"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
>>"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>
>>> Given with this information, you can go in several directions planning
>>> a diet but the likely outcome is as follows:
>
>>> 1) The diet must contain the daily value of protein, but not much more.
>>> The DV of protein is 50 to 60 grams.
>
>>This could be the problem. He is a HUGE protein eater. I have been
>>making
>>sandwiches. Must put less meat and cheese in there.
>
>>> 2) A significant fraction of the protein should come from dairy.
>>> (In my case, I try to get half my protein from dairy.)
>>
>>Okay... Less meat. More cheese. Heh.
>
> Yes, a typical gout sufferer is a carnivore who has consumed way more
> protein than is nutritionally necessary for many years. You are
> symptom-free as the stuff builds up in your body, until your
> first attack.
>
> Then things get more complicated, since as you comply with your
> treatment, the lowered uric acid levels in your bloodstream
> can cause the uric acid stored in tissues to migrate. Commonly,
> according to my rheumatologist, it migrates out of cartilage,
> back into synovial fluid, and you have more joint symptoms (which are
> not necessarily as severe as a full attack). Eventually most
> people ultimately reach a stable point and this stops happening.
> Gout is considered highly treatable.
>
> Another thing to consider is that gout is part of a larger
> "metabolic syndrome". If you leave any of the components of
> this syndrome untreated (hypertension, hyperglycemia, lipid disorders,
> hyperuricemia), the others are more likely to emerge with symptoms.
>
> Good luck.
>

My FIL suffered from it very badly but he wasn't a big meat eater. What he
did say that he could live on daily was pasta fagioli. I guess all those
beans and the tomatoes in there wasn't very good either. Another thing he
and my MIL ate frequently was what she called "bread salad". When she had
stale bread she would break it onto a plate and cover it with canned
tomatoes and juice. Eaten at room temp.