unless you want to be eating junk, read the ingredients and buy high % chocolate like dark chocolate. Buy premium and high quality chocolate.
Yeah, I have not been taken any alcohol, and hardly any sugar, and I still got a very bad gout flare up. I remember that I suspected that broke my ankle, even though there was no trauma. The flare up lasted about a month, and I was in so much pain that I could not walk for 5 days. Well, now I suspect that it may be my attempt at a carnivore diet that caused that. I was on it for a few months, and I took almost no fiber. Well, I am not doing this anymore. So, about 2 weeks after I recovered from my first attack, I get a second one last week. Thankfully, it was mild and I only had problem walking for part of a day. I suppose I can look at this second attack in two ways. 1. I failed to prevent a second attack so I am still doing something wrong. Or, 2. the second flare up is kind of an aftershock. So, my lifestyle changes are working because it was so mild. Well, I don't know which is more accurate. Only the 3rd flare up will help decide that. If I continue to get flare ups regularly, then 1. is more accurate. If I get few flare ups and they reduce in intensity, then 2. is more correct. Wish me luck.
Good luck. Hardly any sugar is more sugar than you think because fructose, corn syrup, dextrose etc is hidden in foods and doesn’t have to be listed as sugar. It’s so hard for us because of what food companies do to make “food”
I read up on gout and uric acid and I can only encourage people to do the same. The medical books says that after an initial attack, one should prevent another one from happening again because then the gout becomes a chronic condition and the likelihood of it coming back yet another time increases. The advice is to do all one can to prevent gout from recurring a second time and thus becoming chronic because it leads to other bigger problems.
A carnivore diet does not cause gout. It cures it. Were you eating some sugar with that diet? A true carnivore diet is a zero carb diet. Some people must eliminate ALL sugar and carbs to avoid gout.
@@pattihy It's only hard, if you only buy food like products. Start cooking your own meals from whole food ingredients, and learn how to read the ingredients.
i had a lot of injuries as a hockey player. broken bones, torn ligaments and muscles, but compared to gout in the knee, the pain was nothing. after a few attacks, i cut alcohol and sugar from my diet and can eat normally. avoid skin from fish and chicken but can eat anything else. drink 2-4 litres of water a day and am complaint free.
I was told by my doctor in England that consuming too much shellfish is another trigger for a gout attack. I used to make my own home made paella with lots of prawns and scallops, which was followed by a painful attack of gout.
I had bad spells of gout in my 20s - this was put down to almost constant dehydration hard physical work in a mine, in temperatures in excess of 100F. I would drink a 10 pint can of water in a shift [more if I could get it] and sweat it all out without having need to pee. After moving to a shallower and much cooler mine attacks ceased. My current less serious gout problem arose from the need to use large quantities of digestive enzymes made of pigs pancreases that are chock full of purines. A low dose of Allopurinol has this under control.
I got gout and high uric acid from drinking concentrated chicken broth I made myself without eating any carbohydrates at all. It was 100% carnivore and my uric acid was around 14 mg/dL. The pain in my ankle was terrible. So purines do matter even on a carb-free diet. I also got gout from eating a plant-based ketogenic diet from avocados and macadamia nuts twice even though I only ate the carbohydrates found in those two foods. It turns out that high fat diets, even when low in carbohydrates, can impair the excretion of endogenous uric acid.
Some meat have high level of purines, so it's not a great pick if you have gout yeah. It's extremely hard to avoid all fructose AND purines, so managing your intake and staying hydrated is probably your safest bet.
so drink 2l of water a day, and you won't get gout, or at least greatly reduced - Published med study -it's amazing how many videos like this never mention it - I had chronic gout attacks for about 6 months
I had uric acid kidney stones and my nephrologist put me on alopurinol AND drinking baking soda daily (1 level tablespoon in 8 oz. of water, twice daily) and drinking at least 80 oz of water daily. In less than 10 days, my issues were put to rest...and this was some 20 years ago.
@@pram9832 This happened some 20 odd years ago to me because I had moved to a much hotter climate and was basically dehydrated most of the day and eating too much processed food...bad combination. I was on the protocol that I mentioned in my original post for about 3 weeks under direction of my urologist, have continued with drinking the correct amount of daily water (with lime juice), and altered my diet accordingly. No issues since. Good luck.
as a gout sufferer the main reason for gout apart from wrong nutriations etc which are very important but is the immune system that goes nuts and the reason for that chronic stress and emotional problems.get rid of your pshcological issues and get rid of immune system problems. do not drink alcohol for more then 10 years at all.and ı had stubborn gout flare up nonstoping 1 year. but information is highly true anyway thnks doc
My husband went keto and his gout flared up to the point of needing to be hospitalized. So he wasn't consuming any sugar and he rarely ever drinks alcohol.
Same happened to me, had to call an ambulance. And when I was at a residential program where they served meat at every meal, I had a gout flare up after two days, different people have different chemistry's and different biological dysfunctions. This one thing across the board is what is wrong with modern medicine (particularly American). Adding "for most people" goes a long way in your credibility in my eyes.
Red meat can be problematic too. And sugar is everywhere, especially in the US, just look at what’s in normal bread. Carbs, especially white wheat, white rice etc. is metabolised into sugar as well. And: we’re all susceptible to different things.
been on 12 years vegan clean whole food diet, with often having 3-5 gout attacks per year , eating diclofenak like candy, trying carnivore diet for almost 3 weeks, eating a ton of fish,chicken, red meat ,egg, and no gout attacks at all. sugar and carbs are the evil one i would say,,, got gout from eating, rice ? oat and so on, evrybody told me eat alot of fruit, or juices, got worse often .
AND the there is familial gout from which my husband has occasional flare ups (6 or so yearly) especially after eating seafood or asparagus. He has a sweet tooth and moderately drinks wine/beer. His mother had it (died at 98 from lung cancer due to heavy smoking), his mother’s sister had it (died of heart problems at 95), and his maternal grandfather had it (died tragically young at 86 in a car crash). One “size” does not fit all…
I've found my biggest issue is vitamin d, hydration, and sleep. I tend to be deficient in all of those. I'm otherwise a decently active dude. My recent flare-up really affected my mental health. I use a lamp for vitamin D and stopped using it during the summer, thinking things would be cool. Things were not cool. I'm going to use that lamp every day and any extra sunlight I get will be extra. I finally broke it out after about 6 weeks of not using it and I felt relief and reduction in swelling and pain and an improvement of mobility in just a few hours.
My late husband had gout, kidney failure, high blood pressure, and was diabetic. Until this explanation I never had any idea they were all related. Thank you!
Did he take high amounts of alcohol or sugar?
@@Martin-sp4zf lowkey cursed but i like this 💀
Lisa your husband was very lucky to have someone like you. Never stop learning. I too am still trying to learn everything I can about my late husband's issues.
Wow!!!
Caring Lisa!
@@turanamo just because he had these issues doesn't mean he wasn't taking care of himself. There is other information about him that you don't know beyond the comment. He was diabetic. If he were elderly, 65 and beyond, the diabetes would have given him complications no matter what.
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extremely painful gout attacks since my mid 30s. I'm 59 now. I'm otherwise
a healthy guy. No diabetes, cholesterol low,
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have also realized that if I allowed myself
to get rundown and dehydrated, a gout
attack would often happen. I only
occasionally drink beer.. and l've also
noticed when I do indulge in beer especially
after being on vacation in Mexico an attack
would happen as a result.. So l've learnt
that drinking plenty of water, not getting
rundown and avoid too much beer is
important in greatly reducing number of attacks..
uric acid is "extracted" from your blood by your kidneys
the need water to function
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And quit sugar ! That means bread, and pasta too as they both turn to glucose (sugar) in your body. Our pancreas doesn’t know the difference between sugar, fructose, glucose , or anything else that ends in OSE. It’s all bad
I am an alcoholic, i drink beer every day if i can.(i cannot currently as i work all over canada and cant drink on the site i am working on). I take Uric Cleanse by naka and if i have to, i will celery seed tincture. But the uric cleanse seems to have worked just fine for the 2 years that i have taken it up until recently. but i think i may have had a bad batch of uric cleanse capsules. I swear by it!
i have never drink beer , my uric acid are at 5 and sometimes below that still i experienced gout 3 times in last 4 months.. why
This man speaks the direct truth about a crippling disease. Every word was so accurate
This is a pretty basic overview and he left out what I consider a very important factor. Gout is a genetic disease. If you have hyperuricemia, you cannot lower uric acid and become normal again.
