aMany patients with chronic gout would be willing to pay money every month in perpetuity to be cured of their gout. Younger patients, patients whose main health concern is gout, and patients with frequent attacks are w illing to pay the most.a (Willingness to Pay for a Cure in Patients with Chronic Gout; Dinesh Khanna, MD, MS: Medical Decision Making, Vol. 28, No. 4, 606-613 (2008)

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If gout were a communicable disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) would classify it as a pandemic.

Studies done in the US and UK state in 1999 the prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia was as high as 41 per 1000 in the US, and in the UK the prevalence of gout diagnosis was 14 per 1000. Studies also indicate that the worldwide incidence of gout is on the rise.

According to Dr. Khanna’s study and international statistics, it’s evident that gout treatment is a multibillion-dollar a year income source for both the medical profession and pharmaceutical industries.

It is such a potential profits source for pharmaceutical companies; they’re investing in continued research to find new gout medications.

However, the people who can’t afford doctors and medications rely on traditional home remedies passed down from generation to generation. There are a host of different home remedies for gout, but probably the most universally recommended is vinegar.

Ask your doctor about vinegar, he will probably raise an eyebrow and say, aIt’s good for salad dressing and on fish and chips, but it’s not medicine.a

Ask most Internet doctors, and they’ll comment back saying, aThere are no studies that say vinegar will help gout or anything else. There’s no science to backup any health claims about vinegar.a

Despite what the doctors may believe, there is actually science behind the use of vinegar to treat and manage gout. Unfortunately, finding the science is not as straightforward as typing ‘Vinegar and Gout’ into an Internet search to discover a horde of credible scientific research papers. There are no peer-reviewed studies in medical journals about the use of vinegar as a gout treatment. As a matter of fact, there are very little research about vinegar and health.

The reason being: To scientific researchers, vinegar is condiment, a mixture of flavonoid chemicals in diluted acetic acid sitting on the kitchen shelf. When doing experimental research, scientists reach for the bottle of glacial acetic acid or use a salt made from acetic acid such as potassium, sodium, or calcium acetates.

In the human body, scientists use the words acetate or acetyl. Consequently, if you’re looking for scientific papers on vinegar or even acetic acid and gout, you won’t find any, and you will only find a few mentions about acetate salts directly relating to gout.

However, when it comes to scientific research done on acetate’s essentiality to the biochemistry of virtually all living things, there are more studies than a person can count. In fact, acetate is so important to every aspect of our being, not only do we find some form of it in our everyday diet, but also, our liver produces it by enzymatic action on fatty acids. Even in our large intestine, a family of bacteria called acetobacter produces acetic acid that enters the blood.

Acetate is essential to all our body’s enzyme functions from the brain function to DNA repair.

Getting back to gout:

High uric acid levels (hyperuricemia) are usually associated with gout, but it’s not necessarily the case because gout can occur in people with normal uric acid levels. The important factor is the acidity of blood and urine. In an acid environment, uric acid becomes what urologists call a ‘free ion’ where it’s less soluble and more likely to form the uric acid crystals (monosodium urate) associated with gout and uric acid kidney stones.

When the blood becomes acidic, the whole body is acidic, and it affects all metabolic functions.

With increasing blood acidity, there is also an increase in serum sodium.

At this point, we have the perfect environment for the formation of the monosodium urate crystals. The crystals form mainly in the extremities of the body where the blood circulation is poor, such as the big toe and fingers.

The reason for this is that as blood flows farther from the heart, the less force there is behind the circulation of blood. The slowing of blood flow in the extremities, where gout usually occurs, provides the opportunity for a reaction between sodium and uric acid to form monosodium urate crystals.

It doesn’t matter whether the blood has high or low levels of uric acid; it’s the high blood acidity and excess sodium that creates the environment for the crystallization to occur.

However, making the blood slightly more alkaline can change the solubility of uric acid almost 10-fold, thus causing the monosodium urate crystals to dissolve back into the blood. A rise in blood alkalinity also raises the alkalinity of the urine and all body fluids. This means that the uric acid crystals dissolve and the uric acid reenters the blood in a more easily excreted form.

A simple way to test your urine acidity is to take a small sample (about a tablespoon full) and add a pinch of baking soda (bicarbonate of soda). If you see bubbles and it begins to dissolve, your urine is acid – the more it bubbles, the higher the acidity of the urine. If it sinks to the bottom without any reaction, you are either neutral or on the alkaline side. More than likely, if the urine is acidic (the baking soda bubbles and dissolves fast), you’re on your way to an attack of gout.

