Gout sucks. In this episode you’ll learn some things about gout that you may have not heard about yet.

 

Things that predispose you to gout:

* Have family members with the disease

* Are a man

* Are overweight

* Drink too much alcohol

* Eat too many foods rich in purines

* Have an enzyme defect that makes it hard for the body to break down purines

* Are exposed to lead in the environment

* Have had an organ transplant

* Use some medicines such as diuretics, aspirin, cyclosporine, or levodopa

* Take the vitamin niacin

4 Main Triggers of Gout

* Mycotoxin exposure: https://metabolichealing.com/the-mycotoxin-connection-uric-acid-gout-ra-other-degenerative-disease/

* Fructose: http://ajprenal.physiology.org/content/290/3/F625.short

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* http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/er.2008-0033

* http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0026049572901205

* Inactivation of Nitric Oxide: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2701227/

* Cell damage & ROS: http://www.naturalhealthnewsreport.com/page/nhn/articles/specialreport/2012-05-02-013.html

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* http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1523415/

Natural Remedies for Gout:

* Find out what foods agree with you and which ones don’t

* Keep fructose consumption to no more than 15g per day

* Cherries – blocks cyclo-oxygenase 1 & 2

* Anthocyanins

* Quercitin

* Proteolytic enzymes

* Pantothenic Acid

* Apple Cider Vinegar

* Alfalfa

* Nutmeg