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Hi Merina,

Each person is different. Many also take medication to speed relief from the pain. Average relief is experienced in two to five days, but it's best to talk to your mother's doctor as he will know the specifics regarding the severity of her symptoms.

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

My mother who is 82 yrs was just told she has gout. It's her toes and ankles. After reading, the dos and don'ts, she still has the pain mainly in the night before she goes to bed.

How long does she have to be on the diet before we see a difference, and what joint cream is best to use?

-- Contributed by: Merina

Hi David,

Check the list in this article for foods to include in your diet. Gout is very similar to rheumatism. It is the inflammation of bones and ligaments in joints caused by the formation of acid crystals. These crystals are caused mostly by diets that contain too much fatty meat, salt and alcohol, and insufficient quantities of raw, enzyme-active foods. You're wise to change your eating now when you are young. Eat a healthy diet and start exercising regularly to help shed some of those extra pounds you're carrying around. You'll feel like a new man!

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

I am a young male (22) that comes from a family with a history of Gout. I see your listing on foods not to eat, what are some they you can. It seems like you name a lot of foods that are always around the house. I have had a lot of flare-ups lately and I really do want to reduce it and have been but not a life changing yet due to my age. But I'm starting to believe that I really need to if I want to really reduce my chance of having it again. I am overweight and do understand I will need to lose the pounds and what kind of activities would you recommend to do. Any help would really help and be greatly appreciated...if you could email me your insights. that would be wonderful.

-Thanks

-- Contributed by: David

Hi Lolita,

It's not easy to help someone else change their diet, but what you'll want steer clear of in your husband's diet are foods that create excessive uric acid production. This includes the following:

alcohol
anchovies
asparagus
cauliflower
mushrooms
consommÃ©
herring
meat gravies
broth
bouillon
mussels
sardines
red meats
organ meats
processed meats
fried foods
roasted nuts
food cooked in oil
rich foods (cakes, sugar products, white flour products)
dark greens vegetables
dried fruits
fish
caffeine
beans
lentils
eggs
oatmeal
peas
poultry
yeast products
acetaminophen
low doses of aspirin.

In addition to eliminating these foods, while your husband is suffering from a Gout Attack you'll also want to eliminate these foods too:

Artificial sweeteners
Carbonated soft drinks
Cigarettes
Flour (white wheat)
Goat
Lamb
Pastries & cakes from white flour
Pork
Sugar
Beer
Brown sugar
Deer
Chocolate
Coffee
Custard with white sugar
Jams
Jellies
Liquor
Pasta
Rabbit
Semolina
Table salt refined & iodized
Tea black
Turkey
Breads White / Wheat
White rice
Vinegar.

-- Contributed by: Donna Sundblad

my husband is very over weight, 72 yrs old , is on oxygen at bed time .C O P D..loves his sweets ,meats,ice cream..soda pop.. u name it .. he has gout ,in his right foot (toe) had to take him to ER, to find out he had gout.. gave him meds, and sent him home.. i have been on the computer, trying to find out more info.. on this, and i read about foods, but can not find a list of , foods to change his diet.. he takes , medication, for , a lot of things, and i looked them up, and , i read , about one of them, does cause u to gain weigh.. but he needs his meds..( sounds as if i am fighting a loosing battle with his weigh..) well if , i can ask, any thing at all , would be , some help, to settle my nerves, .. thank u

-- Contributed by: lolita sharp
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