How Exactly do we Define Gout?

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Well…how you define gout all depends on how you look at it.

How to Define Gout

A western medical doctor would say something like….”I define gout as the presence of uric acid crystals deposited inside one or more joints”.  But, The Gout Wife would say something like…”I define gout as a simple out-of-balance body condition resulting from lifestyle related choices.”  Different, huh?  Lets explore both views:

How Western Medicine would Define Gout, and treat it.

Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD says “Gout is a type of inflammatory arthritis induced by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in synovial fluid and other tissues.  It is associated with hyperuricemia, which is defined as a serum urate level of 6.8 mg per deciliter (404 μmol per liter) or more, the limit of urate solubility at physiologic temperature and pH. Humans lack uricase and thus cannot convert urate to soluble allantoin as the end product of purine metabolism. Hyperuricemia that is caused by the overproduction of urate or, more commonly, by renal urate underexcretion is necessary but not sufficient to cause gout.”

Now, I have to ask you:  Is that USABLE information?

And then . . . the western medical treatment: No need to learn anything…we’ll just treat your gout symptoms with pharmaceutical drugs.

How The Gout Wife would Define Gout, and treat it.

The Gout Wife says “Gout is the result of lifestyle choices, including diet, exercise, sleep habits, stress management, breathing patterns, etc.  Every body needs certain things to stay in balance, and when it doesn’t get these things problems show up.  For some people those problems show up as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease.  For others it shows up as gout.  Simple.”

And The Gout Wife treatment:  Learn about the root causes of gout, and make simple lifestyle choices that keep you gout free.

So….Which Way do YOU want to Define Gout?

If you would like to explore the common sense way of The Gout Wife….getting educated and steering clear of pharmaceuticals….then I highly recommend getting the book shown on the right side of this page:  Kill Your Gout NOW!  This is the most comprehensive guide to the root causes and real cures for gout.    Get this book now and you can say bye-bye to gout for good!

Take it from one who’s been there (me, The Gout Wife)
After reading Kill Your Gout NOW! and applying what you learn
you’ll be able to Define Gout as “a nightmare that I USED TO HAVE” !!!

What’s the big deal about Cherry Juice for Gout?

Everywhere you turn seems like people are touting cherry juice for gout, as the end-all be-all of gout foods.  Is there any truth to this?  Actually YES, but not for reasons you would suspect.

Many think cherry juice has some magic property that counteracts uric acid, but the truth is that cherry juice works for gout because of its OFF-THE-CHART levels of anti-oxidants.  Especially a type of anti-oxidant called flavonoid, and even more specifically a type of flavonoid called anthocyanidins.  TMI . . . who cares, right?

Cherry Juice for Gout Works in Two Ways:

1. It is a powerful anti-inflammatory.  This helps knock out the redness, swelling and pain.
2. It is a powerful anti-oxidnat:  This helps limit the excess production of uric acid and also helps your kidneys eliminate the excess uric acid your blood has accumulated.

Which Kind of Cherry Juice for Gout Works Best?

Studies have found that TART cherries have the highest load of the super-gout-fighting anthocyanidins.  But if you cant get your hands on some tart cherry juice . . . the bing and sweet cherry juices will still help your gout.

The juice works best because it is more concentrated, but fresh berries daily can act as a maintenance routine to help keep the gout away.

What Else Besides Cherry Juice For Gout?

Cherry Juice For Gout is a great start, but it will NOT get you across the finish line.  If you are having a gout attack RIGHT NOW, then I urge you to check out the book Kill Your Gout NOW!

This book gives you a “secret formula” for how to knock out a gout attack in 2-4 hours using common grocery items you probably already have at home.  And then it offers you a roadmap for how to make some “lifestyle tweaks” that will keep your from ever getting another gout attack.  Ever.

Again, just click on the colorful photo below to learn more about how the book Kill Your Gout NOW! has helped hundreds of people end their gout attacks immediately.

Ready for some Common Sense Gout Cures?

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Gout Cures that work are not rocket science.

Common Sense Gout Cures

You just need to know the facts…the common sense facts. Oh sure, I can bet your rheumatologist gave you lots of scientific data on uric acid levels, and then gave you a prescription for allopurinol, indomethacin, etc.  Well, guess what.  Those drugs only treat the gout symptoms!  If you want to get down to the root of it all and treat the underlying causes of gout, then you need The Gout Wife’s “Common Sense Gout Cures“.

The Gout Wife’s
“Common Sense Gout Cures”

Ok.  Lets talk turkey.  Gout is a lifestyle disease.  Just like diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure….gout is the RESULT of how your treat your body!  This is all very simple…follow me here.

The human body is something like a machine and has the following input requirements, in the following order of priority:

1. Air (without it you are dead in a matter of minutes)
2. Water (without it you are dead in a matter of days)
3. Food (without it you are dead in a matter of weeks or
   maybe months if you have a lot of fat to burn)

Next, in order for the human body to be healthy it needs the following:

1. Sleep (without it you are a basket case before long)
2. Exercise (without it you are a beached whale before long)
3. Stress management (without it you are unhappy in a hurry)

So, as The Gout Wife, I am hear to tell you that IF YOU ADHERE to the above virtues…and truly give your body what it needs to be healthy and happy….you will NOT have gout.  How can I say this…I watched my husband and many other gout sufferers get their lifestyle choices in line with the above, and guess what?  No more gout.

Time to Get Smart…to get the Common Sense Gout Cures

Oh yeah.  I can just hear many of you:

“I already eat well, and I still have gout.”
“I drink plenty of water, and I still get gout”
“I get enough sleep, more than a lot of people I know”

Like I said….its time to get smart…as in… get SMARTER! Problem is that we may think we are doing the right things…but too often what we think we know, just aint so.  What we have been taught about health is so ridiculously  far from the truth…it is really more about padding the pockets of pharmaceutical companies.  Well I don’t know about you, but I got really sick of being told that my husband could not use natural gout cures to overcome the attacks.  We finally thumbed our noses at “them”…and he is now completely gout-free.