In most healthy people, the blood should be on the alkaline side.

Acidic blood and urine are also indicators of other health problems and health problems that may occur in the future such as diabetes, heart, and hypertension, etc.

Now, what does this all have to do with vinegar and gout?

There is a function that called the “alkaline tide” that happens when we eat. When the stomach produces acid for digestion, the blood becomes alkaline. This function keeps the blood acid/alkalinity level in balance. However, if for some reason, the blood becomes too acid, the alkaline tide can’t make the right adjustment, and the blood remains acid.

Ingesting diluted vinegar before eating will help raise the blood alkalinity. The acetic in vinegar is absorbed directly through the stomach lining and into the blood stream where the acetate converts into bicarbonate (an antacid). This increases blood alkalinity. Once the blood acid/alkalinity in normalized, the aalkaline tidea function works properly.

The aalkaline tidea in also important to normal kidney functions the elimination of uric acid.

People, for whom vinegar/acetic acid works, report relief from gout symptoms with in hours after ingestion due to the rapid rise in blood alkalinity.

The alkaline blood takes up the uric acid, and holds it in solution until eliminated in perspiration and urine.

Some studies done using acetate based hemodialysis show that blood acetate has a dilating effect on blood vessels, which would also aid in dissolving sodium urate crystals via increased blood flow to the affected areas.

The fact of the matter is that any old vinegar will do the trick; however, unpasteurized, naturally fermented vinegar may be more beneficial in the long-term. The reason for this being that if someone suffers with lower digestive tract problems, they might be lacking in the population of acetobacter necessary to produce acetic acid. The unpasteurized vinegar will help in the recolonization of acetobacter.

To maintain a bustling colony of symbiotic acetobacter, it is best to introduce some whole grain products/fiber into your diet, as the acetobacter love to devour fiber. The acetobacter need an adequate supply of food to produce the acetic acid that supplements our system with acetate to regulate blood acid/alkali levels and make other essential metabolic functions occur.

Once you have and maintain a thriving acetobacter colony in your intestines, you may never have another problem with gout again.

You don’t have to go to the health food store and buy expensive ‘organic vinegar’ suggested by many advocates. It’s easy enough to make your own unpasteurized vinegar. Simply open the top on a bottle of cheap wine and let it sit a few weeks – acetobacter also love alcohol.

The homemade fruit vinegar is more pleasant tasting. You can make your own by letting the fruit juice ferment in a glass, stainless steel, or food-grade plastic container for three weeks to a month. The secret is to give it a stir every few days as oxygenation makes the process happen faster.

There are plenty of wild acetobacter floating around in the air to make vinegar fermentation happen naturally; all you have to do is sit back and let nature take its course.

Then all you have to do is dilute a tablespoon or two in fluid and drink before each meal to stabilize your blood and urine acid/alkali balance throughout the day.

There are other benefits from the intake of acetate documented in medical journals such as increased energy production, cholesterol reduction, and even beefing-up the immune system. However, other than the essentiality of acetate to the existence of life, there is little research about dietary acetate and its possible benefits.

It also would be beneficial to increase potassium rich foods in your diet and stay away from phosphate and nitrogen rich foods. Too much phosphate and nitrate in the diet produce high blood acid levels.

Also, adequate fluid intake is important to uric acid elimination.

For those of you who enjoy visiting your doctor and chatting about various gout medications, have him grab his pill book and take a look at potassium acetate.

In aA Practitioner’s Handbook Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics,a it states that potassium acetate (a salt of acetic acid) is effective in treating gout.

The American Medical Association also recommends it in their book for treating kidney problems related to hyperuricemia, aA Handbook of Useful Drugs,” stating: aPotassium acetate is oxidized in the organism to potassium carbonate or bicarbonate. This tends to make the blood alkaline, and the salts excreted by the kidney render the urine less acida It is a marked diuretic, increasing the amount of urine and the solids of the urine without irritation of the kidneyaa

So, in spite of the doctors’ sour medical opinions about vinegar, it can inexpensively help most suffers manage their gout. ###

References:

1. (Willingness to Pay for a Cure in Patients with Chronic Gout; Dinesh Khanna, MD, MS: Medical Decision Making, Vol. 28, No. 4, 606-613 (2008).

2. Increasing prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia over 10 years among older adults in a managed care population; KL Wallace et al: Journal of Rheumatology 2004 31; 1582-1587.

