Steve Pope wrote:
>
> My two instances of gout (presumptive, no needle assay) were
> not really traceable to any recent eating history, but the
> more recent one definitely followed an asparagus-eating phase.
> From what I know it takes months/years for the uric acid to
> build up before an attack. Overall diet, if it has an effect,
> make the next attack come sooner. Perhaps a large amount
> of asparagus consumeed all season long could have an effect,
> however that's a tricky one because gout occurs more often in
> the early months of the year, anyway, and they don't know why.

I think you have gout confused with kidney stones.
There isn't anything you can eat that'll give you
a kidney stone between today and the day after
tomorrow. But if I eat a two-egg omelet and a
nice big steak, I'll have gout tomorrow.

I had a small kidney stone once, after more than
six months of dieting eating a spinach salad
(made from most of a bunch of spinach) every day.