Uric Acid

Uric Acid . . . is over-rated . . .

Uric AcidIn my humble Gout Killer opinion, in killing gout, we’re all way too distracted with the concept of uric acid. It’s true that it’s the substance that ends up crystallizing in our joints and causing all the pain, but uric acid is not the only acid or form of acid that our bodies make or that results in a condition of acidosis.

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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.

  • First of all the “rich man’s disease” myth got started in old time England when they were first starting to make jugs, plates, vessels, utensils, etc. out of Lead – the metal substance. The lead leached out into the food and drinks and caused lead poisoning, which causes poor kidney function and kidney disease, which decreases the elimination of uric acid among other things. Only the rich folks had all the stuff made of lead.
  • Second, food & drink are not the only ways our bodies take on and accumulate acidity in general; the air we breathe, the stuff that contacts our skin, and the chemicals our bodies make when we’re too stressed, too often (coritsol & adrenaline) . . . all contribute to an overall condition of acidity that assists in getting uric acid out of control.

What to do about uric acid

The pharmaceutical gout drugs that are used to control gout function to inhibit the production of uric acid. (so you can go on abusing yourself for a while longer) While this serves a purpose, the real problem is not that the body is producing too much uric acid . . . it’s not able to get rid of the amount that it is making. If your gout has moved to chronic gout, take the drugs as your doctor directed. However, learning to be your doctors best patient is a new way to look at this. Getting proactive and educated about alkalizing – minimizing the addition of more toxic accumulation and cleaning up what’s already there, is the thing to do.

While the ability to actually lower uric acid by natural methods is slow, it is possible with a long-term plan and the diligence to carry it though. Taking advantage of the assistance of pharmaceutical drugs is good idea as a short-term solution; the goal should be to slowly decrease the dosages and then eliminate them altogether. Make a plan with you doctor – if your doctor is hooked on drugs, take the prescriptions and make your own plan to balance you pH and clean up your health. It’s your uric acid and it got out of control due to the choices you’ve been making over the course of your life – make new choices.

Uric Acid and Acidity need to be managed to control gout.

High Uric Acid Foods

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High Uric Acid Foods

If you’ve had gout for any length of time, the term, “high uric acid foods” has no doubt come up. But the term itself is sort of misleading – foods don’t really have uric acid in them – it’s more like, “foods that cause high levels of uric acid”. This is where the real debate [...]

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Uric Acid Diet

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Uric Acid Diet

Uric Acid Diet? Please explain . . . The uric acid diet is not a new fad, so don’t get worried. “Buddha only knows” . . . us gout guys had enough trouble with the Atkins Diet . . . which essentially was a HIGH uric acid diet! Let’s clarify just what this is all [...]

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Foods Rich in Purines

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Foods rich in purines

Foods rich in purines has hit the news again . . . in a big way. Foods rich in purines have been a big topic for me lately for two reasons: 1) it seems like the medical community focuses only on high uric acid levels caused by foods rich in purines, and 2) purine rich [...]

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Diabetes and High Uric Acid Levels

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diabetes and gout

Diabetes and High Uric Acid Levels . . . where you find one, you often find the other. Diabetes and gout, heart disease and gout, obesity and gout – there is such a big connection between all of these and so many others. It all stems from the over-acidic nature of our lives in this [...]

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Sleep Apnea and Gout

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sleep apnea and gout

Sleep Apnea and Gout – the battle rages on! The connection of Sleep Apnea and Gout was brought to my attention about a year and a half ago by Burton Abrams and it popped up in my Google Alerts again a few days ago. When Mr. Abrams brought the relationship of sleep apnea and gout [...]

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Lesinurad – new gout drug

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Lesinurad

Lesinurad is the new gout drug from Ardea Biosciences To meet the demand of the worldwide gout “epidemic”, Lesinurad has come to the rescue! In all the compassion and benevolence of the pharmaceutical industry, we can now take more synthetic chemicals to deal with all the toxicity that we have amassed in our bodies due [...]

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Diagnose Gout

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Diagnose Gout

Big Pharma is really out to cash in, now they’re getting fancy about how to diagnose gout. Mercy! What will they think of next?! (to get the money out of your pocket) Here is an article from About.com telling the whole story about how they’re using “computed tomography or computed axial tomography” as a new [...]

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Uric Acid Lowering Therapy

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Uric Acid LoweringTherapy

“Uric Acid Lowering Therapy” . . . you mean “drugs”? Check out this article I found about uric acid lowering therapy or therapies. Basically they’re saying the drugs don’t work . . . they should have just asked me, I could have told them why. * * * The Majority of Gout Patients on Uric [...]

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Big Pharma . . . Friend or Foe?

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Big Pharma

Big Pharma . . . drugs, drugs, and more drugs. While being under the thumb of Big Pharma, pretty soon we won’t even have to eat food anymore. Well that’s not true; Big Pharma and Monsanto depend on each other. What has become a particularly interesting observation of Big Pharma in regards to my War [...]

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