3. Gout epidemiology: results for the UK General Practice Research Database, 1990-1999; TR Mikuls, et al: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2005 64: 267-272.

4.Percipation of uric acid – Nature Cure: Philosophy and Practice Based on the Unity of Disease and Cure; Henry Lindlahr, M.D.: The Nature Cure Publishing Company, Chicago – 1922 (The most coherent andfeasibleexplanation I found).

5. The contribution of the large intestine to blood acetate in man; Scheppach W, et al: Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 271: E58-E64, 1996.

6. Randomised controlled trial of acetate in preterm neonates receiving parenteral nutrition; Olufunmi Peters, et al: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 1997;77:F12-F15 (July).

7. Plasma Acetate Turnover and Oxidation; CL Skutches, et al: Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1979.

8. 80%-85% Success Rate With Medical Therapy to Treat, Prevent Uric Acid Stones: Elizabeth Mechcatie: Family Pratice News , April 15, 2000.

9. Kinetic aspects of acetate metabolism in healthy humans using [1-13C] acetate; E. Pouteau,et al; Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 271: E58-E64, 1996.

10. Carbohydrate fermentation in the human colon and its relation to acetate concentrations in venous blood: E W Pomare, Et al: Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1985.

11. Alkaline Tide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_tide.

12. Sodium acetate-induced relaxation of mesenteric arterial rings: Jauchem JR, et al; Microcirculation 1:37-54, 1981.

In How to Lower Uric Acid in the Body Naturally, you’ll discover 3 simple, natural tips to reduce high uric acid and eliminate gout. First, let’s look at what causes gout.

HIGH URIC ACID CAUSES GOUT

Uric acid is the byproduct of chemical compounds in your body’s cells breaking down as part of the natural metabolizing process.

The acid produced in your body is processed through your kidneys and excess is expelled via your urine. Enough acid is retained for your body’s benefit, e.g. to help look after your blood vessel linings, etc.

High acid levels can occur when your kidneys are unable to process normal acid levels, or, when there is too much acid being produced for your kidneys to handle, even if they are working at 100%.

When this occurs — a condition known as hyperuricemia — crystals can form out of the high acid levels and become deposited in your joints and tissue. These give rise to the symptoms of a gout attack.

YOU NEED TO LOWER URIC ACID LEVELS

To help during an attack, and between attacks, you need to lower uric acid in your body. You can do this using traditional drug-based medicines, or, like more and more people who suffer from gout, you can use natural gout treatments.

Drug-based treatment using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), colchicines, and corticosteroids, etc., have proven to be very capable of reducing inflammation and relieving the pain of a gout attack.

And other drugs such as allopurinol and probenecid are very good at lowering acid levels in your body. But, because these only work as long as you take them, they have to be taken on a daily basis over a significant period of time.

And, as with most pharmaceutical drugs, they have many horrible side effects; vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, ulcers, stomach pain, bleeding, skin allergies, bone thinning, to name just a few.

Which is why people with gout all around the world are turning to natural gout remedies to reduce uric acid levels in the body.

YOU CAN LOWER URIC ACID IN THE BODY NATURALLY

Acid levels in blood can be reduced through home remedies for gout such as the use of herbs, fruits, vegetables and natural supplements, etc. There are so many out there, but here are 3 that gout sufferers have found effective:-

(1) Vitamin C – Studies have revealed that people who take regular vitamin C can lower their uric acid levels. You can get plenty of vitamin C from things like oranges, tangerines, mandarins, etc. But, during an attack, vitamin C supplements can bring great benefits very quickly.

(2) Cherries and Cherry Juice – Other studies have shown that cherries not only lower uric acid in the body, but also have natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. They are thus ideal during an attack, and, for maintaining lower uric acid levels to help prevent further attacks.

(3) Alfalfa – Alfalfa can help first neutralize, then reduce uric acid in the body. And for overall health it has many nutrients and minerals.

WHY YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN LOWER URIC ACID LEVELS

Regularly recurring gout can eventually cause you to have permanently damaged joints and / or kidney problems such as painful stones. And once you’ve had one attack you are far more likely to have more.

So it’s imperative that you reduce your uric acid to a lower, healthier level, and, maintain it at that level. Now, whilst the above remedies can help, there are many more things to consider, one of the most critical being your diet.

You’re in luck though. There’s a special gout report available online 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.

