Alcohol is notoriously linked to gout:-

 


http://www.agingincanada.ca/alcohol_and_gout.htm



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15094272

 


Geoff
 
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:47:57 +0100
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> Subject: Re: Joint pain
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> 
> Thanks for that too. I don't think I could eat my meat raw though I have
> always eaten rare. However if I have to eat fat, I like it zapped! Raw
> plant foods sound fine though. I am vacillating between the different
> opinions as you can no doubt see! I would prefer a higher veg. diet though
> I am not that fussed about fruit. Luckily I don't have a sweet tooth at all
> - I dislike most sweet things. What about alcohol?
> K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paleolithic Eating Support List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Geoffrey Purcell
> Sent: 26 June 2009 10:41
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Joint pain
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Gout is commonly linked to the consumption of (cooked) meat by numerous
> studies such as this one:-
> 
> 
> 
> http://arthritis.about.com/cs/gout/a/foodstoavoid.htm
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> 
> (granted, though, there are other factors cited such as corn-syrup as well).
> 
> 
> 
> One thing that I've noticed is that acquaintances of mine who live past a
> certain age always tend to greatly limit their consumption of cooked meat
> and go mostly vegetarian as they find that (cooked) meat greatly aggravates
> their arthritis/gout and other conditions.Indeed, it is commonly suggested
> to go in for raw plant foods to avoid gout.
> 
> 
> 
> Raw meat doesn't cause such problems as it doesn't have those heat-created
> toxins which aggravate conditions like arthritis etc. However, for those
> unable to transition to raw, it is at the least, vital to only lightly cook
> one's meats so as to avoid these particular issues or to add a higher
> percentage of raw veg into the diet.
> 
> 
> 
> Geoff
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> 
> > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:33:22 +0000
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Joint pain
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > 
> > Over the last four weeks I have been eating low carb, though not zero,
> with a large increase in the amount of meat and fish ingested. 
> > 
> > I have managed to lose 7lbs which has to be good. After following the
> various discussions via email on eating zero carbs I decided yesterday to go
> as close to that as I could. Today I can hardly walk because of pain in my
> hip and knee joints.
> > 
> > Researching various sites it seems that I may have inadvertently created
> an excess of uric acid, leading to arthritic gout....? Can anyone comment.
> I have not found the regime all that difficult and was pleased with the
> weight loss, but the discomfort has prevented my doing what I should have
> been doing today. 
> > 
> > K McEwen
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