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Gout or Gouty Arthritis as some call it
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Anyone that has ever suffered through a gout attack knows the pain you suffer. I personally had attacks every couple of months for years before I found a safe, all natural gout remedy that gave almost immediate relief (usually less than 1 day).
I tried every gout diet I could find and none of them helped. In fact, many foods on the do not eat list of one diet would be on the ok to eat list of another diet and my doctor's gave me a diet plan that was different than all the gout diets I found online. I was never sure which foods I should consider gout foods and which were not.
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The Pain of Gout Symptoms
Gout symptoms tend to hit quickly, with the joint becoming hot, red and swollen. For most people, symptoms hit in the big toe but they can hit any joint in the body. For me, I literally could not stand for as little as a sheet to touch my feet and walking was almost impossible during a attack.
Gouty arthritis tends to come in spells. The first ones tend to subside within a week or two, even without treatment. But later gout attacks tend to come more frequently and last longer that the early ones.
The early gout attacks tend to affect just one joint but as the attacks continue, they often start involving multiple joints at the same time. Sometimes elevating the swollen area helps with the pain, and some people are able to continue working during a gout attack, but depending on the type of work you do, you may be unable to work during the attack.
I'm a truck driver and my attacks were always in my right foot making it impossible to safely drive a truck. I missed 1 to 2 weeks every 3 to 4 months from work which put a major strain on the wallet.
I kept going to the doctor, over and over again. The gout medication worked fine most of the time, stopping the pain in just a few days, but the gout kept coming back.
Natural Gout Remedies
I started researching for natural gout remedies, hoping to find something that would keep the gouty arthritis from coming back over and over again. I was willing to try just about anything. Between the painful symptoms, the expense of time out of work, all the trips to the doctor and medication, it was costing me $5000 to $7000 a year.
The first thing I found was Apple Cider Vinegar. Not the regular kind you can get at any grocery store even thought I have heard that helps some too. The kind I'm talking about is only found in natural food stores or some Kroger stores carry it in their natural food section.
The type of Apple Cider Vinegar I'm talking about has "the mother" in it. In fact, the bottles I get at Kroger are called, Apple Cider Vinegar with the Mother.
Now this helped by making the attack go away as quickly as medication from the doctor and it had other health benefits that were enough that I have continued to take it every single day, but it did not prevent the gout attacks from coming back in a couple of months. So I kept looking.
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My Gout Treatment Cure!
As I continued to research, I started hearing some talk about cherries and/or cherry juice. By this time, I was having gout attacks every couple of weeks and was desperate to find something, anything that would put a stop to the endless pain.
I ran up against a HUGE problem however because cherries were not in season at the time. In the grocery stores juice section, none of the juices had enough cherry juice in them to do any good so once again, I ended up at my natural food store. The cherry juice they carried was pure cherry juice and it worked very quickly.
But there was a problem for me because I am a truck driver. It only takes 2 or 3 ounces of cherry juice a day to keep the gout away. The smallest container they carried was a quart jar which was pretty hard to keep it on the truck for days at a time without refrigeration and at close to $5 a bottle, it was too expensive to use only a day or two from each bottle, so I had to find another way to make it work.
I happened to be at Walgreens one day and found they carried dehydrated cherries. I decided to try them because they didn't need refrigeration and at 2 packages for $5 I could treat my gout for about $10 a month!
That was my gout CURE! As long as I eat a small handful of dried cherries every day I do not have ANY gout symptoms. I've gone from having an attack at least once a month, to not having an attack in over 2 years now!
I am not a doctor and I can not tell you if my gout treratment cure will work for you. If you have never been diagnosed as having gout and you are having pain, I urge you to check with your doctor to make sure it is gout before trying any home remedy. There are other ailments that appear the same as gouty arthritis, but only a doctor can tell you for sure what you have.
You have to make your own choices but if I had known about cherries when I had the first attack, I would have started eating them immediately after the first gout attack. Then I might have been one of the lucky ones that only have the one attack and never have another one.
Other Gout Cure Foods
Cherries, Strawberries and Blue Berries all work to reduce the levels of Uric acid in the blood stream. By eating a serving of one of these common fruits every day, I have now been gout free for going on 3 years!
Don't suffer from the pain and misery of gout. By simply adding some of these great tasting fruits to your diet, you to could be gout free forever!
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