You can only lower uric acid possibly several points even if you loose weight, avoid purine, exercise, don't drink alcohol, hydrate, etc.
It is may help avoid flare ups, but without meds you can't meaningfully lower uric acid.
I'd consider that the most important and defining factor of the explanation of the cause of gout.
Also, several types of alcohol do not raise uirc acid themselves. (Basically not beer) they however limit it from being urinated out. Some studies show wine had no affect on uric acid. I doubt it though seeing wine is processed throu the liver just like all other forms of alcohol. There are stats of risk of flare ups based off studies of different types of alcohol.
Besides the genetics that cause gout, I would have also mentioned xanthine oxidase and it's role in production of uirc acid. Also, the process of uic acid becoming urate crystals. Like ph levels and what it binds with to form. Basically gout is urate crystals in joints. I don't remember him saying that either.
@@NoNo-dq4mc no, he hit the nail on the head! everything else is just rhetoric from doctors and pharmaceuticals. your body creates uric acid naturally as a way of self cleaning/regeneration.. the crystals however are formed via inflammation due to the body's reaction to the sugars that are overloading everything.
Why than i just have got gout 2 days ago, after eating less honey and instead more salty food, and No other sugars , after been a vegetarian for more than 30 years ? And i never was fat. Than his theory does not match so much with Truth at my case ... Pwy.
@@bustjanzupan1074 can you elaborate on "less honey and instead more salty food"? like what foods exactly?? and did you cook them or was it from restaurant/prepackaged? Also, how much honey did you have?
@@crayrayc As more salty food i do eat, so much less sweet food i eat , and also vice-versa.
Usually i eat about 2 - 4 spoons of honey , per one meal.
In Thursday evening , i was eating wholewheat pizza margeritta , and drinked 1L the red "bevanda" (about 30% water mixed with red wine ).
Otherwise i cook by myself , and i avoid eating outside , because it is mostly junk food .
Isn't it amazing how this information is not only not widely known, but neither is it promoted, advertised, or otherwise being disseminated to the public, but there is all kinds of advertisement and stuff for which medications are made to "alleviate" other things? Here, the prescription for alleviation is to just stop eating and drinking some things. There's no money to be made in that.....and that's why we don't know about this information. Thank you for putting it on RUclips. I learned these things about 10 or 12 years ago and have pretty much eliminated gout flares because of it. I learned it on a website some guy made who experimented on himself with his own gout issues to see what would cause a flare and what would keep them away.
WHY THE HELL WE HAVE TO LEARN THIS AFTER THE DAMAGE IS DONE, THIS SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOLS ALL FOUR YEARS!!! Food industry loves ignorance in consumers.
elementary grade school,
They want people dead , so what's the point in telling them healthy stuff 😂
Why bother, kids don’t listen, I didn’t. The mentality is if it feels good and taste good then go for it!
We’ve had the internet now for … 25 years approximately. Most people have access to find this info for themselves. And common sense would tell you , all of us, to steer clear of things that don’t fuel our body properly.
Its a theory. If eating sugar was the reason for gout, and sugar is everywhere then 100% of adults would have gout, rather than the 3% that do.
Stopped drinking alcohol completely for two years. Changed my diet etc. Still got gout.
When I had the last gout attack, My doctor checked my uric acid level and found it to be in the normal range. Gout medication did work for me, so I did get some relief. I did stop drinking beer, now I’ll cut back on sugar. I hope this works, because I could barely shuffle around due to the pain.
Go more carnivore and you'll be OK in a few weeks. Don't forget animal fats! Are very important to replace sugar as the "energy" fuel
@@alxdava2004are you sure meat 🥩 only but doctor said high purines food like red meat should to avoid???
Are you sure it's gout have you had your fluids tested?
Me also , and i Am a Vegetarian for 30 + years, and i have not drinked alcohol since 1 year ago , but still got gout this weekend ... how is that possible ?
My husband is now convinced that Alexa listens to our conversations bc we were just talking about his gout flare up when the notification for this video popped up. Lol! Good information though. We’d never heard that sugar had anything to do with gout. We thought it was just alcohol and red meat.
Oh it listens alright! To everything
She did that to us yesterday. 😂 I told my roommate “well, isn’t she a nosy B*”.
LOL. Eavesdropping.
2 years ago, i had back to back gout attacks within 6 months. It started in August, had it for a week then after 2 weeks, it'd start again all the way to February/March of 2022. I didn't understand why i kept getting it since i was just eating chicken, veggies, fruits and even started eating beyond meat products plus no alcohol or meat (pork/beef/turkey). I came across a video that says meat does NOT cause gout. It gave me a pause and made me think about what else i was consuming besides the obvious to avoid gout attacks and it made me realize that yes, i avoided everything my dr told me to avoid but i was still eating pastries/desserts and drinking bubble teas/sodas etc. My dr's have never told me to avoid sugar but it was the main cause for my gout attacks. I haven't had bubble teas/sodas/pastries/desserts for a year now, been eating more meat/eggs and haven't had gout attack since then. Also, my bad cholesterol went down, blood sugar is normal as well as my blood pressure. Have also been cooking my food with butter and extra virgin olive oil instead of vegetable/canola/peanut oil etc. Nowadays, we really have to do our own research to help ourselves because most doctors would just prescribe medicines instead of healing it with dietary and lifestyle changes first.
@@rhodar44 Medicine changes so slow. RUclips doctors are much more up to date though. Remember not to over heat your olive oil if cooking with it.
It's not often that I hear a doctor tell the truth about sugar and gout, they usually blame meat, kudos Dr Mike
Meat does not bother me. White sugar and bread, soda and junk food
If i have red meat, I immediately get a gout attack. Also, sardines and prawns are guaranteed to trigger my gout.
Sugar is the ultimate health killer ! It’s really to blame for everything.
Because meat also causes gout. Just because sugar and alcohol does that doesnt mean meat doesnt lmao
Too much protein is bad for kidneys, if you have gout most likely you have kidney issues
This is the only video you have to watch on the subject its short to the point and THE TRUTH. I am a renal transplant patient of 21 years, previously i experienced gout flair ups two to three times a year. I was prescribed Febuxostat which I didn't take instead I stopped taking sugar in tea and coffee and i rarely drink alcohol. I eat red meat in moderation. Next month It will be a year without a flair up I recently mentioned this to my renal consultant who said that there is no link between sugar and uric acid which clearly cant be true as its the only change I've made. Thanks Dude.
Sugar and fructose are 2 different things! The normal sugar in your coffee is ok compared to fructose found in fruit and processed foods, which will kill you fast.
@TheBooban Thanks for the info any advice is always welcome
Ive never added sugar to tea/coffee and am a light drinker. I have gout.
@@jamesdey9887Apparently there is no link with sugar possibly fructose from fruit I'm told, I had a brief attack last week and i think that was from stress. I used Cherrys ,Apple cider vinegar, Pineapple supplement and Prednisolone I would have took Celery seed extract as well if I had any. Good luck.
@@britfliptop Then go watch video made by doctor with brain i mean Ken Berry about this topic
I am a gout sufferer. The biggest thing is to to keep hydrated. You can get a litre bottle for measuring your daily intake. You must drink water even in winter when you don't get the thirst reflex.
I also have cut down sugar by 90 percent.
