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Old Fri, May-14-21, 08:50
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"If gout flares come from an accumulation of uric acid crystals in your joints, and elevated insulin causes your kidneys to hang on to too much uric acid, then rather than avoiding foods whose breakdown creates uric acid, you might be better served by keeping your insulin level lower. Plus, uric acid doesn’t exist to trigger gout attacks and cause you pain. It’s an antioxidant, so you wouldn’t want to be entirely without uric acid in your body."


This is key. Looking for nutrient density includes adding organ meat, red meat, and shellfish when it's fresh and available, to my diet. Although organ meats tend to be slightly higher in carbs, none of these spikes insulin to the degree where I'd have to eliminate them. Maintaining a lower BG level enabled me to eliminate gout symptoms completely many years ago. Some may have triggers with certain foods, and what those triggers are likely vary in an individual. Most of the conventional medical advice on managing gout never worked for me.
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