Gout Answers…
Your diet is definitely not helping you, even if you don’t have gout yet (and it does sound like you may have gout) eating red meat, game meat or just about anything else in excess is bad for you.

Eating red meat in excess means you run the risk of high blood pressure as well as gout. If you work at making your diet more gout friendly then you will also find that it is more heart friendly as well so you really can help yourself a lot just by cutting down on your red meat consumption and your alcohol intake.

As well as cutting down on meat you should be adding foods that are low in purines and even start drinking cherry juice as that will help remove the uric acid that is already in your system.

The test came back saying that my uric acid levels were high that means it’s possible that I do have gout, but there was nothing the Dr could do because it hadn’t flared up at the time I was there visiting him.

So if the Dr can’t tell me how do I know if I have gout, even if my foot doesn’t get warm and red, and my big toe doesn’t hurt?

I do get the pain and MAJOR swelling that most people say is a sign of gout. The pain and swelling extends right the way to my shin.