I eat as much cheese and red meat and beer and wine as I want.
The wife eats far far too much sugar and never had gout.
I found that when I was driving long distance with a high stress load my gout would flare up.
One other thing I've given up on is canola oil. It's difficult because they put it in everything.
Read the label on any processed food.
Being alkaline and avoid the acid-forming foods greatly helps.
I have gout and it only flares up if I eat meat
My gout was hydration related. Been almost flare free for well over a year thanks to "Drop Acid" by Dr. Perlmutter. I was thinking about adding lemon water to my daily routine to try to avoid kidney stones when I read the book and decided to do it. Now I drink 5 quarts of water a day with lemon juice in one of them. Had two minor flares in about a year and a half but both times I let myself get dehydrated.
@@markw999 very true
Yes. I agree with you. I have had many extremely painful gout attacks since my mid 30s. I'm 59 now. I'm otherwise a healthy guy. No diabetes, cholesterol low, normal blood pressure, not overweight. I have also realized that if I allowed myself to get rundown and dehydrated, a gout attack would often happen. I only occasionally drink beer.. and I've also noticed when I do indulge in beer especially after being on vacation in Mexico an attack would happen as a result.. So I've learnt that drinking plenty of water, not getting rundown and avoid too much beer is important in greatly reducing number of attacks over the years. .
I had a brief (2 weeks) experience with gout. I couldn't belive the pain in my right little toe. I couldn't even tolerate wearing a stocking. When I got super serious about getting control over my type 2 diabetes, it went away, never to return. I'm currently control with dirty Keto, but the low carb is the key for me, including weight loss without "dieting". In fact it's difficult for me to consume even 1300 cals a day. Eat REAL food, it's that simple!
Imagine having it in your whole foot and half way up the shin. It was the most pain I've ever had and I had two 6 hour back operations from broken disks in my spine.
How much water do you drink? I started drinking , best guess 10 times and 95 percent of my attacks are gone, and I drink way to much, best of luck, it does hurt.
Did you toe swell up?
I have had gout for many years and this is by far the best explanation I have ever heard! Thank you!
Same, man. No magical cures, though the suppressors worked reasonably well for me at times. Happy I was able to change my lifestyle and drop a lot of excess weight. I've been gout-free for months now
Its not a scientific explanation unfortunately. Only 3% of adults have gout, and we're not all fatties
Finally, someone that points the culprit of gout on fructose, alcohol and sugar in general. Not meat! Being a carnivore myself always frustrated me that so-called doctors only blamed red meat. Heck no! Thanks Dr. Hansen
Your are correct. My first gout attack came the night after I consumed a large amount of alcohol and sweet peach juice and orange juice mixed. I couldn’t walk the next day. I cut out all meat and only ate what I was told would help. A month later I drink one drink of vodka and tonic, (which was sweetened), and I met the gout monster that night again. I quit drinking alcohol and stopped all sweets. So far so good.
I just got gout 2 days ago, and i didn't eat much honey, and NO other sugars, but more salty foods , beside that i am a vegetarian for more than 30 years, with slim body. So , this his theory is not so much acurate , at least at my case.
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Just curious, what about alcohol? It doesn’t take much. I can get a recurring attack with one drink.
@@justpray365 I have drinked about 3 dcl of bevanda , but not each day . ( Bevanda = water mixed with 30 % of red wine) .
@@justpray365 - A single can of soda pop brought on a gout attack while I was on vacation. This is when I finally realized how much of a role that sugar plays in Gout.
Haven't had an outbreak since I quit drinking. Just another good reason to give up alcohol.
In my experience, all my gout attacks came after spending long periods of time on my feet and not hydrating. I’ve had two gout attacks after spending time at Disneyland and not being properly hydrated. Three other attacks were after very long walks and not properly hydrating. I learned my lesson and now take electrolytes with added potassium citrate.
Welll, that Disney is also known for it's evilness, so, maybe you got some evil spirits there , which can also cause the gout attacks. Pwy.
Same for me, I never had issues with gout until I got that shot. 🇯🇲❤️Frm GA
Same here. dehydration is my main trigger. second is certain vegetables such as cauliflower and raw tomato.
@@tarsinsigmundson2714 Tomato ? But, some experts say it is good 4 anti-gout, because of some vitamins that it has ....
@@bustjanzupan1074 Yep raw tomato my doctor even told me its common but she also said there seems no reason for it.
This doctor is 100% correct, I had a gout attack that lasted 2 months due to me drinking a fruit, mostly berries, smoothie every morning. Three things never to drink: Alcohol, Fruit juice and soda
I drink all 3 hahaha
Zero sugar soda exist.
@@Veldrin05they never implied it didn’t. Obviously they mean regular soda.
@@Veldrin05wrong. Sweetner is changed but with almost same effect over time. Sugar, carbohydrates, seed oils should be eliminated. Meat, fat, eggs, dairy should replace those above.
True story have had gout since 2008. Did some research and for the first time last year I did not get a gout attack from five attacks a year. I stopped 95% of Carbs and 95% of sugar. It was a Big sacrifice but it's better than the pain you get from gout. I do not drink often but when I do I'll drink tequila. In my opinion I think gout and insulin resistance go together. I hope I can help someone from debilitating pain that you get from gout.
Good Advice, now Stop the Alcohol
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@BigBadJerry Rogers Deal with the consequences then Alco 😆
@@BigOmes1 Ok
Diabetes is essentially caused by ingesting sugary carbs & alcohol - it causes inflammation which plays havoc with the body trying to regulate & maintain a balance...
Great video, doc. I just ran into this while drinking a cup of real grape juice drink, about 20 ozs of a real wine (8% alcohol!) a day and an occasional five beers a night. My legs and feet swelled up for the first time in my life. It really terrified me. The oddity here was a grossly sweet frozen cheesecake made everything come to a head. I never knew a single incident of food poisoning could cause your legs and feet to swell so bad, but it can. I stopped the sweets, dropped the wine and beer, and went on a seven day fast with no solid foods - just lots of spring water, many types of teas only sparingly sweetened with real honey and just a half cup of fruit juice if I got lightheaded. I made it the full seven days fasting with no solid food. My legs and feet went totally back to normal. My eyes got better and my brain fog, that I didn't even realize was that bad, went away. I look forward to my next seven day fast soon. And I am definitely reconsidering any more alcohol consumption at all. I never want to live with swollen legs and feet. I wished I knew this fasting and complete refusal to ingest anything sugar producing was a cure when my wife was alive. She had swollen legs the last couple of years of her life and the Lasix didn't help it at all. You are 100% correct about the alcohol and anything else full of sugar. It is really bad for you.
Honey is metabolized just like sugar.
What about pseudo gout?
Your fruit juice was a no no. Plain water. I am just going through the same thing now. Doc. gave me lots of
gout meds and no information. I don't drink, eat red meat or sea food and couldn't figure out why I had gout.
Turns out my ice cream binge (SUGAR, SUGAR, SUGAR) was to blame. Eat a little fruit but the juice is fructose and water. Sugar is in everything and is a killer. Still learning at 79, and I am glad to have found you Dr Mike.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing your story.
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I went pure carnivore nearly two years ago. Not one single gout attack since (it's the carbs, not the meat). Dropped 75 pounds and all meds as well. Look into it, it's worked for me!
Same with me, I confirm what you wrote is total true. Hope it reach others
@scottsellers9039 I'm considering doing this but am curious about cholesterol and blood pressure levels. How are yours?
@@minortremors Dr. Baker had a wonderful interview and discussion about lipids last week. Look it up. Dr. Berry has some also.
Personally, I don't live by the numbers, I live by how I feel. My cholesterol is above the AHA guidelines, but my triglycerides are lower than they've ever been, and my HDL is higher than it's ever been. I believe we've been sold a false narrative about cholesterol and its relation to heart disease. Do your research and make an informed choice, I did.
I am a teetotaler on a ketogenic diet and I have very high uric acid.
