Aussies and Foods That Cause Gout - By: JCielo

Here, you'll discover some of those great Aussie foods that cause gout, and, what to do about it if you live in that great country. The Aussie diet is full of foods that cause gout. But these really need to be avoided if you're serious about getting rid of gout.

AUSTRALIAN DIET AND GOUT

Aussies love their meat, poultry and seafood, and rightly so because the quality is terrific. And, with the great influence of people from all around the world who have settled there, the range of food styles containing meat, poultry and seafood is mind-boggling.

But that's part of the problem when it comes to gout. And it's further complicated because Aussies are great barbecuers! Unfortunately the type of foods that lend themselves to this popular cooking style are meat, poultry and seafood.

First, though, let's look at how gout comes about shall we?...

CAUSES OF GOUT

Gout is caused by needle-like uric acid crystals that have clustered together in the joints and surrounding tissues. As far as you body is concerned, they are foreign objects and your body tries to protect you by immediately triggering an inflammatory process in and around the affected joint.

It's this reaction that causes your symptoms of gout such as redness, stiffness, swelling, inflammation, heat, and of course, agonizing pain.

These gout-causing crystals are formed when there are high levels of uric acid in the blood. And uric acid is itself an outcome of the metabolizing purines that exist in the cells of our body and food. In other words more purine, more uric acid.

So, perhaps you can see how a gout sufferer who needs to lower their uric acid levels really needs to reduce the amount being produced through purines in their food.

Different foods have varying levels of purine content. Unfortunately for Australians, the foods with high or very high purine concentrations -- which need to be avoided -- are the very foods that are loved and cherished, especially on the barbie!

FOODS THAT CAUSE GOUT

Here is a very brief account of gout causing foods that are high or very high in purines, and, thus need to be completely avoided if you're a gout sufferer:-

Poultry (especially turkey and goose)
Mincemeat (so things like beef burgers, sausages, etc. are out)
Seafood (especially prawns, shrimps, lobsters, 'bugs', mussels, scallops, sardines, anchovies, etc.)
Meat ( especially liver, kidneys, and heart, but also lamb, pork and steaks)
Certain vegetables like asparagus, cauliflower, and mushrooms.
Alcohol - sorry guys you need to ditch this, especially beer!

So you can now see, as a gout sufferer in Australia, how your diet is working against you. So what do you do about it?...

GOUT MEDICATION

Because it's hard for anybody to give up the food they love, or, because they don't know about gout and diet, gout sufferers tend to rely on drugs to help reduce their uric acid levels.

But drugs only help as long as you take them. Once you come off them, if you aren't taking other measures like changing your diet, etc., there's nothing to stop your gout returning time and again.

This means that you stay, more or less forever, on uric acid-reducing drugs like Allopurinol, with its cost and negative side effects.

NATURAL REMEDIES FOR GOUT INCLUDING A GOUT DIET

So more and more gout sufferers around the world are turning to more natural remedies for gout, without the expense and negative side effects of drug-based medication.

These remedies, including a gout diet, can help reduce uric acid and prevent recurring gout. And preventing recurring gout is very important...

CONSEQUENCES OF RECURRING GOUT

Multiple gout attacks over time can cause serious joint damage including permanent joint damage. They can also end up in kidney stones or other kidney problems. Plus, once having suffered a gout attack you have a much higher risk of getting more. You need to prevent this...

You're in luck though. There's a special gout report available online [see below] that has all the information you need in one place. It is what thousands of ex-gout victims worldwide have successfully used to prevent their gout returning. It also contains a special 2 hour gout pain relief program.

And it uses fully-researched, totally natural methods. So that you benefit two ways: (1) you get rid of your excruciating pain very fast, and, (2) you prevent your gout returning, so that you reduce the risk of permanent damage.

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