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NateA,
I've been following the Paleo plan (I refuse to call it a diet; more like a life-style change) for five months and feel great. Many health issues have been corrected and I have lost 14 lbs. Only once about five years ago I briefly had a gout problem; however, recently after eating lots of beef for a week and then drinking two beers, I had a painful swollen ankle one morning. By drinking lots of water, it cleared. I will still eat beef but also more meals with fish, shrimp, chicken and lamb. I just wrote an article for a local magazine about my “Cutting Edge Eating”. Robb Wolf's book The Paleo Solution suggests drinking tequila. He says add the juice from a lime and it almost becomes a health food drink!! No grain, just the root of the agave plant. I drink that and red wine without gout problems.
NateA said:
I've talked to a lot of people who are on this diet recently and they swear by it.? To them, it's not a diet, but just a healthier way of eating.? It basically cuts all gluten and almost all grains out of your diet along with most unnatural sugars.? It relies primarily on deriving nutrition from meats, vegetables, and fruit.??I know some will think this is the Atkins diet, but it actually does have?many differences – which I'm not going to go in to right now.??My brother started eating Paleo three years ago and the changes in his health have been amazing.? I've noticed changes in other friends?that?follow the Paleo eating habits also.? They are hardly ever sick, have more energy, and are overall?healthier.? Many of them have lost weight and have seen a significant lowering of their blood pressure and cholesterol levels.? There is a lot of research out now, and more coming out every day, that does state that staying away from refined sugars and starches while deriving most protein needs from meat is much, much better for the human body.
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Of course, I always ask how someone with a bad history of gout could eat like this.? I keep getting the same answer and have even been directed towards some studies that state that alcohol and sugars, namely high fructose corn syrup,?are two of the biggest culprits when it comes to gout.
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Currently, I'm on a three month + gout-free stint.? I've only had one moderate attack in the past six months, and that was probably caused by some alcohol I drank.? I have been exercising extremely hard lately and am in better shape than I've been in years.? This last weekend, I did some Alpine?Touring in the Austrian Alps and skied to the top of a mountain.? I then skied?2,000 meters all the way to the valley floor – and it felt great!? I guess what I'm saying is,?my gout really seems to be under control.? I'm still taking 300mg/day Allopurinol (and always will).? That, along with a healthy diet and no alcohol,?are probably the biggest reasons that gout is no longer a part of my daily life.?
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Now, I'm just wondering? – the paleo diet.? I've seen the benefits first hand, and I've read about the benefits and what the diet can do.? I'm just wondering if anyone with predisposition to gout has ever tried this.? Will the increased meat consumption lead to gout-related problems??
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I have already cut almost all bread from my diet.? I've cut most of the processed foods (boxed meals, bagged snacks, sugary treats, etc.) from my diet.? The next step for me is to go gluten?free.? I have noticed?that I have been feeling a lot better and more energetic since?I've started to phase out some of the?crap 'food' from my life.? I've started introducing red meat back in to my diet, albeit slowly.? So far, so good.
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I'd love to hear of anybody else's experiences!????