My blood pressure is excellent, my triglycerides are low and I am far, far from diabetic.
And this guy is giving me a speech on sugar, alcohol and all the other stuff I don't have...
There's more going on with gout than just sugar and alcohol. Six years ago, I had my first gout episode. Four years ago, I gave up sugar and fruit. I've never drank. I ended up in keto, even though that wasn't a goal, I also lost 20 pounds and was not overweight. One year ago, I had the worst gout episode yet-- both feet, and I couldn't walk without pain, which was difficult for me because I walk between four and six miles per day. I'm on Allopurinol now, and it's working so far. Sugar and alcohol are not the full reason for gout. YMMV.
He's speaking in general. There's always an exception or outlier like yourself.
I am a regular beer drinker I eat meat often and do not have sweet tooth. Rarely eat chocolate or biscuits. I am not over weight and do not have diabetes.
I have had gout twice both times when I had given up beer for few weeks, I would drink water with few drops of lemon juice in it as a tonic... In my opinion this is what has given the gout access to attack.
He said purines are also a factor and if you went keto you were getting a lot of purines I'd imagine.
Sugar is everywhere man. Sugar comes from carbohydrates, Pasta, bread, cereals of any kind. Savoury or sweet biscuits including sao or vita wheats. So dont think sugar is only from sweets and soft drinks.
Totally agree with you. Only 3% of adults have gout and it's not all cake eating alchies. As sugar is omnipresent in every food, it's impossible to avpid so how come 100% of adults don't have gout? The reality is that the cause of gout remains a mystery. Staying hydrated or taking allopurinol are the best remedies.
I've suffered for years with gout. My old dr. Was not actually helping. I now have the right care. Your description is the best I have ever heard in 18 years. Thank you. Confirmed my thoughts. I will now implement a much stricter diet. I was very sad to hear you say ice cream. That is my favorite snack. 😢
I didn't eat sugars at this my last gout attack, nor did i drink alcohol, and i am a vegetarian 4 more than 30 years, light weighting, so, there must be some other reason ...
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@@bustjanzupan1074 Grain , or bean like tofu also trigger's gout due to the high purin
@@goddanner Legumes yes, but grains are not causing it so much ... but even some fruit causes more of the purines.
@@bustjanzupan1074what do you mean “even” some fruit? Fruit is the major source of fructose. Most things processed will have fructose. Even bread has it. Problem is not so much as it is fructose.
This explains things far more clearly than a heap of videos out there.
I’ve been getting gout for twenty years. I finally realised my triggers were aspirin at any dosage and anchovies. I can drink litres of OJ (no added sugar) and a nice glass of red occasionally without a problem. Now instead of my big toe, the crystals are forming in my heels. I go to the gym, sweat it out for two or three hours with lots of water and after a couple of days, it’s gone.
Give up the OJ or sooner, rather than later, that will be your new trigger.
It takes approximately 16 medium orange to make one litre of juice (no sugar added). The fact that you said you drink litres implies that you drink at least 2 litres a day. That is 32 medium oranges WITHOUT the added benefits the orange fibres provide, basically 2 litres of mostly fructose. I'm sure you wouldn't consider eating 32 medium sized oranges. Replace the litres of OJ with litres of water and maybe also eat an orange or two.
You're welcome!
Added sugar or not, oj is just sugar water. It's pasteurised, and so has virtually no goodness left. Just drink water instead.
It's probably oxalates.
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Sugar is my Achilles heal for gout. Usually stay away from it, but one Starbucks ☕ can put me over the edge. I stay away and am fine
You are describing my entire family...Diet and exercise together with eating right will correct most of these issues. Thanks for the info.
Weight issues is rarely caused by a DNA issue, it is that we inherit the way we eat and our relationship to food, that is why family members look the same. You inherit the way you cook and think about food, it's tradition and comfort food.
Well I do my best with everything but my uric acid is 0.39....I'm 55 years old and in menopause
Sadly, I've a healthy BMI and am only a light drinker. I have gout
Never knew gout is caused by excess sugar...until I listened to this video. Thank you Dr. Hanson
You never heard it because it isn't true
Drinking Lemon Water and Apple Cider Vinegar with the Mother mixed into 10 ounces of warm water daily has helped me big time.
Peanut butter
Black coffee helps too
Are fruits bad for gout
I can't drink with my mother, too much gin and tonic.
My late husband had chronic gout and medications exacerbated the situation. Someone recommended a tea spoon of black cherry juice concentrate daily that you can get from health food stores which worked tremendously. He never had to go through the painful extraction of the uric acid or painful gout episodes.
Every body is different and congratulations for finding one solution to your husbands body. But did he also eat well, avoid processed or fast foods, and was he NOT obese to begin with. All are different.
@@user-zp7jp1vk2i Absolutely that everyone is different and bodies react differently as did my husband’s body with medications. Allopurinol exacerbated the gout and Colcicine was not effective. That’s why he at times needed the painful Uric acid extractions and steroid injections. I looked up the types of food to avoid so he stopped eating them. He was not obese but did become diabetic. But when we tried the black cherry juice concentrate it was effective almost 100%. Since he used it every day it became more of a preventative measure as well as treatment. The frequency of gout episodes were almost nonexistent and when it did happen the severity and timeline was greatly reduced. So it worked for him.
Thanks for this information.
My brother (RIP) had gout for many years. Never did we know he had other other health issues because of it. It took a car accident to determine all his health problems which spiraled downward.
I don't drink alcohol and eat healthy...I have low blood pressure but just had mild gout..then found out I have kidney stones!! Explain that please
I used to drink close to 6 liters of soda a day - or a 12 pack when I was drinking cans (I naively thought that I would cut back by switching to drinking from a glass). I would get gout at least once every couple of years and it would usually depend on a lot of factors. Now that you mention the kidney connection that makes sense. I used to take a LOT of ibuprofen (thank you United States Military) and it was usually after a cold or some other sinus affliction. I would take pseudoephedrine for my sinuses (when it was available) and I would take a lot of ibuprofen because when the rebound would happen (and with sinus medicine it's not a if, it's a when) I would get severe headaches. It was usually after these events that I would have several things go wrong. Gout is the warning usually, then I would get an upper GI bleed from too much IB, which I would then fight for three days until I got dehydrated and went to urgent care. All of that was related to IB. I have since stopped taking IB, and only take Tylenol for pain. I have since stopped drinking soda as well. I haven't had any issues (knock on wood) in almost 3 years since I changed my habits. Oh, I forgot to mention, I also would up with diverticulitis. My mother died from complications of diverticulosis, so that was a wake up call for me.
I had a few very serious gout attacks, pain is right up there with kidney stones.
When ever I had an affliction I would not just study local medicine but other countries for that dietary association, and I found american medicine was wrong on gout, completely...that being said You are right on target with your assessment. When I discovered this years back, I have no more gout attacks, diet moderation is also the key, stop gorging yourself on foods, reduce portions and use more water instead of juices, beer and sodas.
Had reoccuring back injury starting at 2012 and got worse. In 2011, I was diagnosed with fatty liver and had to take some dry powder medicine. In 2018 December, I caught a very severe pneumonia. All 3 factors got me wondering if part of the lower back pain was due to my diet. Seeing how my daughter keeps gaining weight for unknown reasons, I experimented with sugar. It's High Fructose Corn Syrup and Corn Syrup that are the main reason why people get majority of the medical problems. After I was diagnosed with fatty liver, I basically had every known symptoms of diabetes. But my doctors said I didn't have diabetes when they took blood samples. Cut the consumption of any kind of Corn Syrup and eat sugar moderately. I do this, and I'm okay
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what did you find out?
