the problem isn't the food, it's the person eating the food.  gout is
an inherited genetic flaw.   the gout sufferers body is unable for
some reason to eliminate enough uric acid.
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> I'm curious.  Whenever there is a discussion on the problems people have
> with certain carbohydrates, there is some mention about how we humans
> obviously, then, were not meant to eat those foods because they were not
> eaten back in the days when our DNA was being set.  These foods, like
> potatoes or beans or wheat, are newly introduced and foreign to our
systems.
>         But when an obvious problem comes up about eating too much
protein, ie.
> meat, such as with Gout, no mention about our bodies not being made for
so
> much protein is made.  I think this is because this is a mailing list for
> advocates of heavy meat eating.
> Paul Getty
> Morehead City, NC
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