With that in mind I cordially invite you…

to TAKE BACK YOUR HEALTH, by getting some REAL knowledge.  See over there (up above and to the right)…that colorful picture with a book called Kill Your Gout NOW! ?  This book is the bomb.  It has EVERYTHING you need to know to get rid of your gout….now and forever.  And when I say now….I’m talking 2-4 hours.  Yes, there is a formula of common grocery store items that will make your current gout attack go away within 2-4 hours.  THEN, there is a guideline of WHAT TO DO  so that you never get another gout attack.  Armed with these proven tactics, you can eliminate the root causes of gout and forget about the symptoms…which will be non-existent in a hurry!

Please, do yourself a favor…get the book now.  Then when your doctor tries to tell you that you MUST take a bunch of drugs….you can kindly say “thanks, but no thanks”.  Those are not the so-called Gout Cures that I am looking for

Causes of Gout in Feet

The main causes if gout in feet are the same as the causes of gout in other locations in the body . . . body acidity!

Feet are the most common place where people get gout.  Especially the big Toe.  Its bad enough that you can barely walk . . . but on top of that trying to figure out what are the causes of gout in feet is like trying to solve a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery!  There is so much confusing and flat-out WRONG information out there it can be maddening.  So please . . . allow me to boil it down for you.

Here are the top Causes of Gout in Feet

1. Poor Breathing
2. Poor Drinking
3. Poor Eating

Yes….in that order!  You see, its all about  acidity.

Remember from high-school about the pH scale?  Acid is opposite of alkaline.  A low pH number = acid….and a high pH number = alkalinity.  OK, good.

Now, remember from high-school about how our bodies need to be slightly alkaline on the pH scale in order to be healthy?  No?  Oh silly me….I forgot…they don’t teach this in high school!  In fact, they really don’t teach it anywhere in the USA.  But they certainly do teach it in most other developed nations.

So what does this have to do with gout?

How to Eliminate the Causes of Gout in Feet

Ah!  Now you are asking the right question grasshopper   Knowing about acidity in the body is useless if you dont know what to do about it.  So here you go:

See that colorful ad over to the right?  This book, Kill Your Gout NOW!, will show you exactly how to change your body pH so that your gout attack goes away in 2-4 hours.  And then, it will show you a roadmap for how to make sure you never ever get another gout attack.

Sound too good to be true?  Just click here to go read what others have to say that have used this book to make their gout pain go away immediately.  You’ll be glad you checked it out.

Gout in the Big Toe

Hi . . . my name is Sharon and yes, I missed my one and only brother’s wedding because of my husband’s gout.  I know that sounds selfish (me me me) while my husband was suffering.  But all gout wives know . . . Gout is a family affair!

What’s really a drag is that now I know . . . we didn’t HAVE to miss the wedding.  But at the time, he was just following his doctor’s orders.  Yes . . .

Doctor’s Orders Almost Did Him In

The doctor had prescribed all the typical drugs . . . allopurinol, colchicine, indomethacin, NSAIDs, etc….and his gout was still bad and getting worse.  He had tophi so bad on his fingers that it had to be surgically removed.

Can you imagine having a surgeon slit open each finger and scrape out the hardened tophi?  All those nerve ending in his fingers were screaming louder than loud.

By midnight after the surgery I almost had to take him to the emergency room because his pain was so bad it was almost unbearable….literally. I had never seen my husband so paralyzed with pain…he almost couldn’t breathe.

And The Insurance Didn’t Help

Before the surgery I debated about my brother’s wedding, which was only a plane ride away in Houston.  I truly did NOT want to miss it, but my husband needed to get this surgery done before his insurance ran out (he had just changed jobs) and the wedding weekend was his last chance to do it.  I thought about going to the wedding and leaving him at home to fend for himself.  Needless to say . . . by midnight I knew that I had made the right decision to not leave him alone.  BUT NOW . . .

Three years later . . . I am PISSED!  Had I known then what I know now, that gout can be cured BETTER by all natural means than by doctor’s drugs, he would not have had to have the surgery and I would not have missed the wedding.  Do yourself a favor and learn from my mistake! Get yourself educated and get on back to living a normal life!  But guess what?

We THOUGHT We Were Well Educated.  Ha!

Gout Tophi in the Finger

We thought we were well educated. We had spent a couple of THOUSAND dollars consulting with a guy who holds a PhD in clinical nutrition.  My husband had completely changed his diet in accordance with the nutritionist and Rheumatologist recommendations.  He was eating a mostly vegetarian diet and not drinking any alchohol . . . which I never thought he could do   But he was SERIOUS about handling his gout, and was doing all that the “academics” had told him to do.  Well, phooey.  Turns out all those intellects didn’t know caca about gout.

Years later, after surgery on BOTH hands (including the loss of use of one finger because the tophi ate the tendon), tophi surgery on a toe, and 13 years of gout attacks that increased to the frequency of 2 attacks per month . . . we finally got the RIGHT education.  The real education.  And now, he has gone over 4 years without a SINGLE gout attack!  The lesson here is that NOT ALL EDUCATION IS EQUAL.  In order to conquer his gout, we needed the right education.

Get The RIGHT Education

So…what is the RIGHT EDUCATION?  It’s all right here in the book Kill Your Gout NOW!   This book will show you the common sense way to CONQUER your gout.  Guaranteed.  I can say that because this is exactly the education we got.  So, do yourself a big favor and check out Kill Your Gout NOW! . . . before you miss an important event in your life needlessly!