Had reoccuring back injury starting at 2012 and got worse. In 2011, I was diagnosed with fatty liver and had to take some dry powder medicine. In 2018 December, I caught a very severe pneumonia. All 3 factors got me wondering if part of the lower back pain was due to my diet. Seeing how my daughter keeps gaining weight for unknown reasons, I experimented with sugar. It's High Fructose Corn Syrup and Corn Syrup that are the main reason why people get majority of the medical problems. After I was diagnosed with fatty liver, I basically had every known symptoms of diabetes. But my doctors said I didn't have diabetes when they took blood samples. Cut the consumption of any kind of Corn Syrup and eat sugar moderately. I do this, and I'm okay
They know they are poisoning us .
High fructose corn syrup is the scourge of the human race.
I have a good friend who has gout. Her Dr just keeps putting her on different meds. I told her to quit all sugars. She did and after 3-4 days, she felt SO much better. Gout is gone. No meds. Just a healthier diet.
Sugar.
I've been pretty tolerant of sugar for most of my like. High metabolic rate, I burn it off.
But age creeps up.
I should have been reducing sugar intake a few years ago. I began to just recently. This vid means my effort to reduce it will be even more.
Thank you! I suffer from gout, high blood pressure and kidney issues. Thankfully not diabetic. I have known beer, alcohol and some meats are high in purine, but had no idea sugar was a cause. In fact during my flare ups, I'd cut out meat and eat carbs and sugary deserts. I'll be cutting that out immediately.
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This couldn't have come at a better time. I woke up this morning with Gout. Thinking back, I had fish the other night and a high sugar desert. My right toe joint feels as if it is broken and came on within hours. This is the second time in 4 years i have had Gout. i need to monitor my sugar and food intake more carefully. This is very painful but thankfully for me, only lasts a few days.
I quit drinking alcohol regularly after I had my first gout attack.
Did this help with anymore gout attacks ?
@@Strikeitbigtime I have quitted it about 1 year ago, but after 9 months, i still got gout this weekend. So, ... anyone knows how/why ?
I've had two awful cases of gout in the past few months! Eliminating the sugar & excessive alcohol is real. I do like beer, so I switched from my Modelo to Michelob Ultra PureGold; research shows it has very low purines and since I've been drinking it, no more gout attacks!
Finally someone who actually knows the science and regurgitating scientific facts in a non scientific way but wrapped in gloss, mainly the DC out there because I wonder whether they really know what’s going on. This video is a comprehensive and coherent explanation.
Very helpful. I knew alcohol increased gout attacks but did not know about sugar's impact. When I first developed gout I was heavy into drinking soda pop, so this revelation makes a lot of sense in hindsight. And yes, now that I'm older I also have additional health problems such as high blood pressure. 😓
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Of course alcohol has an effect because alcohol is converted directly into sugar by your body. Christ does no one pay attention in school?
Most comprehensive advice I’ve ever heard on gout.
As with most things, some people are just more susceptible to certain issues. Like in my family, as soon as we drink red wine, that triggers an almost immediate gout attack. Yet, we can drink whiskey, brandy, etc. in moderation and not suffer any gout. Just like some people can eat/drink what they want and never get a gout attack. Just like people who smoke their whole life and never get cancer or people who have never smoked get lung cancer. We still have so far to go to really understand how the human body works.
Yes, I believe you make a very good point. Some of us have trigger foods that will bring on a gout attack.
Well said
"Hyperuricemia"
Hyper- means high or excess
Uric means Uric acid
-Emia meaning -present in blood
High/Excessive Uric Acid present in Blood
Thanks Dr. Bernard, he taught me about this.
Cured my gout with hydration. 5 quarts of water a day. Yes, I pee a lot. Only 2 minor flares in over a year and both were related to letting myself get dehydrated. I also add lemon juice to the first quart of water every day. I think the jury is still out as to whether you can actually "melt down" kidney stones that have already formed, but I don't think it can hurt to try. If you have gout you're something like 6X more likely to get kidney stones, so anything is worth a shot.
I only get gout when severely dehydrated. Four glasses of water a day with vitamin C, turmeric, celery extract, and MSM will get one back to health.
Oh mate finally! You are a breath of fresh air.when people blame Alcohol as a cause of gout they don’t realise that it’s not the beer that causes gout..it’s dehydration from the after affects.I’ve suffered from gout for 20+ years and keeping hydrated has kept me gout free for years
@@deecee129 Yeah, it also ticked me off a bit. Why don't doctors know this?? Alpurinol didn't seem to do anything but make me tired (side effect only about 2% of people get) and taking Prednisone is a pain and they only prescribe it once you're in the middle of a flare up. If only a doctor had told me 15 years ago "hey, drink lots of water" I could have saved myself a lot of pain and trouble.
@@deecee129 Thanks. I write for a beer website and can now taste test 5-7 full bottles a week without fear. I focus now on hydration (how hard is it to drink a quart of H20 in a hour?) and inflammation with turmeric, MSM, "systemic enzymes" (which defeats most arthritis forms), and other natural things. Works every time. When a doctor told me "millions of people (mostly under 50) have high uric acid but never have had gout a day in their life" he clued me in. I do find that strong beers with high ABV (13+) like barrel-aged stouts and barleywines are the most risky so I pre-hydrate when tasting some of those and take my inflammation blend at the same time.
I have high uric acid my dr told me to drink heaps of water
Going on day 2 of drinking 3 litres
I had kidney stones removed many years ago, I’m only 33 😢 will continue with 3 litres of water a day and I’ll buy some lemon juice too.
What foods help lower high uric acid too?
I’m female and had a gout attack when I was 21. Never had one again because when I feel any warning signs, I avoid seafood, spicy food, alcohol etc. I work out for 30 minutes 5 days a week. I’m 5’ tall and 97 lbs. I have normal blood pressure that borders on low. It’s interesting to learn that sugar is a contributing factor and I’ll keep that in mind for the future. I like sugar but not excessively. Thanks for the info.
Can i ask what were your symptoms? Were u tested for gout?
@@tia7765 For weeks I felt like I maybe hurt the bone under my big toe. It got worse and my big toe was swollen and red. Then, I ended up in the hospital with the pain going up my right leg. I’m told that I went out of my mind and was shouting “cut off my leg.” I couldn’t even tolerate someone putting their hand near my foot. I never want to go through that again!
@@tia7765 They did test me for gout.
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@@loriosterweil982what did they do for the pain
Eating sugary foods is bad but the main cause of high levels of uric acid is eating high purine foods, red meat, seafoods and drinking alcohol. Some vegetables like spinach and asparagus are high in purines too. And I heard a different reason why royalties in olden days had a much higher incidence of gout than the poorer populace. It was the high game meat consumption.
Finally some one here with some common sense. II suffered with Gout for many years. Finally I gave up meat & dairy and the problem went away. I changed to an Organic whole food plant based diet rich in raw fruits & veggies. I have not had a gout attack in 10 years. Uric acid levels down to 3.11 from 7.0. Did this with diet alone. Gout is mostly a meat eaters disese. This is the Data not my opinion at all. The results I got prove it. I eat at least 1 to 2 mangos a day, blueberries, bananas, etc... My weight stabilized from 290 lbs to 165 + or - 3 lbs and stayed this way for over 10 years. Gout = Meat this is the data people...
@@mikesalcito4230can't you read? Vegetables have the purines. Spinach and asparagus are terrible for your health.
@@BigBadJerryRogers Yes they do, but the body absorbs them differently. I had the worst Gout you could ever imagine. I gave up Meat, dairy, boozing and junk food/processed food. I eat a huge amount of fruit daily probably 4 to 6 pieces like mangos, etc... I lost 100 lbs and have not had 1 gout attack in 10 years. So for me it was the meat. As I eat spinach asparagus regularly, no gout here, sorry if that upsets you. I did not come here to piss people off just to share my real experience with food and this disease of Gout.
@@mikesalcito4230 We have to get people off these vegetables, they're very unhealthy. The best thing people can do other than not drink or eat sugar is to cut out vegetables, meat, dairy, fish, nuts, grains and the fruits from their diet entirely.
