For those that don't know, but need to know....
Gout is simple. Too much protein = gout formation in the blood. Too little protein, and you don't stay healthy, grow, heal, fight deseases, etc.
What is a good balance? The amount (percentage) of diet we had when we grew-up from babies too late teens.
Statisticians monitored protein intake and determined that generations more prone to gout grew up with limited protein, then later in life ate more than their bodies could digest and expell. E.g. many working class kids from eras with poor diets, like post WW2 rationing, or the 1930 depression, or 1950s UK food availability and family wealth. When these kids grew up and changed to better (more protein) diets in the 1960s or whenever, (like now!) they developed gout from middle age in 10 times more population than "the norm". Same with the Victorian wealth boom in the middle classes whos' childhood were based on poorer (less protein) diets.
So moderation is good, variety is good, and gout sufferers learn how excess hurts. The "hurt" is the gout damaging joints, causing swelling, and creating athritus...
Not the only cause of arthritus, just 1 of many....
K2
Gout is simple. Too much protein = gout formation in the blood. Too little protein, and you don't stay healthy, grow, heal, fight deseases, etc.
What is a good balance? The amount (percentage) of diet we had when we grew-up from babies too late teens.
Statisticians monitored protein intake and determined that generations more prone to gout grew up with limited protein, then later in life ate more than their bodies could digest and expell. E.g. many working class kids from eras with poor diets, like post WW2 rationing, or the 1930 depression, or 1950s UK food availability and family wealth. When these kids grew up and changed to better (more protein) diets in the 1960s or whenever, (like now!) they developed gout from middle age in 10 times more population than "the norm". Same with the Victorian wealth boom in the middle classes whos' childhood were based on poorer (less protein) diets.
So moderation is good, variety is good, and gout sufferers learn how excess hurts. The "hurt" is the gout damaging joints, causing swelling, and creating athritus...
Not the only cause of arthritus, just 1 of many....
K2