A sample menu for Gout: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner + Snack

A sample menuHere's a look at what you might eat during a typical day on a gout diet:

Breakfast

• Whole-grain, unsweetened cereal with skim or low-fat milk, topped with fresh fruit
• Whole-wheat toast with trans-free margarine
• 100 percent fruit juice
• Coffee

Lunch

• Lean meat, poultry or fish (2 to 3 ounces) sandwich on whole-wheat bread, with lettuce, tomato and low-fat spread
• Carrot and celery sticks, side salad or vegetable soup
• Fresh fruit, such as apple, orange or pear
• Skim or low-fat milk

Dinner

• Baked or roasted chicken (2 to 3 ounces)
• Steamed vegetables
• Baked potato with low-fat sour cream
• Green salad with tomatoes and low-fat dressing
• Fresh fruit, such as berries or melon
• Nonalcoholic beverage, such as water or tea

Snacks can be added to this menu as long as you make healthy choices — such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and occasional nuts — and you are at a healthy weight or stay within your calorie limit.

2012 American College of Rheumatology Guidelines for managing gout

http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/guidelines/gout_part_1_acr-12-0014.pdf

http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/guidelines/gout_part_2_acr-12-0013.pdf

2012 American College of Rheumatology Guidelines for managing gout, a goal in treatment of gout is to reduce the uric acid ...

New Bawell report said, Using Alkaline Ionized Water As a Natural Gout Treatment

"Using Alkaline Ionized Water As a Natural Gout Treatment" Report Is Released by Bawell Water Ionizers

Medical and scientific experts that have studied alkaline ionized water as a healthy alternative Gout treatment are interviewed in the new Bawell report.

Natural remedies have proven to have helped several people on their gout problems for many years already. The foundational and effective intakes for a healthy body and lifestyle necessary for the prevention of gout, are an alkaline diet and ionized water produced by ionized water machines," the Bawell report states. It continues reporting, "This is the greatest alternative for those who would like to work towards decreasing their usual medications."

"Too much acidic foods in the diet aggravates the gout condition, and worsens a person's health in general by increasing the amount of toxins in their body. One ideal way to deal with this negative occurrence is through filtering these toxins by making a habit of drinking alkaline water. Alkaline ionized water brings cell regeneration, body pH balance, plus body tissue damage prevention, among the other tremendous benefits," the Bawell report continues to explain.

Mr. Sang Whang, a professional inventor, scientist, and author of the book "Reverse Aging" says, "There are devices called water ionizers that split alkaline minerals and acid minerals in regular tap water by electrical means. A quality water ionizer takes in regular tap water which has both acid and alkaline minerals in it and has a typical pH value of 7. The system then releases water with a pH value of 9 or higher with all the alkaline minerals from the original tap water. At the same time it releases acidic water with a pH value of 5 or lower with all the acid minerals in the original tap water" (Mr. Sang Whang author of the book Reverse Aging).

Dr. Hidemitsu Hayashi, M.D. Director, Water Institute of Japan gives advice on how to pick the best water ionizer machines. He also explains how a water ionizer works, "The Ionized Water unit, is an electrical appliance connected to your kitchen water supply to perform electrolysis on tap water before you drink it. A special attachment re-directs tap water out of the faucet through a plastic hose into the Ionized Water unit. The reduced water comes out of the faucet, and the oxidized water comes out of a separate hose leading into the sink" (Water Institute of Japan).

The doctor continues by mentioning some water ionizer health benefits, "One way to protect healthy tissue from the ravages of oxidation caused by active oxygen is to provide free electrons to active oxygen radicals, thus neutralizing their high oxidation potential and preventing them from reacting with healthy tissue. Water treated by electrolysis to increase its reduction potential is the best solution to the problem of providing a safe source of free electrons to block the oxidation of normal tissue by free oxygen radicals."

As a final piece of advice in the new Bawell report, "But first and foremost, one must change his lifestyle and eating habits for the better. As much as possible, eat less of acidic foods and switch into a more healthier diet such as green leafy vegetables, salads, and the likes. All the medications will be of no use if one doesn't comply with this."

Visit the Bawell website at http://www.bawellwaterionizers.com/faq.html for information on the health benefits of alkaline ionized water, and to see the different models of Bawell brand water ionizers.

High consumption of sugar-filled beverages cause gout

TAIPEI -- A doctor said Saturday a growing number of youngsters in Taiwan are being diagnosed with gout, likely because of their high consumption of sugar-filled beverages.

Chen Shih-yang, director of Country Hospital's gout treatment center, told a medical conference that the age at which people are contracting gout in Taiwan has fallen markedly over the past 30 years.

Based on 40,000 data entries on gout patients he has accumulated since 1981, Chen said gout occurred mainly among men in their 50s and 60s in the 1980s but grew increasingly prevalent among men in their 30s in the 1990s and among men in their 20s in recent years.

Today, Chen said, 20-somethings account for 20 percent of Taiwan's gout population, an unheard of percentage two decades ago.

He attributed the growing number of young people with gout to their frequent consumption of sugary drinks, which contain high levels of purine that result in excess uric acid in the blood — the main cause of the disease.