@@mikesalcito4230 thank you for sharing!
One of my close friends who is in very good shape. The guy’s 54 years old and he jogs and rides his bike 3 to 4 times a week. He’s 5’10 160 lbs . Last year he just found out he has gout. And this video just confirmed his alcohol consumption. The guy loves drinking wine.
I've had 4 flare ups in the last three years, all traced back to binging on sugar combined with eating a lot of meat like a pot of chili. I've found that starting a fast for 1-2 days and drinking a lot of water will cure it in as many days.
probably the chili rather than the meat? (chili = nightshade vegetables at their most irritating)
The bible says to fast , this is the secret reason !!
not the chili, not the beans.. but the meat.. right.
@@Goldenhawk583 And not the tomatoes (1 small can to 3lbs of ground beef). I always heard that red meat had purines that would give you gout, but I never got it just by eating a lot of meat. It was when I was also binging on Easter candy at the same time, and things like that, is when I got gout flare ups. It probably also has something to do with getting older and less activity since I retired.
@@rogerwilcojr It's good to question, as you do, not assume. ( Thus I was just trying to help avoid something very horrid. 😊 We need to test and experiment on ourselves. In my N=1 it was the veggies. Going all-meat saved me. That's one bit of info. If it helps even one person, it's worth taking the time to say it. ) Tomatoes are nightshades as well. But perhaps less vicious than 🌶️. 😏 Good luck and good health to all, either way.
Many people have high uric acid but never get gout. Why? Gout = uric acid + inflammation. I can eat anything I want now because I eliminate the inflammation part of the equation with turmeric, MSM, blueberries, and other ingredients. If you're a beer lover and don't want to give up your beer....controlling the inflammation and not getting dehyrated is your key to having a reasonable amount of beer. Add in some liposomal C and celery extract with lots of hydration to remove uric acid even quicker.
The only reason why anyone drinks horse piss (beer) is to get a buzz or drunk. Nobody would drink it for the flavor 🤮
What is MSM? And is liposomal c the same as liposomal vitamin c?
I don't drink alcohol, don't eat any fructose/sugar, I'm low carb with time restricted eating, eat quite a lot of fat but do not eat large amounts of protein, never eat shellfish and only occasionally eat fish. Blood pressure is typically around 110/70. Last CRP a couple of months ago is below 1 (still higher than I prefer) and recent triglycerides around 0.8 mmol/L.
Interestingly, my uric acid level is often at the top end of the normal scale (0.46 mmol/L or 7.7 mg/dL) and never below 0.4 mmol/L. It has been at that level ever since I first measured it a couple of years ago. I've never had the slightest negative effect from it, even when I was high carb.
I've heard uric acid referred to as being a paradox. It is the strongest antioxidant in the human body, yet high levels can cause inflammation and a variety of problems, but some people with high uric acid never appear to have any issues from it.
I'm still keen to understand if it is actually a problem for me or not. I got my own uric acid meter so I can check it more often and see if anything can affect it, but no luck so far.
That is high. You may want to reduce that. You may not feel anything and all of a sudden you have tophi formation.
@@mesbahulhoda9539 Whilst it would appear wise to reduce uric acid, bearing in mind I'm 100% asymptomatic with no liver or kidney issues (good recent lab tests), and that the drugs that treat high uric acid can cause liver and kidney issues, I'm hesitant to take a drug.
It would appear I have a genetic tendency for high uric acid production. There is research that indicates 'Most patients with asymptomatic hyperuricemia never develop gout or stones. Pharmacologic treatment for asymptomatic hyperuricemia carries some risk, is not considered beneficial or cost-effective, and generally is not recommended.'
Recently I've found an almost 100% carnivore diet has kept my level under 0.40 mmo/L (as low as 0.36) and has not gone up towards 0.46 so I will continue that for a while. Apparently it is now believed that diet plays a fairly minor role in hyperuricemia, although keeping fructose, alcohol, etc. lower will for sure help.
That is a much more nuanced conversation that I would like to have instead of this broad stroke the Dr. is making. It's bad medicine & egotistical. Thank you for sharing your experience & knowledge.
I have gout and have learned that, for me, the greatest risk factor is grain based alcohol such as beer, malt whisky and most vodkas. I find that grape based alcohol is much lower risk. The positive side of gout is that it has encouraged me to live a healthier life in middle age.
High fructose corn syrup is the problem. I eliminated it from my diet, now I feel like I have new feet
I’ve had gout since my 30’s, I retired in 2018, lost 90 lbs, got off my meds, and drastically changed my diet.
Diet , over weight, and STRESS were the triggers of my gout.
I gave up: pork, sugar, soft drinks, reduced my beer in take drastically, no more processed food, reduced my beef intake, increased chicken and vegetable intake, VERY Minimal fried foods
My late father had a bout of gout back in the mid-1970s. He didn't drink pop or have many sweets, but he loved his beer and a big steak. Doctor said it was due to these two factors. After our family reduced our red meat consumption, he never had another gout attack.
so he continued to drink beer?
There’s no sugar in steak. I had gout attacks for years but thought it was something else,when I got properly diagnosed I cut out stuff like spinach, chard, rhubarb and cut down on beer and sugar carbs etc., started eating more meat and haven’t had a problem since.
Red meat doesn't cause gout.
@@diogenesegarden5152 Had for 20 years, just cut out sugar and yes beer, and alcohol in general, you can eat all the meat you want, with no attacks.
@@diogenesegarden5152 Fructose and purines both get transformed into uric acid. All meats contain purines and even some veggies, just not the same amount of purines. Consuming 0 fructose and 0 purines is almost impossible, so it's mostly about managing your intake and staying hydrated.
Ilearned this in the 70’S as a tween. It’s surprising many arevauncious. You are what youveat
According to this guy meat, fruit & veg will give you gout
Very informative, interesting Thanks Dr Mike 💯
This is mind blowing. I've heard for years that fructose is the best sugar because it comes from fruit.
Your videos are amazing, such a great help for medical students like me in our final exams, and this one is no exception! Thank you so much for what you guys do, I have already shared your channel with my classmates and we all seem to think the same. Plane tayurveda is also doing good with their ayurvedic medicines for gout health
Edgar Cayce said that anyone who ate 1-3 almonds a day would never get cancer. After taking 3 almonds a day for awhile I noticed 1) my gout was gone 2) my teeth were no longer sensitive 3) my headaches and backaches were a) less frequent and b) less severe. I’ve been eating 3 almonds a day for 29 years and the analgesic effects continue-the gout has never recurred regardless of sugar or alcohol consumption, although I intend on giving them up for other health reasons.
I was diagnosed with gout at 43. I was drinking at least 1 32oz coke per day, maybe 2 or 3 some days, and the doctors at the time told me to stop eating meat. No one told me anything about sugar.
Flash forward to 4 years ago, at 53 I was walking with a cane, taking enough nsaids to rot my gut and weighed almost 300lbs. I didn't want to die that way and began to do some research. Found out about fructose and never looked back. I dropped 50lbs in less than 6 months and was able to run again. If you have gout, you don't have to suffer.
So what helped
@@Ohkeh640 I completely cut sugar out of my diet. It was tough and took about 2 months to sort itself out. And by sugar I mean starches and, obviously, sugars. No rice or potato products. If you can eat whole foods, to where you know exactly what's in there, that's the best. Sucked at first, but climbing a set of stairs without pain is worth every bit of it.
@@Graytalon without rice what you take as food,,,as i live in region where our staple food is only rice......what to take otherwise
@@gowharlone-px8xf If I might ask, where do you live?
@@Graytalon kashmir india
Thank you so much….about a month ago I had painful gout…..I was baking birthday cakes and enjoying alcohol over a period of 3 weeks……OMGoodness the pain, after no alcohol and no sugar it went away….I suspected it was the combination of sugar and alcohol as that was all I did differently for a short period of time…….thank you, other videos did not nail it like yours……
The worse my Kidneys get the more gout attacks I get. My GFR IS 18 now. (T1D for 36 years) I always say the difference between gout and arthritis is gout feels like someone slammed my ankle with a steel rod.
