Gout, the disease of kings and the curse of modern diets.

Well, let's get a little history of gout.

So gout, believe it or not, has been known about for centuries.

In fact, hundreds of centuries.

Early reference to gout was actually made by Apocritus in the 5th century BC.

Described this swelling of the big toe, and he made note that it seemed to spare eunuchs and women before menopause.

References were made to gout by the ancient Egyptians around 2,600 BC,

when physicians actually described joint pain in the Big Toe. Now, in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,

gout was known as the disease of kings and the king of diseases. Why? Because it seemed to

affect the wealthy who indulged in rich meals, shellfish, and plenty of diseases. Why? Because it seemed to affect the wealthy who indulged in rich meals,

shellfish, and plenty of wine. In other words, the original lifestyle of the rich and famous.

Now, famous sufferers included King Henry the 8th, Isaac Newton, and even Benjamin Franklin.

Franklin wrote in a letter that his gout was like a cruel

partner nagging him to get off the sofa. Weird fact, in 1683, Dr. Thomas Siedaham, sometimes

called the English Hippocrates, wrote the first detailed clinical description of a gout attack.

He himself suffered from it and described

the pain as big toe as so intense that even the weight of a bed sheet was unbearable. Believe it or not,

that's still considered a hallmark of the gout flare. But before we jump into what gout actually is

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