Doctors often advise people with gout to avoid foods high in purines. Purines are naturally occurring compounds the body metabolizes into uric acid. High levels of uric acid can worsen joint swelling, ...

It has been believed for centuries that a diet rich in red meat and wine is associated with gout. This painful joint disease leads to extremely painful swelling of the joints (mainly of the great toes ...

T he word gout may make you think of overweight Victorian-era royalty with overly rich diets. But this common form of inflammatory arthritis, which leads to pain and swelling in one or more ...

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A Mediterranean-inspired plant-based diet improved self-reported measures of gout as well as uric acid levels, a pilot study has found. Some foods are considered to be proinflammatory and generally ...

"Although gout's cardinal feature is inflammatory arthritis, it is closely associated with insulin resistance and considered ...

Although many people suffering from painful gout flare-ups point to diet as the culprit, new research suggests DNA plays a much bigger role. The findings challenge the long-held belief that diet is ...