You are the first person i hear that doesn't shout "red meat" first.
I have gout with lumps on a lot of my joints as well as a high level of inflammation in my body, i can say for a fact that sugar and fructose is an immediate trigger to my gout attacks.
Not so much red meat.
Is what you said true for tophus gout? My mom (age 103) has never had a gout attack but she has tophi on her toes and a little on her fingers. She has lived with me for the last 3 years and doesn't eat as much sugar as she used to. I am glad to know that it isn't the grass fed beef that I like to cook for her.
He didn’t say that red meat doesn’t have an influence, just that sugar and alcohol are worse. Your mum is 103? How lovely! All the best to you.
Tophi like that is from long term uric acid elevation and can collect in other places also
Having watched so many videos I can say this is outstanding. I am vegan that eats zero oil, very low salt. All organic salad and homemade healthy soups and only water or herbal teas in the drink department. I do have a bowl of 2 table spoons of quinoa and 2 of oats in the morning and was putting mixed berries on it. Once I stopped the mixed berries and banana the pain went away. I am genetically predispose to Gout. I also limited the mushrooms which I used to eat everyday to once a week in much smaller quantities and have a celery drink daily. I eat no breads, pastas or rice which has been a big help. If you're an extremely healthy eater and get gout cut the bread and fruit completely.
I'm going to take the advice about the bread. Thanks. I too can't get on top of the gout after drastically changing my diet. Gave up alcohol. Still suffering.
Interesting, I had dealt with gout out breaks for year's! I tried diet after diet, cutting meat out, cut this out, cutting that out! Hell, I even went vegetarian for 4 months none of it worked!
Until I went Gluten free!
Haven't had a gout out break since! 3 years 4 months later no gout issues. I still drink alcohol like a fish, has to be gluten free. No whiskeys, bourbon, beer, scotch or any gluten grain base alcohol.
If I just drink one beer now, 2 to 3 days later I would have a gout out break. I can drink Tito's all day and all night no gout outbreak!
Explain that one doc!
I cannot eat white sugar, white bread or junk food.
I get gout, inherited from my moms side of the family who all have it and dealt with it for 27 years. I went on a keto diet, lost over a hundred pounds, don't eat sugar, have low cholesterol, never drank alcohol and can still get it. I take 400mg of alopurinol which controls it. No matter what i eat, I can get it. For some reason, fresh turkey breast (not sandwich meat) and drinking non sugary carbonated drinks is the worst for me. I was on a salad and chicken breast diet for awhile with low fat and no sugar or alcohol and got it. My dietary and lifestyle changes helped alot, but i feel a tinge of it from time to time, drinking water more than anything else is a must.
Turkey is a no no.
Every body says this and that which cancels each others claims about gout but the missing piece of the puzzle is this--Stress causes gout- sends the body into over'drive - learn relaxing your mind and the body will follow.........
I'm 57 had gout flares up every now and then . It started about 4 years ago ( father & older brother have it too) But this year it's been really bad. I had to resort to Ibuprofen 4 pills twice a day to reduce the pain and inflammation. Luckily, a friend of mine from Mexico brought colchicine tablets and made my symptoms go away. I love coffee with cream and sugar every morning and sometimes chocolate bars or ice cream. So, am I doomed with this condition the rest of my life , Dr. Hansen!?
how long did you have gout? im surprised you survived 4 years without medication. i had a flare up for 2 weeks without meds and it was so painful i couldnt walk.
I wouldn't worry about the first thing in the morning coffee as you don't have more than one cup with sugar and cream, but the chocolate and ice cream means you also have other sweets; even if it's periodical, and those are the things that I would worry about.
I suffered with Gout for many years. Finally I gave up meat & dairy and the problem went away. I changed to an Organic whole food plant based diet rich in raw fruits & veggies. I have not had a gout attack in 10 years. Uric acid levels down to 3.11 from 7.0. Did this with diet alone. Gout is mostly a meat eaters disese. This is the Data not my opinion at all. The results I got prove it. I eat at least 1 to 2 mangos a day, blueberries, bananas, etc... My weight stabilized from 290 lbs to 165 + or - 3 lbs and stayed this way for over 10 years. Gout = Meat this is the data people...
Alright. We're going to have to organize a trip to Mexico then for this medication. This horrible country the United States offers no hope.
@Mike Salcito Glad you had it under control and with weight loss improvement. But, honestly I don't know if I can cut meat entirely. I like bodybuilding as a lifestyle and protein consumption is a must. Though, I'm going to try to supplement on whey protein and increase consumption to replace meat protein and see if my condition improves!
Insulin resistance adds to this effect severely. I went carnivore diet, and I have cleared my gout, Diabetes, hypoglycemia and started to clear up my psoriasis.
Drink plenty of water, quercetine , black cherry , apple cider vinegar
Don't forget lemon juice
How about pomegranate cider vinegar?
Thank you. I hope you have real compassion for us normal people.
I gave up all forms sugar and haven’t had a gout flare up since.
Mee too ,atleast as much as i could. Healthy looking toenails coming through.
Wow. Many are saying this.
Sugar fruit drinks got me. Cut out all sugars. Including honey.
Almost everything contain sugar.
@@kemangraya2382 almost. Yeah.
Uric Cleanse by Naka has helped me avoid gout for 2 years. Until recently, somehow it wasnt working and i was having gout attacks again. I was also taking Celery Seed Tincture at high doses to stop the attacks. I may have had a bad batch of Uric Cleanse, i dont know. But it seems to have subsided for over a week now. I blast this on all gout videos that i see because it saved me from the excruciating pain and i want to help others. I rarely ever see anyone talking about celery seed but i swear by it!
Don’t scare people away from whole fruits which doesn’t cause any problems. Unless you have fatty liver from something else and you need give your liver a chance to heal quicker
He didn’t, though the images might have been chosen differently.
I have fatty liver, what should I be eating?
I had gout, I could not walk and the pain was the worst ever. I was told about Barley Grass Powder which I've been taking every day, one tablespoon full and been gout free ever since I started taking it. Nearly seven months now, it works for me .
I cycled 50,000 miles in 10 years and still got gout. I did not drink alcohol and was on a low sugar diet. However, I ate a lot of Turkey and Cauliflower. Since I went on a low Purine diet my Gout went away.
Cauliflower really is the worst. People should only eat carrots. You may turn orange but it's better than getting gout. Eat nothing but carrots.
I find dehydration causes my gout flare ups mostly. Keep well hydrated
I love chicken, mushrooms, strawberries and fruit cordial drinks.
A few years ago, pre COVID era, I woke up at 3am with an insane pain I'm my left big toe. I first thought a spider had bitten me but there wasn't the usual marks. I got an Uber to the Dr only 3/4 mile away and they diagnosed gout.
Having been through the worse pain I have ever felt in my life, I have cut down on the foods that are known to increase likelihood of gout attacks.
Good to know about the links you explained too as I have high-ish blood pressure too.
Been in the marines for 6 yrs and firefighter for 5. Recently started getting gout about 28 yrs old. By far the worst pain ive been in. Some of the best things ive found is lots of water and nettle. It supports kidney funtion. Its amazing what our kidneys do. I never drink or smoke and still have these problems. My weaknesses are soft drinks and this sounds like i need to quit. The corn syrup is s sugar on steroids that seems alot sweeter.
Remove every gram of sugar from your diet. Your body will recover. Ra Sir!
I went low-carb 18 months ago - no sugar or carbs since then. About 4 weeks later I had my last gout attack and since then nothing at all. I have now stopped taking all my gout medication.
