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Well, that'll show me for being such a show off.

Tested again today. I had purposefully had the 2 beers last night, plus a Thai chicken red curry, to see how that may affect things. Same time of day, early pm, before lunch. Result 7.5 mg/dl.

That's a real sickener. I thought the figures may be a up, but not by quite such a large amount. I had a plan in mind to experiment a little with the monitor, to see if periods of pure veggie would be lower; and whether a meal with chicken in it, for example,  would add a bit to the result. Or to add a small amount of the potential triggers, such as beer.

Would the figures I've had be expected ? Is there really such a large variation based on one meal ?

Post edited 3:24 pm – November 7, 2009 by trev

Quote: There are a lot of people round here who are relying on you to show that dietary control can work

A agree with that ,GP! 

I am trying the tricky business of a mixture af an alkalizing Dr. Hay diet approach [not mixing Protein and Carbs] with a nod to the 'Leptin' idea [Fats NOT bad] and just fish  2x weekly. [Demi Veg]

This is hard to do alone- a wife would nag me into submission probably, if she loved me enough

The good news is I can get away with a bottle of wine a couple of times a week. Very little reaction [next am] so far. My BP is still rather high, I'm taking diuretics and my weight far from ideal, too!

Beer I love- but leave out if I can.Once a glass of wine goes down- beer loses it's attraction- though Black Sheep is a favourite of mine, too.

I'll maybe precis the ground rules for the ad-mixture later- if it stays good.

My main worry now, is whether to go on an 8 mile walk, when not qiute 100%- after flu.

I don't want to get sedentary- and good overall fitness is part of the master plan, too!

I reckon with the right approach- Gout can be beaten in more ways than one. 

Accepting the rider-that a steady urate somewhat <6mg/dl is the arbiter, longterm.