Gout, Logic, And Thanksgiving Posted: 11-18-04 19:33pm
Logically, if a causes b then the presence
of a must cause b to occur, and the
absence of a must cause b not to occur.
Gout has been blamed on the consumption of
high purine diet. But most people with
high level of uric acid do not have gout
in their life time; whereas people who
have normal or low uric acid level like
vegetarians do get gout. What then is
the logic behind the claim that high
purine diet causes gout?
There are more gout attacks after
thanksgiving. Of course, people point to
the dark turkey meat for causing the
trouble. Is turkey really to blame?
First of all, high purine diet do not
always cause gout attacks. Secondly,
people who are on strictly low purine diet
can reduce only about 1 mg /dl of uric
acid level in the blood (normal, 2.5~7
mg/dl); and, low uric acid level does not
immune us from gout. Thirdly, a turkey
dinner is unlikely to raise the uric acid
level suddenly and significantly enough
to cause the shedding of the coatings on
urate (msu) crystals to trigger gout.
Why then there are more gout attacks
after thanksgiving? It's because of the
alcohol beverage and the very acidic
cranberry sauce (ph= 2.5-3.0) that go with
the dinner. Have small portions of drink
and cranberry sauce and enjoy turkey in
peace.
Happy thanksgiving.
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Qin
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 5
Gout And Baking Soda Posted: 10-08-06 23:08pm
Hi jyy2,
i have gout for more than 20 years and I
read your post about treatement with
baking soda. My sodium serum is 143 from
a range low 133 to high 145. If I take
baking soda to treat my gout, my sodium
serum is going up ?
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JYY2
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 227
Posted: 10-09-06 08:55am
Depending on the efficiency of the
kidneys, the extra intake of sodium (from
bs or diet) may or may not make big
difference in the blood sodium level.
Here are a few things you can do:
1) cut the salt intake while taking
bs.
2) get familiar with the side effects
of bs and watch out for them. Stop bs
when the side effects are pronounced.
3) check with your doctor before
trying bs as he/she knows your health
better.
More info on the side effects of bs and
salt intake can be found in paragraph 2.7
of http://www.Icuredmygout.Org .
