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"Painful gout attacks usually occur at night, may involve fever and chills and are generally preceded by alcohol ingestion, dietary excess, stress, trauma, or certain drugs. Some sources report that gout can be a secondary result of a systemic yeast, fungal infestation, or lead toxicity. Recommendations include reducing inflammation, eliminating alcohol and high-purine-content foods (meat, fish, lentils, peas, mushrooms, cauliflower) from the diet, reduced consumption of refined carbohydrates and saturated fats, and moderation in protein intake." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "An intensely painful disease, gout most often affects only one joint, typically the big toe, although it can affect other joints, including the ankle, heel, instep, knee, wrist, elbow, or spine. Urate crystals are deposited in tendons, joints, subcutaneous tissue, cartilage, kidneys, and other tissues, and cause inflammation and damage. Painful gout attacks usually occur at night, may involve fever and chills and are generally preceded by alcohol ingestion, dietary excess, stress, trauma, or certain drugs." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Usually the bloodstream contains a small amount of the stuff, but in gout there's a lot of it. The body doesn't know what to do with the excess so it bunches it up into nasty little crystals that get deposited in areas like the big toe and the joints, causing a lot of pain and discomfort. Nutritionally minded health-care professionals and other healers have known for eons that cherries help relieve the pain of gout, but now we have a scientific explanation for why. Compounds in cherries lower levels of uric acid in the blood. Less uric acid, fewer disposal problems, fewer crystals, less pain." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Dr Hoffer's father-in-law developed arthritis and gout. The gout was easily treated by his doctors, but they did not have the same luck with his arthritis. Dr Hoffer advised him to try high dose niacin, and he responded very well. Although his arthritis cleared, his gout continued to come and go as before. Niacin apparently had no effect on it, neither making it worse nor better. Dr Hoffer then prepared a brief report of his work, supported by the results of six cases7 One patient with osteoarthritis became normal, another with rheumatoid arthritis became much better." - Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD, Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 (Get the book.)

"Niacin increases blood uric acid levels slightly but it does not increase the tendency to gout and can be given to gouty patients. I have treated several with niacin for other conditions. One of my patients had both gout and arthritis. On niacin his arthritis came under control but he continued to have his episodes of gout at the same rate as before he had started to take the vitamin. Blood levels of uric acid are positively correlated with a species life span. Uric acid is an efficient antioxidant, a scavenger of free radicals. It is about as efficient as ascorbic acid." - Dr. Abram Hoffer, M.D., FRCP(C), Healing Children's Attention & Behavior Disorders (Get the book.)

"Bromelain is a protein digesting enzyme that is useful for other conditions such as an anti-inflammatory, irritable bowel syndrome, gout and parasites. Typical dosage is 500 mgs with each meal. However, both bromelain and papain may be purchased together in one pill. As with most herbs, do not take them during pregnancy or breast feeding. Probiotics Every person has billions of bacteria in their intestinal tract. Most bacteria are beneficial and maintain health. A small percentage of bacteria in our intestines are harmful if they spread." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"People with a history of liver disease or abnormal liver function, diabetes, peptic ulcers, gout, cardiac arrhythmias, inflammatory bowel disease, migraine headaches, or alcoholism are more susceptible to the adverse effects of excessive nicotinic acid intake. Doses of 3000 mg or more per day are potentially dangerous therapies and must be supervised. The average diet supplies an adequate amount of niacin. Niacin is not stored in the body. Cooked whole grains, legumes, and seeds are preferred sources of niacin; please refer to Graph 1-3." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"It is also useful for aching joints due to gout or other causes. Besides being a Native tea ingredient, this herb is often used to alleviate sore throats. Slippery elm bark is found in many lozenges that claim to soothe throat irritation. Since a sore throat and a cough are often linked, slippery elm bark has also been used in cough remedies. Furthermore, it regulates the elimination phase of the digestive process, easing both constipation and diarrhea. Turkish Rhubarb Root is a detoxifying herb that is world-famous for its healing properties." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"The preacher declined the offer, but by return letter assured the prince that gout would no longei trouble him. Five centuties later, the letter had acquired a retrospective postscript: a promise that the city would never fall, a promise that had been inscribed on the city's gates." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"Nutritionally minded health-care professionals and other healers have known for eons that cherries help relieve the pain of gout, but now we have a scientific explanation for why. Compounds in cherries lower levels of uric acid in the blood. Less uric acid, fewer disposal problems, fewer crystals, less pain. A study at the University of California-Davis showed that consuming two servings' worth of cherries daily (280 g total) after an overnight fast significantly lowered the blood uric acid of women by as much as 15 percent." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "It's believed that the anthocyanins in the cherries cause the decrease in uric acid and the relief from the pain of gout. Anthocyanins act like natural COX-2 inhibitors. COX stands for cyclooxygenase, which is produced in the body in two major O O ? n c 73 m t/> flavors, COX-1 and COX-2. It's the latter that is responsible for signaling pain and inflammation. Aspirin tends to block both, but COX-1 has some valuable uses." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "The uric acid stones are most commonly found in gout. How to Treat Kidney Stones So what do you do when you have a kidney stone, or what can you do to prevent another excruciatingly painful stone from ever forming again? "Start by drinking a ton of water," advises my friend, naturopathic physician Andrew Rubman, N.D. Water will make calcium oxalate more soluble and a lot less likely to form crystals." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"GOUT Gout, a painful arthritic condition brought about by excess uric acid, afflicts many people undergoing chemotherapy because of the negative effect cytotoxic drugs have on the kidneys. For gout I usually recommend the following herbal compound. Gout Formula Celery seed 60 ml Jumper 10 ml Nettles (leaf, root, seed) 60 ml Avena 20 ml Burdock seed 30 ml Colchicum 15 ml Devil's claw 30 ml Pipsissewa 15 ml Dose: 1 teaspoon three to six times daily, taken in black cherry concentrate or a cup of watermelon seed tea." - Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine, Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer: A Comprehensive Program for Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.)

