If you see my other posts you'll see I
have had a few gout attacks-mainly
lifestyle produced I guess!
Now generally I've cut back a great deal
on my favourite drink-jack Daniels but as
I've started a new sales job (great but
stressfull) I've been having a few when I
get in-again I'm now addressing this & am
having a detox!
Ok...my daily 'maintenance' NOW (prior to
attacks below it was all the follwin but
only herbals were 1 x 500mg vitc c a day &
3 x celery seed tablets) is water (4/5
pints), juice of a fresh lemon on waking
in warm water, 3 x 2 tbsp cider vinegar
daily, 3 x slow relaease 50mg vit c
tablets a day, 3 x cleery seed tablets a
day, 3 a cats claw tablets a day (ONLY
when I feel any twinge at all as an
anti-inflamatory), 3 x quertecin+bromelin
tablets a day, 2 milk thistle tablets a
day, 1 x multi vit tab a day, 20gm ground
flax/linseed a day, + usually a 3/4 fruit
'smoothie' (3 of my uk reccomended '5 a
day!') with frozen berries like
blackberry, etc...
A lot of the above is for general health,
but the celery seed/vit c, quertecin, cats
claw, lemon juice/cider vinegar is aimed
at the gout.
If you see my earlier posts you'll see
over xmas I had a veery very bad attack of
knee gout-so bad that for a day hard to
walk, etc...this lasted a good 5-7 days at
it's worst.
Now 2 weeks ago for whatever reason I just
had a load of duck pate on toast for
breakfast, no water to speak of during the
day & fried chicken at night!
So....over a day or so I noticed the
pain/tightness reapper in my knee. I t was
painfull, but only to about 70% of the
pain of before.
So-a bit of an experiment.
Kept water levels high & kept taking
lemon/vinegar/ground flax/fruit as above
BUT increased doseage hugely of
others...had 6 lots every 3 hours of....1
x vit c tablet, 2 x quertecin, 3 x cats
claw, 1 x celery seed tablet, as above.
result-within 1 day 95% GONE!
Now I stopped this doseage straight away &
gout came back 2 days later (about 9 days
ago now) so carried on 'high' dose for 3
days-again GONE (90% gone anyway) within 1
to 1 1/2 days.
I've researched all the above & it seems
that celery seed/quertecin (as well as
being good for reducing blood pressure &
an antioxident) act like 'alluprionol
(?!?)' & stop the bodys production of
excess uric acid & the vit c actively
lowers uric acid level. I gather the
celery seeds force the exccretion of uric
acid to urine so keeping fluids up to
avoid kidney stones, etc...& will reduce
vit c in a week or so to 1000mg...
Will keep you all posted as my last bout
of 'non-drinking' I think CAUSED The
attack at Xmas (happened 8 days after
stopped having any booze!)-old crystals
re-dissolving.
Thought the above may be of help to
all-supplements all bought in uk at
Holland & Barrets.
Have not tried bicarb as in past have had
slightly high blood pressure!
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gallego1968
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Jan 2008 Posts: 28 Location: Barnet, England
Posted: 03-16-08 02:56am
My last attack was caused by a 20 year old
Remi brandy and since then i have laid off
the drink and so far so good.
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Hart74
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Joined: 06 Apr 2007 Posts: 519 Location: Woodlands (not like there are woods anywhere near) Garden City ,
Thanks: 7
Thanked:7
Posted: 03-16-08 03:36am
From what I heard try to avoid high in
protein food such as red meat, pulses and
legumes etc. Sorry can't be of any much
help. Take care - Hart74
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