| The most important thing to remember about how | | | | and overflow. |
| to cure gout with natural gout cures is that the | | | | And what would any sane person do if they saw the |
| solution to gout is a step by step process. And the | | | | sink overflowing? They would of course run over to |
| first step, is accepting that it is often a condition that | | | | the sink and stop the water from running into the |
| is of your own making, and that the way to | | | | sink. |
| overcome it and gain relief is to change some of the | | | | So, one of the easiest and the most natural way of |
| lifestyle habits you have built up over the years. | | | | eliminating the symptoms of gout is to reduce the |
| The main area you will need to examine and reassess | | | | levels of purine going into the body. |
| first is your dietary habits. | | | | As mentioned earlier, the body naturally produces |
| Gout is caused when the body produces an excess | | | | purine anyway. So there will always be some purine |
| of uric acid, and the sharp uric acid crystals collect in | | | | which will be broken down into uric acid, but the key |
| the spaces in the joints. This causes stiffness, | | | | to relief is to reduce the level to a point that the |
| swelling and often very intense pain. | | | | kidney's can again restore balance. And this can be |
| But, it is not uric acid itself that is the criminal. Uric | | | | done by adopting a low purine diet. |
| acid is produced when the body breaks down purine, | | | | Starting a low purine diet is a natural way to reducing |
| which is a natural substance within the tissues of our | | | | the levels of purine and it means simply avoiding |
| body. The uric acid in our blood stream finds its way | | | | foods that are high in purine, and eating only foods |
| to the kidney's and is expelled as waste within our | | | | that have moderate or low levels of purine. This |
| urine. | | | | would mean avoiding foods like Shellfish, fish, meat |
| So, why does this natural process go haywire and | | | | extracts, liver, kidneys and gravies. |
| cause those nasty gout symptoms? | | | | However, a low purine diet does not have to be dull |
| Consider the levels of purine in the body like water | | | | or tasteless, as there are many foods that are |
| running from a faucet into a sink, and the water | | | | acceptable to include in the diet, including most |
| going down the drain is the kidney expelling the | | | | vegetables, fruit and fruit drinks, cereals, milk and |
| waste produce. | | | | cheese. |
| While the faucet is being run at a steady rate the | | | | More information on low purine diets can be found on |
| sink can easily cope with getting rid of the water and | | | | our website. |
| the water levels stabilize. However, if the water | | | | So, knowing that to eat right and eat a low purine |
| levels increase (by increasing the levels of purine), or | | | | diet, will give you one of the keys to knowing how |
| the plug hole get blocked (the kidney's not | | | | to cure gout with natural gout cures. |
| functioning properly) very quickly the sink will fill up | | | | |