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| Potential Renal Acid Load Yesterday, I was asked for information about Potential Renal Acid Load. This is usually abbreviated to PRAL.
Though PRAL is a precise calculation based on certain nutrient values in foods, it is not an exact measure. It is a shortcut measure to assess the affect of foods on the pH of the body. E [...] | GoutPal Thu 14 Jan 10 - 12:09 |
| Avoid Gout Confusion Avoid gout confusion - avoid gout.
Easy to say, but harder to do.
Even the experts have areas of gout they do not understand, and as they discover new facts about gout, it is sometimes hard to forget old ideas.
I hate to say it, but I added some gout confusion when I learned new facts about [...] | GoutPal Tue 10 Feb 09 - 08:14 |
| Healthy Gout Food In my search for antioxidants for my previous message, I found an interesting approach to healthy gout food. The article about food is not specifically about gout, but a lot of the food listed is high antioxidant. Certainly, none of it should make gout worse, and the presentation gave me a new idea [...] | GoutPal Mon 30 Jun 08 - 08:43 |
| Gout Coffee Another short gout question, just asked, is gout coffee.
There are a couple of important things to know about gout and coffee.
Recent research indicates that coffee drinkers have less chance of getting gout. Now that is not quite the same as saying that coffee protects you from gout, as it [...] | GoutPal Tue 6 May 08 - 01:45 |
| Is Minced Meat Food To Avoid With Gout? I get many questions about gout, from all over the world.
Here's one I answered today from Romania about food to avoid with gout.
The original question is preceded by >, and my answer is in italics.
> I am from Romania. I have been suffering from gout for almost 4 years and now I am on Allopur [...] | GoutPal Thu 1 May 08 - 10:35 |
| What Foods Can I Eat With Gout Friends frequently ask me, "What foods can I eat with gout?"
Please do not think that I have a huge circle of gouty acquaintances.
I see all gout sufferers as friends, especially the ones who comment here, post in the gout forum, or tell me about their gout by email.
When I started developing m [...] | GoutPal Thu 19 Jul 07 - 04:32 |
| Gout Foods As I enter the third week of my gout diet plan, I'm wondering what gout foods to concentrate on next.
I'm a bit late reporting on my second week. My wife and I had a weekend away. Although I had been behaving myself quite well up to the weekend, I was a little worried that I'd overindulged. I had [...] | GoutPal Wed 16 May 07 - 07:36 |
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| Don't Get Hung Up On Gout Diet (9 comments) Because of the poor advice you have received, you have not been able to manage your uric acid properly. You need to make sure you keep to a safe uric acid level. Daily allopurinol at the right dose will do this, and allow you to eat anything you like (within the bounds of weight control and adequate [...] | GoutPal Mon 14 Jun 10 - 10:18 |
| diet / pH question (3 comments) Good to hear you are getting a uric acid test, Doug. This is vital for managing gout. Regular monitoring is the only way to tell if your diet is improving your gout or not.
Also good to hear you are using the PRAL tables. I'm actually working on some new ones that give values by calorie intake, o [...] | GoutPal Mon 25 Jan 10 - 05:50 |
| Gout Food Lists (7 comments) I'm planning on some improvements to the tables, as part of the current reorganization. Unfortunately, it may take some time.
I like your idea of focusing the lists on more usual food items rather than the full USDA database. This might make it possible to produce one full list. Thanks for the su [...] | GoutPal Sun 17 Jan 10 - 09:00 |
| Coffee and Gout (3 comments) It is highly encouraging to note this point that there is a strong link between drinking coffee and a reduced risk of gout. [...] | HARISH Wed 30 Dec 09 - 06:05 |
| Free Gout Diet Plan (3 comments) Anixiously waiting for your free Gout Diet Plan..... [...] | HARISH Wed 30 Dec 09 - 04:57 |
| Gout Food Diet Continues (1 comments) Losing weight gradually is a good option worth trying in the normal course. [...] | HARISH Tue 29 Dec 09 - 10:18 |
| Recipes For Gout (2 comments) What medication? How long has he been taking it? What are his recent test results for uric acid? Has he had blood tests for iron?
How tall, what weight and is he generally active or not?
What food does he like best?
I know it seems a lot of questions, but it would be extremely wrong of me, [...] | GoutPal Tue 17 Nov 09 - 10:38 |
| Diet For Gout And Weight Loss (7 comments) 40 bucks - Money Buring Furnace more like.
Any gout sufferers who want tips and proper support to lose weight only need ask in the gout diet forum - it's free. [...] | GoutPal Tue 13 Oct 09 - 10:21 |
| Gout Diet (8 comments) That's great news, but be sure to keep checking uric acid levels. Even if you are not experiencing acute gout, you need to make sure your diet is helping to keep uric acid below 6.5mg/dL. [...] | GoutPal Thu 1 Oct 09 - 11:47 |
| L-carnitine and Uric Acid (5 comments) I have been using L-Carnitine in drink format when I go to the gym on and off for the last 6 months. I had a really really bad attack of gout last October that immobilised me for about 3 weeks. I then started to lose weight and take Bi-Cabinate of Soda in small amounts to aclaise my body. I also too [...] | Martin Thu 17 Sep 09 - 06:22 |
| Alcohol and Gout (19 comments) Oh my words! An expert on sixteenth century medicine AND son of a doctor.
Gout sufferers can rest easy now. Ben will cure you.
As we've finally descended to the pit of half-baked knowledge on this article, I'll close it.
Please feel free to continue discussion in the gout and alcohol forum, [...] | GoutPal Wed 5 Aug 09 - 07:41 |
| Gout and Alcohol (13 comments) This topic is getting quite old now, so I think we need something new about alcohol and gout.
Please share your thoughts, questions and experiences in the gout diet forum. You can add to an existing discussion, or start a new topic. I'm interested whether you think alcohol causes gout, if you thi [...] | GoutPal Fri 10 Jul 09 - 03:36 |
| Is Your Doctor Killing Your Health? (8 comments) GPs are clueless. [...] | vegetarianGuy Sat 23 May 09 - 01:32 |
| Gout and Antioxidants (11 comments) gout forum guidelines [...] | GoutPal Sun 10 May 09 - 11:46 |
| Pomegranate Juice And Gout (3 comments) Just wanted to comment on the price you have for cherry juice costing more than a dollar. As cherry juice concentrate can easily be purchased online and be used for pennies a day. You may be skeptical of the cherries, but I will share my experience. I started having gout attacks in 2004 and I took [...] | Midnite420 Thu 12 Feb 09 - 03:33 |
| Easiest Of All Diets For Gout (2 comments) Go for it, Jon
Just remember - it's not about a temporary change to lose a few pounds. It's gradual change - a little less food eaten a little more frequently with a little more exercise to change your habits for life.
Add a slow move to more fruit and vegetables, especially herbs and spices, [...] | GoutPal Fri 8 Jun 07 - 10:54 |
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