"a rigid purine restricted diet is of dubious therapeutic value and can rarely be sustained for long", so says a gout expert,. Professor. A. G. Fam. Besides, there are other things gout patients can do to help. They are described in section 2 of http://www.Icuredmygout.Org. I suggest read all posts in this website. There are a lot of good info here that you don't read from pamphlets. Good luck.

Think of the pain during attack and keep a list with those foods likely to cause flare up in your diet. No escape but obey as one is under the mercy of gout no matter the size of a person because pain and suffering will belittle and restrict the limbs' movements which completely under the disease commands. The rule is, if you are a master of gout one controls and stay above the disease.

To be a master one needs:
1. Right herb like wild lingzhi and its formula;
2. Diet and lifestyle change;
3. Ensure one has regular bowel habbit (take more selective fruits and water).
4. Reversal of gout gradual and effective as one feels, knows and sees the benefits with no side effects in lifestyle yet no drugs but healthy living!

This is possible as I have more than 10 years experience to be elevated in the understanding, controlling, commanding gout as a "slave" as there has been no threat and pain. It is a nuisance to a "master".