Could THIS drug help GIVE you gout? [It could definitely WORSEN the condition!]
Big Pharma would have you think that it’s got a drug for EVERYTHING.
But today’s pharma execs are no better than those old “snake oil” salesmen.
The scam has just gotten MORE widespread… MORE profitable… and MORE insidious!
And too many drugs are HARMING patients… rather than HEALING their conditions.
Take gout, for instance.
Patients are DESPERATE for relief from the CRIPPLING pain of gout attacks…
Yet all conventional docs have had to offer them are drugs that could KILL them!
Well, it’s time to put an end to “healthcare” that’s no more than a FRONT for Big Pharma’s drug distribution.
And a new study may help shine a light on some alternative ways of keeping that STABBING pain at bay.
KICK gout to the curb… WITHOUT drugs?
I’d never thought I’d see the day when a headline reads “Lifestyle Mods May Head Off Gout.”
And in a mainstream publication for the medical profession like MedPage Today!
Of course, it’s TRUE…
But this latest “breaking news” is SURE to chip away at Big Pharma’s market for gout meds.
Now, if you suffer from the crippling pain of gout… you might be tempted to take a drug that promises to make it go away.
Here’s why you DON’T want to do that.
It’s been decades since those drugs have come out — and the mainstream hasn’t managed to save any MORE lives of gout patients.
In fact, TOO MANY gout patients are
And the culprit? Kidney-wrecking drugs like NSAIDs and diuretics!
So, it’s a relief to see a new study out of Boston highlight key lifestyle interventions that could help keep your gout risk at bay, including…
- MANAGING weight to keep BMI below 30
- FOLLOWING the DASH diet, with minimal salt consumption, and
- ELIMINATING alcohol intake.
But the real SHOCKER is the study’s authors ALSO recommend AVOIDING diuretic drugs, one of the most commonly-prescribed pharmaceuticals for gout sufferers!
Now, the reason most younger folks would take a diuretic – or “water pill” – is to manage their blood pressure.
But that’s exactly what the DASH diet… a.k.a. “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension”… was designed for!
This style of eating has also been linked to helping manage a healthy weight – and according to this latest research, obesity is the one gout risk factor that trumps all others.
In fact, you could BANISH alcohol, salt, and diuretics from your diet… but if you’re carrying around a lot of extra weight, you could STILL be in the crosshairs for gout.
Now, this latest research included a HUGE pool of subjects – nearly 45,000 American guys who were over age 40 at the beginning of the study and were followed for over 20 years.
But if you’re ALREADY over 60… and you’re ALREADY under attack from bouts of gout…
It’s not too late for you.
You can also LIMIT purines from foods like organ meats and lamb, which elevate your uric acid levels…
And FLUSH OUT your system by drinking plenty of water.
As I’ve shared with you before right here in eAlert, there are natural ways to beat back recurrent gout attacks, including…
- tart cherry juice (unsweetened)
- celery seed supplements, standardized to contain 85% phthalides (of which 3nB is the predominant one), and
- terminalia, standardized to contain 15% tannins.
To giving gout the boot,
Melissa Young
