Get Fit To Fight Gout - By: A. Ray

Gout, the oldest and most common form of arthritis, may have a cool medicinal pedigree, but to you it’s just a painful reminder that you need to lower your uric acid or find a gout treatment like an anti-inflammatory medication STAT (immediately!). Unlike some other painful ailments, you CAN control this disease. Here are some simple steps to keep gouty arthritis from keeping you laid up, foot throbbing in agony.

Eat Well
The first step to avoid a gouty arthritis attack is to watch what you’re eating. This works on many levels. First off, if you’re making healthy food choices, your weight should stay in check. Eating fresh fruits and vegetables that are low in calories and high in vitamins and minerals will help you either lose or maintain a healthy weight.

Studies show that if you lose weight you increase your chances of eliminating or reducing both the frequency and intensity of gout attacks. The only caution here is if you are on a diet, be sure to not make it a crash diet as it’s both unhealthy and taxing on your body, and also by losing weight too rapidly you increase your percentage of uric acid in your system in the short term.

Other than more produce, the best way to alter your diet to treat gout is avoid foods that are high in purines. Purines turn into uric acid, which can accumulate in your joints leading to painful attacks. The main offenders, or purine perpetrators, are the following foods and beverages: bacon, hot dogs, game food, poultry, beer, fish and shellfish, peas and legumes, and mushrooms and asparagus. Avoid these delicious but dastardly foods to help lower uric acid.

Exercise
The next logical step to keep gout at bay is to combine healthy eating with exercise to stay healthy, limber and lose weight. If you haven’t done a regular exercise regime before, be sure to consult your doctor first and take it easy. Just as you shouldn’t crash diet, you should exercise in moderation. Going too hard too fast can cause damage to your joints and may actually trigger a gout attack.

Not only can exercise keep you at a healthy weight, when you exercise you increase the amount of synovial fluid that flows through your joints. This synovial fluid helps flush the uric acid out of your joints. This will help reduce gout attacks over time.

Stay Hydrated
The final simple step to staying healthy and well-oiled internally to avoid gout attacks is to ensure you drink enough water. Most adults don’t drink enough water in a day, or they drink sodas high in sugar and calories when they’re thirsty. Ideally you should be taking in 8 glasses of 8 oz each of water per day, especially after exercising.

When you have your water accompanying a meal it will assist in filling you up so that you aren’t tempted to overeat, which will help you keep weight off. Water is your first gout medication, as it is vital to helping you prevent gout.Drinking plenty of water helps your body function more efficiently, which allows your renal system to process the uric acid out of your system. Another benefit of being well hydrated is it helps your joints to work better which will keep them healthier and less susceptible to damage from the uric acid.

If you have made a determined effort to change to a healthier lifestyle, are eating the right foods, exercising regularly and drinking enough water and still have a gout attack, there is a quick way to treat gout and that is a gout medication. An anti-inflammatory drug like prescription Colcrys, and its equivalent generic colchicine tablets, can be affective in helping to treat gout.

It is considerably cheaper to buy colchicine and Colcrys online from a licensed Canadian pharmacy.
Really, it’s all good news. The steps you take to avoid painful gout attacks are also the steps to a healthier, happier lifestyle.

About the Author

Alex Ray advocates for access to affordable healthcare and medication. She recommends http://www.Colchicine.Ca as an online resource for gout information, and the Canadian pharmacy BigMountainDrugs.comas an affordable source of colchicine from Canada.

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