Gout sufferers are increasingly utilizing natural remedies to reduce their high uric acid levels, instead of drug-based medications with their nasty side effects. And as well as lowering uric acid, natural remedies can also reduce inflammation and relieve pain.
First, let's look at why it's so important to reduce high uric acid in the body...
High uric acid -- a condition called 'hyperuricea' -- can lead to needle-like microscopic crystals forming in your joints, tendons and surrounding tissue. These are what cause your gout symptoms of inflammation, redness, stiffness, swelling, heat, and unbearable pain.
So you need to reduce the inflammation, relieve the pain, and then ensure that you do everything you can to prevent your gout returning time and time again. Because recurring gout can lead you to suffer kidney problems and /or permanent joint damage over time.
A key part of this is to reduce your high uric acid levels. And you can do this effectively by using natural remedies. There are many such remedies out there, but here I've listed three of the most popular...
DIET
Uric acid is produced as a byproduct of the breakdown of chemical compounds called 'purines' -- part of your body's metabolizing process -- which also exist in foodstuffs. So you need to learn what foods put you at a higher risk of gout attacks.
Some foods are way higher in purines than others. So you need to identify those and compare with your present diet. You then need to adjust your diet by either eliminating those foods completely or reducing their amounts. High purine foods largely exist in fatty red meats, organ meats, some fish, shellfish, poultry, dried legumes and yeast.
CHERRIES
Cherries have natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that make them excellent for reducing inflammation and so helping to relieve pain. They have also been shown to be able to reduce uric acid in the blood.
Some researchers recommend consuming 30 to 40 cherries every four hours during an attack. For maintenance, maybe 40 cherries per day.
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
It is believed that raw, apple cider vinegar can help to alleviate high uric acid levels by changing the pH values of your blood. But it has to be raw, un-distilled, un-pasteurized apple cider vinegar; the kind you get from your local health food store.
Add 2 teaspoons of vinegar to a large glass of water and stir thoroughly. Drink a glass between 2 and 3 times every day. You can also use it topically: half a cup added to three cups of hot water and soak the affected area for 30 minutes. Reheat and repeat as necessary.
NEXT STEPS
Whilst the natural remedies above can be effective, these are just three of the many out there. And there is much more you need to do in order to prevent recurring gout, with it's risk of damaged joints, etc. Your lifestyle, weight, family history, medical conditions, medications, etc., can all contribute to your propensity to get gout.
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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