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Here you’ll find 6 simple tips on how to treat gout. They use everyday stuff and all can be carried out at home. The question of how to treat gout is thousands of years old and many of the natural treatments that gout victims use today were being successfully used way back then…

How To Treat Gout – 6 Simple Home Tips

(1) Drink a minimum of 2 litres of fresh water daily to help flush-out excess uric acid.

(2) Eat a handful of cherries with each meal. Cherries have anti-inflammatory properties.

(3) Eat plenty fresh fruits that are high in vitamin C to help reduce uric acid levels.

(4) Take 5 servings of fresh vegetables each day to help flush-out uric acid. But not asparagus, mushrooms or cauliflower. They make it worse.

(5) Avoid foods high in purines, such as red meats, offal, broth, poultry (especially turkey), shellfish, legumes, yeast, etc. Lower purines = lower uric acid.

(6) Apply hot / cold compresses to the affected area. Hot for 3 minutes; cold for 30 seconds; continue for 20 minutes and finish always on hot.

By implementing the above ‘how to treat gout’ tips, you will have made good progress towards your remedy for gout. But, and it’s a big ‘but’, this can only be part of your total gout relief program.

There are very many other things that influence whether you get gout, whether you can get relief, whether you will get recurring bouts of gout, etc. Things like your family history, underlying medical conditions, weight, body pH, etc.  Read more... (414 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)