"Inflammatory conditions are arthritis, gout, heart disease, irritable bowel and muscle pains. Another downside of eating high fat and high protein diets is that over time gallstones may develop. This happens when the gallbladder excretes a lot of bile and it becomes stagnant and crystallizes. These crystals made of cholesterol or calcium turn into gallstones. Surgical removal of the gallbladder may be necessary, but this further reduces the excretion of bile. Make wise food choices and your body will reward you!" - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Other causes of shedding are high doses of vitamin A, blood pressure medications, certain antidepressants, gout medications, birth control pills, and low iron or zinc. The treatment for shedding is hormone support (estradiol and progesterone transdermal lotion), B vitamins (B6 100 mg/day or B complex 100 mg/day), and high doses of biotin (15 to 25 mg/day). Shedding can be a problem after delivering a baby (due to low iron or hormones, lack of sleep, and low nutrients from the body's stress of breast-feeding)." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"The health risks associated with being overweight include increased risks of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, osteoarthritis (arthritis), gallbladder disease, high blood pressure (hypertension), sleep apnea, gout, pulmonary problems, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The most effective and long-lasting ways to lose body fat require time and effort, but the benefits are numerous. (See also exercise, athletic performance, and energy/endurance.) There are no miracle pills or easy methods." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Then the waste poisons can no longer be properly eliminated, and instead collect in the joints, causing arthritis and/or gout. Or they seek elimination through the skin, causing eczema, acne, sores, and boils. The condition of acidity thus may be a contributing factor to many different diseases, including piles, cancer, kidney and liver trouble, gallstones and gall bladder infections, impotency, high blood pressure and heart disease, strokes, asthma, and allergies. If the morning urine is consistently above 7.2, it is highly suggestive that the blood is too alkaline." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Moreover, moxabustion was positioned explicitly as a more pleasant alternative to existing treatments (or non-treatments) of gout, and incorporated a novel but compatible explanation of that disease. Thus it offered patients a choice, without demanding that they reject the medical cosmology they still shared with their physicians. Compare this picture of moxabustion to the practice that Ten Rhyne named acupuncture: acupuncture was virtually unknown and had none of moxabustion's farniliarity to render it accessible to lay audiences." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"The chief complications are kidney stones and gout. If you are conscientious about the fluids, there's no reason to worry about kidney stones resulting from these foods. If you are familiar with gout, you may know that many, in fact most, of the foods listed above are precisely the ones gout sufferers are told to avoid. Strangely, however, this diet can be used as an effective part of the treatment in gout, provided it is under close medical supervision to keep down the uric acid. Another word of warning: If you are under a doctor's care, follow his advice." - Benjamin S. Frank, Dr. Frank's No-Aging Diet (Get the book.)

