So, my primary care doctor found that I have "Sub-clinical gout".
"What the heck is Sub-clinical gout" you ask? Good question! Sub-clinical gout is where you have all of the symptoms of gout- elevated purine and uric acid levels in the blood, with none of the pain and inflammation to let you know your kidneys are taking a beating. Isn't that just special?
Diabetics are prone to this. Myself more so, as kidney stones and gout run in the family (genetic markers are SUCH a bitch).
So, back to the point. How does one combat this? One reduces the purine in one's diet (for those of you who've been folowing, I'm now juggling: Low carb, low protein, low sodium, low potassium, and now -TA DA- low purine. I'm seriously thinking of trying to become a "breathairian"). My doctor told me to go to the internet to find out which foods are low in purine, and whis are high and to avoid the high ones.
I went to the internet.
WTF?!?!?!
All agree that organ meats (which I'd have to be starving to THINK about eating) are out. Mammal meat is not great. Alcohol & caffine are BAD. 'Kay, not a problem so far, right? Right!
Now we get into the fun. One site listed fish as great. Another to never touch sea food. One site listed poultry as okay. Another said that animal protein of any kind was the devil. Dairy is okay, dairy's not okay. Legumes are okay, legumes are the devil. All of these web pages were written by doctors with impressive sounding titles, from impressing sounding institutions.
What I'm finding in my research is that either:
a) the medical community doesn't have a freaking CLUE, or
b) the information out there is based off opion rather than actual resarch, or
c) all of the above.
I'm leaning toward all of the above.
The internet is a fantastic tool. I love it. Be cautions and care-filled when trying to find out information which will affect your health.
As the guy from Hill Street Blues would say:
"Be careful out there."
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