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The two things that you hear about gout being caused by uric acid all the time are: “it’s a rich man’s disease” and “it’s caused by consuming too much rich food and alcohol” – both are only marginally true . . . especially in this day and age.
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Purine . . . as in “Purina”?
I really don’t know if they named the dog food “Purina” because of some sort of purine content, but maybe they wanted it to be perceived like that to get people to associate the name with “meat” or a “meaty meal” for there pets. The purine content of many meats, especially organ meats, as well as some fishes and seafood, various vegetables and some grains, is particularly high. Should us “gout-ers” avoid them? Probably . . . at least for a while.
The Gout Killer is YOU. That’s right . . . not me . . . YOU.
I thought about this for a day and a night and woke up thinking about how right he was – and the phase “anger leads to fear” sort of shook out of it. It turns out Yoda said it in Star Wars! Now I’m going to have go and re-study all that wisdom again! If you’re on Linked In, click here and check out the whole thread.
A healthy cell contains large amounts of alkaline substances such as oxygen,bicarbonate, and certain minerals. Even our blood is slightly alkaline, and must stay that way for us to stay alive. All our metabolic processes, including our immune systems, digestion, and hormone production work best in a slightly alkaline environment.The wear and tear of daily life gradually causes our cells to lose their healthy alkalinity and become more acidic. That makes us more prone to disease.
Peglotoicase! Make me puke! Krystexxa! I’ve had it with gout treatments! I just want to be healthy, I don’t want to be a drug addict! What the hell -- how did Lonnie get himself that way? Does anyone care?
. . . and it goes like this: keep it right there on the front of your brain that the overall toxic acidic waste that accumulates in the body creates the right environment for uric acid to get loose and out of control and cause those god-awful gout attacks!