If you want to get natural gout relief in 2 hours, plus, prevent your gout returning in the future, then go to http://www.thegoutsite.com and discover how you can quickly do both without expensive drugs with their horrible side effects.

Kington, for health for life.

In How to Lower Uric Acid in the Body Naturally, you’ll discover 3 simple, natural tips to reduce high uric acid and eliminate gout. First, let’s look at what causes gout.

HIGH URIC ACID CAUSES GOUT

Uric acid is the byproduct of chemical compounds in your body’s cells breaking down as part of the natural metabolizing process.

The acid produced in your body is processed through your kidneys and excess is expelled via your urine. Enough acid is retained for your body’s benefit, e.g. to help look after your blood vessel linings, etc.

High acid levels can occur when your kidneys are unable to process normal acid levels, or, when there is too much acid being produced for your kidneys to handle, even if they are working at 100%.

When this occurs — a condition known as hyperuricemia — crystals can form out of the high acid levels and become deposited in your joints and tissue. These give rise to the symptoms of a gout attack.

YOU NEED TO LOWER URIC ACID LEVELS

To help during an attack, and between attacks, you need to lower uric acid in your body. You can do this using traditional drug-based medicines, or, like more and more people who suffer from gout, you can use natural gout treatments.

Drug-based treatment using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), colchicines, and corticosteroids, etc., have proven to be very capable of reducing inflammation and relieving the pain of a gout attack.

And other drugs such as allopurinol and probenecid are very good at lowering acid levels in your body. But, because these only work as long as you take them, they have to be taken on a daily basis over a significant period of time.

And, as with most pharmaceutical drugs, they have many horrible side effects; vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, ulcers, stomach pain, bleeding, skin allergies, bone thinning, to name just a few.

Which is why people with gout all around the world are turning to natural gout remedies to reduce uric acid levels in the body.

YOU CAN LOWER URIC ACID IN THE BODY NATURALLY

Acid levels in blood can be reduced through home remedies for gout such as the use of herbs, fruits, vegetables and natural supplements, etc. There are so many out there, but here are 3 that gout sufferers have found effective:-

(1) Vitamin C – Studies have revealed that people who take regular vitamin C can lower their uric acid levels. You can get plenty of vitamin C from things like oranges, tangerines, mandarins, etc. But, during an attack, vitamin C supplements can bring great benefits very quickly.

(2) Cherries and Cherry Juice – Other studies have shown that cherries not only lower uric acid in the body, but also have natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. They are thus ideal during an attack, and, for maintaining lower uric acid levels to help prevent further attacks.

(3) Alfalfa – Alfalfa can help first neutralize, then reduce uric acid in the body. And for overall health it has many nutrients and minerals.

WHY YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN LOWER URIC ACID LEVELS

Regularly recurring gout can eventually cause you to have permanently damaged joints and / or kidney problems such as painful stones. And once you’ve had one attack you are far more likely to have more.

So it’s imperative that you reduce your uric acid to a lower, healthier level, and, maintain it at that level. Now, whilst the above remedies can help, there are many more things to consider, one of the most critical being your diet.

You’re in luck though. There’s a special gout report available online 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.

If you want to get natural gout relief in 2 hours, plus, prevent your gout returning in the future, then go to http://www.thegoutsite.com and discover how you can quickly do both without expensive drugs with their horrible side effects.

Kington, for health for life.
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In How to Lower Uric Acid in the Body Naturally, you’ll discover 3 simple, natural tips to reduce high uric acid and eliminate gout. First, let’s look at what causes gout.

HIGH URIC ACID CAUSES GOUT

Uric acid is the byproduct of chemical compounds in your body’s cells breaking down as part of the natural metabolizing process.

The acid produced in your body is processed through your kidneys and excess is expelled via your urine. Enough acid is retained for your body’s benefit, e.g. to help look after your blood vessel linings, etc.

High acid levels can occur when your kidneys are unable to process normal acid levels, or, when there is too much acid being produced for your kidneys to handle, even if they are working at 100%.

When this occurs — a condition known as hyperuricemia — crystals can form out of the high acid levels and become deposited in your joints and tissue. These give rise to the symptoms of a gout attack.

YOU NEED TO LOWER URIC ACID LEVELS

To help during an attack, and between attacks, you need to lower uric acid in your body. You can do this using traditional drug-based medicines, or, like more and more people who suffer from gout, you can use natural gout treatments.