So now what is your diet can you share😢
whats is your diet now
I literally threw out all the Easter candies my kids got from their Easter egg hunts😅
People, if you read the ingredients for chocolate, it's made of junk. The first ingredients are sugar, and something else. I purchased an expensive bag of Lindt holiday chocolate bon bons for $14. Then, later realized, chocolate is not made of chocolate. It's usually made primarily of sugar and fructose corn syrup.
If you want to eat real chocolate, know what you are buying. Unless you want to be eating junk, read the ingredients and buy high % chocolate like dark chocolate. Buy premium and high quality chocolate.
Gout went from the disease of Kings to the disease of the poor. Progress!
Yeah, I have not been taken any alcohol, and hardly any sugar, and I still got a very bad gout flare up. I remember that I suspected that broke my ankle, even though there was no trauma. The flare up lasted about a month, and I was in so much pain that I could not walk for 5 days. Well, now I suspect that it may be my attempt at a carnivore diet that caused that. I was on it for a few months, and I took almost no fiber. Well, I am not doing this anymore. So, about 2 weeks after I recovered from my first attack, I get a second one last week. Thankfully, it was mild and I only had problem walking for part of a day. I suppose I can look at this second attack in two ways. 1. I failed to prevent a second attack so I am still doing something wrong. Or, 2. the second flare up is kind of an aftershock. So, my lifestyle changes are working because it was so mild. Well, I don't know which is more accurate. Only the 3rd flare up will help decide that. If I continue to get flare ups regularly, then 1. is more accurate. If I get few flare ups and they reduce in intensity, then 2. is more correct. Wish me luck.
Good luck. Hardly any sugar is more sugar than you think because fructose, corn syrup, dextrose etc is hidden in foods and doesn’t have to be listed as sugar. It’s so hard for us because of what food companies do to make “food”
I read up on gout and uric acid and I can only encourage people to do the same. The medical books says that after an initial attack, one should prevent another one from happening again because then the gout becomes a chronic condition and the likelihood of it coming back yet another time increases. The advice is to do all one can to prevent gout from recurring a second time and thus becoming chronic because it leads to other bigger problems.
If yoyu eat standard american diet you consume tonns of sugar even if you do not add it directly to your coffee or tea.
A carnivore diet does not cause gout. It cures it. Were you eating some sugar with that diet? A true carnivore diet is a zero carb diet. Some people must eliminate ALL sugar and carbs to avoid gout.
@@pattihy It's only hard, if you only buy food like products. Start cooking your own meals from whole food ingredients, and learn how to read the ingredients.
And my GP doctor today said "You have a bit high uric acid, you must be eating meat."... I wanted to get out of his office as fast as I could 😂
i had a lot of injuries as a hockey player. broken bones, torn ligaments and muscles, but compared to gout in the knee, the pain was nothing. after a few attacks, i cut alcohol and sugar from my diet and can eat normally. avoid skin from fish and chicken but can eat anything else. drink 2-4 litres of water a day and am complaint free.
I’ve had two knee replacements and gout pain in the knee was worse.
Yes. Gout in the knee is the worst pain ever. Until I feel like sawing off my knee😂
@@jeffreysim1342 keep fighting, it will be over finally
I was told by my doctor in England that consuming too much shellfish is another trigger for a gout attack. I used to make my own home made paella with lots of prawns and scallops, which was followed by a painful attack of gout.
Great info Dr. Mike. Much appreciate your approach to teaching . Keep up the great work! Thank you
I had bad spells of gout in my 20s - this was put down to almost constant dehydration hard physical work in a mine, in temperatures in excess of 100F. I would drink a 10 pint can of water in a shift [more if I could get it] and sweat it all out without having need to pee. After moving to a shallower and much cooler mine attacks ceased.
My current less serious gout problem arose from the need to use large quantities of digestive enzymes made of pigs pancreases that are chock full of purines. A low dose of Allopurinol has this under control.
I got gout and high uric acid from drinking concentrated chicken broth I made myself without eating any carbohydrates at all.
It was 100% carnivore and my uric acid was around 14 mg/dL.
The pain in my ankle was terrible.
So purines do matter even on a carb-free diet.
I also got gout from eating a plant-based ketogenic diet from avocados and macadamia nuts twice even though I only ate the carbohydrates found in those two foods.
It turns out that high fat diets, even when low in carbohydrates, can impair the excretion of endogenous uric acid.
My gout got the worst ever when I was keto, but my uric acid levels weren't that high when tested but my body responded immediately to the gout meds.
Some meat have high level of purines, so it's not a great pick if you have gout yeah. It's extremely hard to avoid all fructose AND purines, so managing your intake and staying hydrated is probably your safest bet.
Lots of soda gets me a gout episode. 2L in 2 days and I will get it
so drink 2l of water a day, and you won't get gout, or at least greatly reduced - Published med study -it's amazing how many videos like this never mention it - I had chronic gout attacks for about 6 months
I had uric acid kidney stones and my nephrologist put me on alopurinol AND drinking baking soda daily (1 level tablespoon in 8 oz. of water, twice daily) and drinking at least 80 oz of water daily.
In less than 10 days, my issues were put to rest...and this was some 20 years ago.
@el gar hi, how are you?? Did you get high uric acid levels?? Do you take allopurinol daily?? What is your diet? Your reply helps.
@@pram9832 This happened some 20 odd years ago to me because I had moved to a much hotter climate and was basically dehydrated most of the day and eating too much processed food...bad combination.
I was on the protocol that I mentioned in my original post for about 3 weeks under direction of my urologist, have continued with drinking the correct amount of daily water (with lime juice), and altered my diet accordingly. No issues since. Good luck.
@@elgar6743are you still taking allopurinol or not?
I am not and have not since then...thanks for asking...@@sasagamingchannel4973
as a gout sufferer the main reason for gout apart from wrong nutriations etc which are very important but is the immune system that goes nuts and the reason for that chronic stress and emotional problems.get rid of your pshcological issues and get rid of immune system problems.
do not drink alcohol for more then 10 years at all.and ı had stubborn gout flare up nonstoping 1 year.
but information is highly true anyway thnks doc
My husband went keto and his gout flared up to the point of needing to be hospitalized. So he wasn't consuming any sugar and he rarely ever drinks alcohol.
Same happened to me, had to call an ambulance. And when I was at a residential program where they served meat at every meal, I had a gout flare up after two days, different people have different chemistry's and different biological dysfunctions. This one thing across the board is what is wrong with modern medicine (particularly American). Adding "for most people" goes a long way in your credibility in my eyes.
Red meat can be problematic too. And sugar is everywhere, especially in the US, just look at what’s in normal bread. Carbs, especially white wheat, white rice etc. is metabolised into sugar as well. And: we’re all susceptible to different things.
been on 12 years vegan clean whole food diet, with often having 3-5 gout attacks per year , eating diclofenak like candy, trying carnivore diet for almost 3 weeks, eating a ton of fish,chicken, red meat ,egg, and no gout attacks at all. sugar and carbs are the evil one i would say,,, got gout from eating, rice ? oat and so on, evrybody told me eat alot of fruit, or juices, got worse often .
AND the there is familial gout from which my husband has occasional flare ups (6 or so yearly) especially after eating seafood or asparagus. He has a sweet tooth and moderately drinks wine/beer. His mother had it (died at 98 from lung cancer due to heavy smoking), his mother’s sister had it (died of heart problems at 95), and his maternal grandfather had it (died tragically young at 86 in a car crash). One “size” does not fit all…
I've found my biggest issue is vitamin d, hydration, and sleep. I tend to be deficient in all of those. I'm otherwise a decently active dude. My recent flare-up really affected my mental health. I use a lamp for vitamin D and stopped using it during the summer, thinking things would be cool. Things were not cool. I'm going to use that lamp every day and any extra sunlight I get will be extra. I finally broke it out after about 6 weeks of not using it and I felt relief and reduction in swelling and pain and an improvement of mobility in just a few hours.
I hardly drink and am not a sugar fiend, yet I still get an episode about once a year.
Thanks Dr. Mike.
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