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