Drug-based treatment using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), colchicines, and corticosteroids, etc., have proven to be very capable of reducing inflammation and relieving the pain of a gout attack.

And other drugs such as allopurinol and probenecid are very good at lowering acid levels in your body. But, because these only work as long as you take them, they have to be taken on a daily basis over a significant period of time.

And, as with most pharmaceutical drugs, they have many horrible side effects; vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, ulcers, stomach pain, bleeding, skin allergies, bone thinning, to name just a few.

Which is why people with gout all around the world are turning to natural gout remedies to reduce uric acid levels in the body.

YOU CAN LOWER URIC ACID IN THE BODY NATURALLY

Acid levels in blood can be reduced through home remedies for gout such as the use of herbs, fruits, vegetables and natural supplements, etc. There are so many out there, but here are 3 that gout sufferers have found effective:-

(1) Vitamin C – Studies have revealed that people who take regular vitamin C can lower their uric acid levels. You can get plenty of vitamin C from things like oranges, tangerines, mandarins, etc. But, during an attack, vitamin C supplements can bring great benefits very quickly.

(2) Cherries and Cherry Juice – Other studies have shown that cherries not only lower uric acid in the body, but also have natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. They are thus ideal during an attack, and, for maintaining lower uric acid levels to help prevent further attacks.

(3) Alfalfa – Alfalfa can help first neutralize, then reduce uric acid in the body. And for overall health it has many nutrients and minerals.

WHY YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN LOWER URIC ACID LEVELS

Regularly recurring gout can eventually cause you to have permanently damaged joints and / or kidney problems such as painful stones. And once you’ve had one attack you are far more likely to have more.

So it’s imperative that you reduce your uric acid to a lower, healthier level, and, maintain it at that level. Now, whilst the above remedies can help, there are many more things to consider, one of the most critical being your diet.

You’re in luck though. There’s a special gout report available online 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.

If you want to get natural gout relief in 2 hours, plus, prevent your gout returning in the future, then go to http://www.thegoutsite.com and discover how you can quickly do both without expensive drugs with their horrible side effects.

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Kidney stones are of different types. Majority of the stones, say about 80%, are calcium oxalate ones. These happen due to raised calcium level in the blood. Then, there are struvite kidney stones that happen due to infection in the urinary tract. Mostly, women tend to suffer from them, as they are more prone to urinary tract infection. Cystine stones occur due to congenital defect. Stones made up of cystine accumulate in the kidney. In addition, uric acid kidney stones exist as well.

 

This condition happens when one excretes very little urine when compared to the amount of uric acid that is present in the blood. Normally people suffering from gout, are likely to get this problem. Here are some tips to help you get rid of such stones:

 

1) There is a concoction made with tea and consumed. This lowers the uric acid deposition in the body. You make tea with nettle leaf, dandelion, fennel seed, oat straw and corn silk. One consumes it twice a day – evening and morning. You can also add goldenrod for an enhanced effect. Goldenrod happens to be a wild herb. This therapy is natural and it will help you with the kidney stones.

 

2) Herbal tea made the way the Chinese have their tea is another remedy. One adds herbs like sarsaparilla, meadowsweet and plantain to the tea. These deal with the abnormal levels of uric acid and help to cure uric acid kidney stones.

 

3) Water therapy is the easiest, most natural and common remedy for all kinds of kidney stones. One hydrates the body to be well. Drinking lots of water will help to flush out the stones and detoxify. You must consume ten to twelve glasses of water on a daily basis. All doctors also advice on consuming lots of water for patients with stone problem. Water will also help passing of the stones from the body.

 

4) Diuretic tea also helps to reduce the amount of uric acid in the body. Apart from this, tea concoction really helps in dealing with uric acid stone problems. Add to the tea a mixture of hydrangea root, plantain leaf, cramp bark, wild yam root, yarrow leaf and corn silk. This is a great cure for uric acid kind of kidney stones.

 

5) Following a proper exercise regimen is very helpful in dealing with uric acid stones. The exercise causes the stones to break and dissolve. Then it gets easier to flush them out of the body. With regular exercise, there will not be growth of further stones.

 

6) There is another amusing fact to treat uric acid stones in the kidney – soft drinks. They reduce the level of uric acid in the body. Phosphoric acid present in the soft drinks enables dissolution of uric acid.

 

In case you are suffering from uric acid kidney stones, then I would suggest that you try the above remedies. If it works for you, then do not have to go for a surgery. However, do speak to your doctor before going on any therapy.

