Comments on: Gout: The Missing Chapter from Good Calories, Bad Calories http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/10/05/gout/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:50:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Render http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/10/05/gout/comment-page-1/#comment-119501 Render Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:35 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2244#comment-119501 It's clear you have not read Taubes' books, or you would not have written a length, metaphor-rich comment pushing the very ideas that he revealed were almost entirely false. It’s clear you have not read Taubes’ books, or you would not have written a length, metaphor-rich comment pushing the very ideas that he revealed were almost entirely false.

]]> By: Ed http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/10/05/gout/comment-page-1/#comment-114539 Ed Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:29:36 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2244#comment-114539 Damon, have you tried apple cider vinegar? I eat organic, including meat and chicken and eggs, am very active, yet have had several bouts with gout. I drink no soda and use no sugar in my diet. But, once I heard about apple cider vinegar, whenever I've woken with pain in my big toe, I drink about 1 or 2 tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar in water and go back to sleep and it's over. I don't understand why I should have this problem, but it seems to be easy to at least remove the symptoms. I've also heard that bicarbonate of sodium also works. Just be sure to use a good quality one with no aluminum. (We use Red Mill.) Damon, have you tried apple cider vinegar? I eat organic, including meat and chicken and eggs, am very active, yet have had several bouts with gout. I drink no soda and use no sugar in my diet. But, once I heard about apple cider vinegar, whenever I’ve woken with pain in my big toe, I drink about 1 or 2 tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar in water and go back to sleep and it’s over. I don’t understand why I should have this problem, but it seems to be easy to at least remove the symptoms. I’ve also heard that bicarbonate of sodium also works. Just be sure to use a good quality one with no aluminum. (We use Red Mill.)

]]> By: TX CHL Instructor http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/10/05/gout/comment-page-1/#comment-114493 TX CHL Instructor Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:14:02 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2244#comment-114493 Gymnema sylvestre sounds interesting. Since I no longer have gout (quit eating the stuff that causes gout), I might try it to see if the insulin response enhancement makes it easier to lose weight, similar to the way metformin does. Gymnema sylvestre sounds interesting. Since I no longer have gout (quit eating the stuff that causes gout), I might try it to see if the insulin response enhancement makes it easier to lose weight, similar to the way metformin does.

]]> By: JS Tan http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/10/05/gout/comment-page-1/#comment-114261 JS Tan Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:33:49 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2244#comment-114261 Thanks for the tip - will give it a shot. I don't believe its hereditary either, cos no one in my family tree has had it. Am currently taking celery seed extract it it seems to prevent an outright flare - though there is still a dull ache to my left foot. Thanks for the tip – will give it a shot. I don’t believe its hereditary either, cos no one in my family tree has had it. Am currently taking celery seed extract it it seems to prevent an outright flare – though there is still a dull ache to my left foot.

]]> By: Howard http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/10/05/gout/comment-page-1/#comment-114206 Howard Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:54:14 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/?p=2244#comment-114206 @Franknol -- Your answer certainly is short. And wrong. At least half wrong. Ethanol is a definite suspect, but dietary purines are a "red herring". Dietary purines were just assumed to be a problem for gout sufferers, but no meaningful research was ever done to establish that. I used to have gout. But I have quit eating the stuff that causes it, and I'm off the allopurinol, and gout-free for over ten years now -- on a diet that includes nuts, shellfish, and even a (very) small amount of wine. Gary Taubes' answer is much closer to the mark than yours. @Franknol — Your answer certainly is short. And wrong. At least half wrong. Ethanol is a definite suspect, but dietary purines are a “red herring”. Dietary purines were just assumed to be a problem for gout sufferers, but no meaningful research was ever done to establish that.

I used to have gout. But I have quit eating the stuff that causes it, and I’m off the allopurinol, and gout-free for over ten years now — on a diet that includes nuts, shellfish, and even a (very) small amount of wine. Gary Taubes’ answer is much closer to the mark than yours.

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