"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:49:22 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >
>> > Has anyone ever done it even half heartedly? Between hubby losing his
>> > fear of fat, which means he ate a hamburger made with 20% fat, a
>> > little bacon and fried chicken covered in pork rinds in the last
>> > couple of weeks ended in a big gout flare up. Not good. I told him
>> > he needs to learn to love tofu and vegetarian meals.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have a good site for gout friendly recipes? He's not
>> > overweight and doesn't drink, so I don't need to hear about that.
>>
>> I don't really know much about gout, but I did print this out for a
>> friend
>> who has it not too long ago. It seems to say what is good and not so good
>> to
>> eat.
>>
>> http://www.patient.co.uk/health/gout-diet-sheet
>
> Thanks, the part about insulin resistance works for me. He has to
> watch what he eats to keep his blood sugar under control. I guess
> they are all interrelated.
>
> Your friend might be interested in the site I discovered yesterday.
> http://www.goutpal.com/
>
>> I hear that it's extremely painful and I hope your hubby is able to
>> work it out so not in pain often.
>
> Thanks, it is very painful. You don't want it and you don't want to
> be married to someone who has it. He has been controlling it by diet
> for years and has been pretty successful - but looking at gout
> triggers yesterday, fat seems to be one of them. He didn't realize
> this one was gout until he took his gout medication after a couple of
> days and he felt relief immediately. Up to that point, he thought the
> pain was muscular because it was not in his knee joint, just near it,
> and he won't call the Dr (says "What can he do?"), I've been down
> that road.

Thanks for that site, he got a computer recently so anything like that can
help. I have a stubborn dh too, and sometimes it makes it a bit miserable
for those around them when they're hurting. :-)

Cheri