Do you take prescription gout medications?
Are you still waking up at night to agonizing attacks despite taking your pills?
Would you like to find a better answer for how to get rid of gout?
The answer can be found using natural remedies. Unlike popularly prescribed medicines, these remedies do not have any risky negative side effects.
Here are three natural treatments for gout you can use as a regular part of your diet.
1. Strawberries
Strawberries help get rid of gout in a few ways. Strawberries contain quercitin which helps reduce swelling. Quercitin has properties which slow the creation of uric acid thereby slowing or preventing painful swelling. Strawberries also have a high vitamin C content. Studies show adequate levels of vitamin C can lower uric acid levels by 10-15%. They consist of high levels of flavonoids which also decrease swelling.
2. cherries
Cherries are infamous for their abilities to treat this arthritic disease. They treat this condition at every level by reducing inflammation, by turning uric acid into a liquid so it can be excreted, and by lowering long term amounts of uric acid.
Cherries are very heavy in anthocyanins, but amazingly strawberries contain even more. Combined with healthy levels of quercitin to lessen inflammation, cherries are a great way to lessen painful joint swelling which is the hallmark of gout pain.
Cherries contain fiber. Although the fiber content is not high, when combined with a high fiber diet, cherries help you lose weight which is one of the main common factors for those who suffer gout.
3. blueberries
Like cherries and strawberries, blueberries also have the flavonoid known as anthocyanin. Anthocyanins have strong anti-inflammation capabilities. Try frozen blueberries as the government performed a study which showed frozen blueberries having higher amounts of anthocyanins than fresh blueberries.
Blueberries also have vitamin C, although not nearly as much as strawberries or cherries. Again, Vitamin C decreases uric acid levels and has been shown to neutralize the crystals caused by hyperuricemia thereby reducing gout pain.
Potassium is also an integral part of blueberries ability to get rid of gout. Potassium helps to turn uric acid into solution allowing the body to eliminate the extra crystals in your joints.
