The Mystery of GOUT Revealed

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 14 October 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about gout and gout prevention.

It’s been found that there is no correlation between levels of uric acid in the blood and gout attacks. But, we also know that the pain involved in gout attacks is due to uric acid crystal formation creating inflammation.

The main medication for gout works by inhibiting the formation of uric acid. However, it has serious potential side effects.

The top natural remedies for gout are celery seeds and tart cherries. Both of these can help inhibit the enzyme that makes uric acid in the body.

Other natural remedies to get rid of gout:

• Celery leaves

• Artichokes

• Sage

• Thyme

• Leafy greens

• Potassium

• Omega-3 fatty acids

While uric acid can be a beneficial antioxidant, some interesting data suggests that it becomes a pro-oxidant when it gets into the tissues. This makes sense because when it gets into the arteries, it can cause inflammation and lead to problems like high blood pressure—and when it gets into the joints, it can cause inflammation and lead to problems like gout.

Nitric oxide is beneficial for both the cardiovascular system and gout. Gout patients experience a lot of inflammation, free radical damage, and oxidative stress—and they need nitric oxide to help counter these things.

Nitric oxide can also help regulate the enzyme that makes uric acid and can suppress certain triggers of gout attacks.

Potassium is also important for gout patients because it increases nitric oxide in a potent way.

Ways to help prevent gout:

1. Increase your potassium intake

2. Decrease your sodium

3. Eat foods that increase nitric oxide (celery leaves, tart cherries, leafy greens)

4. Avoid fructose and sugar

5. Support your kidneys (Renafood)

DATA:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Transcript

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0:00.0	There's a couple of really strange things related to gout that I want to discuss.
0:04.3	Why is it that 70% of people with gout have high blood pressure?
0:10.0	I mean, that's weird.
0:11.9	Especially since uric acid, which most people know that gout is a problem with
0:16.9	uric acid building up in your big toe is considered a powerful antioxidant.
0:22.7	If it's an antioxidant, then why is it associated with high blood pressure and why is it
0:28.1	associated with so much pain in your right big toe? So that's what we're going to sort out today.
0:32.7	And I have some interesting conclusions and ideas. If you have gout, you're going to be very glad you watch this
0:38.4	video. You know, it's not just high levels of uric acid in your blood that's causing gout,
0:42.5	because they found there's no correlation between levels of uric acid in the blood and gout attacks.
0:49.4	But they do know the pain of gout is this uric acid crystal formation creating a lot of inflammation. So what is going
0:56.9	on here? Well, what they do now, your kidney is not able to get rid of this uric acid effectively.
1:03.5	It tends to retain uric acid. And then somehow it leaks into the joint of your big toe and it forms crystals.
1:10.1	The main medication for
1:11.4	gout is called allopurinol, and what that does is it inhibits the formation of uric acid.
1:19.0	There's an enzyme called xanthine oxidase, which helps you make uric acid. So this medication
1:26.3	blocks that enzyme, thereby lessening the amount of
1:29.6	uric acid. Now, the problem with this medication is it creates some side effects and some pretty
1:35.0	major side effects. So a lot of people don't like to take it. So they're searching out for
1:39.1	alternative methods to help their gout. But I think once you understand some of these things I'm going to
1:44.8	talk about and sort out some of these mysteries and paradoxes, you'll have a solution. A common
1:50.3	natural remedy for gout is celery seed. Another common remedy would be tart cherry. And both of
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