High uric acid in urine can be a sign of excruciating gout to come. Discover, here, why high levels of uric acid can occur in your urine and blood, and, how they can lead to gout and kidney stones. You’ll also learn about treatment for high uric acid, both drug-based and natural. First, though, let’s look at the symptoms of high uric acid in urine…

HIGH URIC ACID IN URINE SYMPTOMS

Having high levels in your urine (or blood for that matter) doesn’t necessarily present any symptoms at first. Normally, the first indication is when these high levels produce the painful symptoms of gout and / or kidney stones. So how can high acid levels lead to gout and kidney stones?…

CAUSES OF HIGH URIC ACID IN URINE

Uric acid is a natural byproduct of the breakdown of natural chemical compounds called “purines” which exist in our bodies and in our food. Purines are vital for us, because they help to produce our energy and protein needs.

Your kidneys process the acid produced and expel excess levels out of your system via your bladder and urine. A small amount is expelled in stools. But if there is just too much acid being produced for your kidneys to handle, or, your kidneys themselves can’t process it effectively enough, excess acid is retained in your blood and not expelled. And of course circulated around your body.

This excess can then be deposited as needle-like crystals in your joints and surrounding tissues. When this happens you get the symptoms of gout; swelling, redness, inflammation and unbearable pain. And, the high levels of uric acid can also cause painful kidney stones over time.

URIC ACID IN URINE v IN BLOOD

Remember how your kidneys process your blood, remove uric acid and then expel it via your bladder and urine? Well, comparing the levels of acid in your urine and blood over a 24 hour period, can give some interesting results…

High levels in urine and high levels in the bloodstream indicate that you have higher than normal levels in your body, but your kidneys are functioning o.k. It is just that your body is producing much higher levels of uric acid than normal and your kidneys — although they are working fine — just can’t cope with the increase.

On the other hand, low levels in urine and high levels in blood show that it’s your kidneys’ inability to process the normal everyday production of uric acid efficiently enough that has lead to increased levels backing up in your blood.

Whichever is the case, all too often, painful gout attacks are the result. And repeated attacks of gout can lead to permanently damaged joints, and, kidney damage such as kidney stones, and even, kidney failure in extreme cases.

You should also be aware that, once having had one gout attack, you’re almost certain to have repeated attacks unless you can find a way to manage your condition so that you can prevent future occurrences.

TREATMENT FOR HIGH URIC ACID

Drugs such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs), corticosteroids and colchicines are used to address the inflammation and pain of gout. Others, such as allopurinol, are targeted at reducing uric acid levels. These are the types of medications that your doctor is likely to prescribe once high acid levels with gout have been diagnosed.

These can be effective, but, they have numerous nasty side effects such as nausea, vomiting, stomach pains, bleeding, stomach ulcers, etc. and, they can be very expensive especially over time with repeated attacks. Which is why so many sufferers like yourself are seeking out totally natural remedies…

HOME REMEDIES FOR HIGH URIC ACID

Home remedies use a whole range of natural approaches, like, the use of fruits, fruit juices, certain vegetables, a whole range of herbs, natural supplements, natural kidney cleanses, dietary changes, lifestyle adjustments, and so on; too many to go into here unfortunately.

Three of the most popular and effective are…

(1) Cherries - Eat a bowl every day to take advantage of their natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Natural cherry juice is also beneficial.

(2) Apple Cider Vinegar - Drink 3 teaspoons of raw, un-distilled apple cider vinegar in a 8oz glass of warm water (add honey to taste if you want) three time daily. This remedy will help adjust your blood pH, which in turn can lower high uric acid levels.

(3) Water – Drink at the very minimum 2 liters of water every day. Do not drink lots a few times a day, rather, drink smaller amounts more frequently and regularly during the day.

But, your diet is one of the most important factors in having, and dealing with, high uric acid levels…

You need to avoid food that is high in purines such as red meat, offal, some fish, shellfish, etc. And avoid alcohol, especially beer. There’s a lot more, but too much to go into here.

But as a general rule of thumb, anything that is high in protein is high in purines. However, it’s definitely not recommended that all protein food is eliminated! You have to learn which foods to eliminate, which to replace those with, and, which foods to retain.

You’re in luck though. There’s already a uric acid gout report available online that 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.

If you want to get gout pain relief in 2 hours plus prevent your gout returning in the future, then go to http://gout-relief-today.blogspot.com and discover how you can quickly do both without costly drugs and their horrible side effects.