# Gout redux **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966 "2014-09-09T15:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/21 "2014-09-11T23:49:34Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I drink as much Coors Light as I like too. And it costs me nothing! I had to think a minute before I got it. Is “brain gout” a thing?😃 ---
**Author:** ![codyedwardwilliams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@codyedwardwilliams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codyedwardwilliams)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/22 "2015-01-21T02:02:12Z")
gout is really such a bummer. my dad just recently had an episode or gout attack as most people call it. blame it on the beer from the holidays. yes, the last one he had was during the holidays. it’s totally time to seriously follow that low purine diet. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/23 "2015-03-07T18:40:47Z")
I don’t know if you are still having the gout problem but I too swear by the cherry juice remedy. It has worked for me on two occasions. However a preventative measure that no one seems to have mentioned is bromelain, which is an extract from pineapple. Since I have taken it on a daily basis I have not had a recurrence. I think you can buy it at any health food store. I get 500mg capsules from “The Vitamin Shoppe.” I have taken one or two capsules a day and cannot tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/24 "2015-03-07T18:57:09Z")
I’ve been free of pain for the past six months. I’ve been drinking beer, eating mussels and other “foods to avoid”. I drink a gallon or so of water every day and I like to think that is what has kept me ump tom free. I can live with an attack of excruciating pain once a year or so if need be. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/25 "2015-03-07T19:21:03Z")
_“The best cure for rhumatiz is to thank the Lord it ain’t the gout!”_ ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/26 "2015-03-07T19:22:07Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I have learned that one of the biggest triggers of gout for me is yeast. As my homebrewing took off, so did my gout. I am now off of the fancy beer, except for a little here and there. I am taking 100mg Allopurinal daily, and drinking as much mass produced, \*filtered, \*beer as I like (coors light), and incrementally adding more meat into my diet. So far so good, nothing noteworthy gout-wise for 5 months or so now. Oh, you amateur you… 😃 600mg / day… ☹ No Goose liver… Booo Less meat in general… Boooooo X 42 Exercise… Booooo - Hisssss Alcoholic ( 23 years sober ) I am kinda used to the no beer part… he he he Cranberry/Dark cherry juice, all I can stand, or not. Cranberry supplements, bazillion mg works for me… 😃 The Allopurinal level might be cut back but I am not ready to chance that yet… :eek: No gout in 5-6 years… Yay me !!! Anybody who has to suffer with this in /at any level has my deepest empathy & sympathy. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/27 "2015-03-07T19:23:09Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > _“The best cure for rhumatiz is to thank the Lord it ain’t the gout!”_ ↑ ↑ ↑ This… Bawahahaha 😃 ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/28 "2015-03-07T20:55:31Z")
i second tart cherry juice. Concentrate sold in health stores. I had gout to the point I couldn’t walk without crutches. My brother told me he takes tart cherry juice and it clears him right up. I’m not usually a guy who does home remedies, but I didn’t want to take another pill either, so I tried it. It isn’t the magic my brother describes, it took about three days, but I haven’t had a flair-up in three months and all my other joint aches and pains are gone as well. ---
**Author:** ![codyedwardwilliams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@codyedwardwilliams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codyedwardwilliams)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/29 "2015-03-19T10:19:06Z")
> [@turner](#): > > i second tart cherry juice. Concentrate sold in health stores. I had gout to the point I couldn’t walk without crutches. My brother told me he takes tart cherry juice and it clears him right up. I’m not usually a guy who does home remedies, but I didn’t want to take another pill either, so I tried it. It isn’t the magic my brother describes, it took about three days, but I haven’t had a flair-up in three months and all my other joint aches and pains are gone as well. Good to hear about this. YAYYYYY!! You should consider knowing the top gout foods to avoid because it is very important in every gout’s condition since diet has a great impact to the levels of uric acid. Here’s s list of those top gout foods to avoid @ [http://goo.gl/z5WCQN](http://goo.gl/z5WCQN) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966/30 "2015-03-19T11:25:09Z")
Yeah, but. The list of “foods to avoid” overlaps considerably with the list of “foods I like”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gout-redux/697966.md?page=1)