"Niacin can also exacerbate elevated serum glucose levels in diabetics and can worsen gout. Niacin in doses of more than 1 gram per day are best taken under the guidance of a physician, with monitoring of liver-function tests. Niacin (Nicotinic Acid) 500 mg 1-3 times per day Paxitethine. Pantethine is the activated form of vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) and a key component of coenzyme A (CoA). CoA plays a significant role in lipid metabolism and is involved in the transport of fats. The cells of our body need CoA to utilize fats in the form of energy." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "This native American herb was historically used to treat whooping cough, gout, and cancer. Some researchers speculate that red clover may have an estrogenic effect on the bone. They studied the effects of a special red clover extract, Rimostil, containing Clovone, a specific blend of isoflavones (biochanin A, formononetin, genistein, and daidzein), on serum lipids, bone density, and endometrial thickness in postmenopausal women.119 Fifty postmenopausal women were randomly assigned to receive either 28.5 mg, 57.0 mg, or 85.5 mg of Rimostil for six months, followed by two months of a placebo." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"It served well to identify such breakthroughs as colchicine for gout 2,000 years ago, vitamin B12 for pernicious anemia eighty years ago, and streptomycin for tuberculosis sixty years ago. The observational method also left a paper trail and legacy of false starts, false inferences, and adverse effects of medical treatment (iatrogenicity). Tonsillectomy, for the prevention of childhood pharyngitis, is an example many older readers will recall. We learned the hard way that most children outgrow recurrent pharyngitis with or without tonsillectomy." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"An acidic condition can lead to inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, gout, heart disease, irritable bowel and muscle pains. Foods that are beneficial for constipation Foods that are high fibre help with constipation. Increase your fibre slowly every day. Some people experience cramps or diarrhea if they have a steep increase in fibre at once." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"NSAIDs are anti-inflammatory medications that are often prescribed for back pain, joint pain, swelling resulting from arthritis and gout. Beta-blockers are usually given to stabilise irregular heartbeat, or to relieve angina. Non-allergic Triggers Non-allergic triggers can be physical or emotional, as diverse as a strong scent and a family argument. Triggers are usually specific to the person, though, so it is necessary for the asthmatic to recognise what causes their asthma and avoid it. Many asthmatics find that the weather has an effect on their asthma." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Some sources report that gout can be a secondary result of a systemic yeast, fungal infestation, or lead toxicity. Recommendations include reducing inflammation, eliminating alcohol and high-purine-content foods (meat, fish, lentils, peas, mushrooms, cauliflower) from the diet, reduced consumption of refined carbohydrates and saturated fats, and moderation in protein intake. Other suggestions include increasing intake of cherries and blueberries, which lower uric acid levels; ascertaining the underlying cause of the disorder; and increasing hydration and stress management." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Biogentically, it's because of the liver energy channel that people with gout often experience swelling of their big toe! The logic of many diseases defies explanation by allopathic medical standards but makes perfect sense by TCM, NES, and bioenergetic standards. Driver fields become compromised for all kinds of reasons, from prolonged emotional stress, to exposure to toxins ot pathogens, to genetic defects and chemical imbalances, to your body's misalignment with Earth fields." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.) "Parkinson disease and other diseases of the central nervous system appear to correlate bioenergetically to Energetic Integrator 10 distortions, as do gout, calcium or uric acid stones and deposits, some types of diabetes, acid reflux, and ulcers. The emotions that correlate bioenergetically to Energetic Integrator 10 distortions include thoughtfulness and either runaway thought patterns or problems with thinking coherently. Obsessiveness also is found here but is more generally correlated with distortions of Integrator 11." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"Some studies find high prevalence of AMD among people with elevated C-reactive protein [104, 105]—an indicator of systemic inflammation—or among people with inflammatory diseases, such as gout [106], or who have used anti-inflammatory medicines, which may signal the presence of inflammatory disease [107]. The evidence that diet and supplements may prevent or slow AMD is discussed below and summarized in Table 2. C." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Association of emphysema, gout, and inflammatory markers with long-term incidence of age-related maculopathy. Arch. Ophthalmol. 121, 674-678. 107. Clemons, T. E., Milton, R. C, Klein, R., Seddon, J. M., and Ferris, F. L. 3rd. (2005). Risk factors for the incidence of advanced age-related macular degeneration in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). AREDS report no. 19. Ophthalmology 112, 533-539. 108. Nielsen, J. C, Naash, M. I., and Anderson, R. E. (1988). The regional distribution of vitamins E and C in mature and premature human retinas. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 29, 22-26. 109." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

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