Mark Thorson > wrote:

>Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>> Speaking of gout, Mark, did you happen to know that asparagus can greatly
>> exacerbate the condition in some people? I have a close friend who didn't
>> know that until she binged on asparagus for a while.

>I seldom eat asparagus. I've never had gout caused by
>eating asparagus. Every occurrence of gout has always
>been caused by eating too much protein.

Asparagus is one of the highest protein vegetables.

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.

Steve

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.

Mark Thorson > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> 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.

I'm not confusing them, but I may be working of slightly
different information than you are.

>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.

Right. This may depend on the particular gout scenario.

Steve