Strawberries!!!!!! and my gout:

I have found a miracle solution for my gout which has gotten worse, with morefrequentand incredibly painful bouts. It even moved from my feet to my elbow recently.

I’ve had all the drugs from my doctor, and I’ve eaten cherries until I couldn’tstand another.None of it worked.

My wife brought home a flat of strawberries from the school where she teaches,and theysat in the fridge for a couple of days. Everytime I’d open it, they’d be sittingthere, going towaste. I had read somewhere that strawberries might actually exacerbate thecondition, soI was reluctant. But I was in real pain, so I tried it. As God is my whitness, Iate a half of abox of fresh strawberries and two hours later I was a new man. After takingAlipurnol,colchicine, and vicadin when it got really bad, strawberries have proven to bethe goutkiller. It doesn’t just give me relief, it I feel like I barely have gout now. Ieat a handfullevery other day, and have smoothies, and I haven’t had a bout or even a threatof one inthree months. This week I decided to really test it. We had a party and therewere friendsfrom Puerto Rico here. The last time they were here they brought a bottle offine rum. Ibroke it out and we had a fun time. I also ate chocolate, ice cream, red meat,and drank 3beers, all within 2 hours. This cocktail combination would have proved deadlybefore Idiscoverd strawberries to be my saving grace. But the only thing I was feelingwas hungover!

If you are suffering from gout, try strawberries. Eat a whole box, every day fora week. Youcan scale back as I did. The anti-oxidents in strawberries seem to have given mea psudocure, not just immediate relief!. I am a new man. More invigorated. My head ismore clear.I have much more energy.

The only thing I’ve done is I’ve gotten off the pills and am eating lots ofstrawberries. I’vealso not had coffee for two months. But I’d been wanting to give that up for along time I want to know if it’s just working for me, or forothers too.

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  • Malia Berthelette on June 15th, 2007

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    Glad to hear you’ve found something that helps your gout! :) Andthanks for passing on the potential solution!!

    Could you tell us a bit more about what your situation was before youtried the strawberries and dropped the meds?:

    How long had you been on Allopurinol and how much?Were you on Colchicine at the same time and how much?Was the Colchicine a long term prescription?How often were you getting attacks before trying the strawberries?Were the attacks debilitating?Were there any other significant changes in your life shortly beforeor after starting to eat strawberries? (stress, weight, othermedical diagnoses, stopped smoking, . . . )

    Also, how was the diagnosis of gout made? Visual inspection oraspiration of joint fluids during an attack?

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