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I was a member of this list over 20 years ago.   I am so happy to rejoin.


I first heard about it as a friend of a friend was first diagnosed with 
gluten intolerance.  Then he started to suffer from gout.   I was 
discussing this with a couple of dieticians at a county fair and one of 
them mentioned that her girlfriend who has rheumatoid arthritis is also 
trying gluten free.

I'm not surprised, because my dad suffered terribly from gout and yet, 
I'm the one who is gluten free.  I don't have gout but like him, I am 
intolerant of legumes.  I can't even pick green beans without it 
triggering stiffness the next day.   What is definitely curious is that 
the friend of a friend who has gout has a son with the peanut allergy.

Years ago, I came across a website called Purine Research Society.org.  
It was information only about something called "purine metabolic 
disorder".  It originally started by parents of autistic kids whose 
affected babies were secreting too much uric acid in their diapers.   
The uric acid crystals present as a pink blush in the diaper.   So this 
particular form...I think it's downgraded to kids with pervasive 
developmental disorder can be considered as in the same family as gout 
and other purine disorders.

There is only one sentence on that website that was informative to me:

> *The excessive uric acid production during the childhood of children 
> with autism greatly diminishes or disappears at puberty.*
Which really blew my mind when I hit my change of life.  It's about what 
happens at puberty.  The hormones kick in.   They mask the disorder.  
The hormones diminish, the problem resurfaces. This would explain how it 
is that gout or arthritis kick in during our fifth decade.

The other question I had was "What would autism and gout have in 
common?"   I think the answer is inflammation.   I think we children of 
gout or purine disorders have natural triggers for inflammation.  I 
mentioned I was sensitive to legumes.  I noticed I'd get the 
inflammation and bloating after soy sauce.  Then it was kidney beans.  
Green beans made my feet hot and painful,  I don't know if it might be 
neuropathy, they do it to me.

Not only did I start feeling more inflammation post-menopausally, my 
thyroid started giving me grief.   Luckily, an endocrinologist told me 
about cabbage and kale crops being the likely culprit, and I realized 
that my love for fried cabbage had to cease.

So...are there other women who have the same complications? Gluten 
intolerant, prone to more inflammation and thyroid issues?   Because 
there's one more thing I discovered.

Some people have problems metabolizing sulfates from sulfites. In 
particular, people with ulcerative colitis.   One of the ways they deal 
with the problems (esp. the flatulence) is to follow a low sulfur diet. 
   I recognized that I was getting more sensitive to sulfites, so I 
thought I would check this diet out.  On the list was all the 
cruciferous veggies, beans, coffee, orange juice, and eggs.

It's another inconvenient diet tweak, but it's helped me already.   I 
had been having cognitive problems...I was spacey and passive.  Skipping 
the eggs, coffee, and orange juice made a world of difference.   I 
really wish I had known about this earlier, but that's why I'm talking 
about it now.   All my life I had bloating, irregular bowel habits, and 
inflammation that drove me to over-eat.  Now I understand why.  So I use 
glutathione.   I soak in epsom salts.   I eat very simply.   I feel 
much, much better.

Just wondered if anyone else had heard about this.

Rebecca

Westfied, NY




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