Confused about Gout

[ahayton]

I suffer from Gout and confused that the advice is somewhat mixed, the worst things for me are oranges and tangerines, but the experts say eat plenty of fruit !

The only answer for me are Colchicine, take 2 immediatlely and then 1 every hour (not 2 hours like it says on the prescription) and generally it will ease in 8 hours when you get serious stomach ache etc, but worth the relief of the gout

[Medic2008]

There was some research recently in the British Medical Journal, which discussed how the fructose content of some fruits and soft drinks may contribute towards developing gout. For instance, 2+ glasses of fruit juice per day has been shown to increase the risk by ~80%, and an orange per day increases the risk by ~65%. I'm not saying avoid fruits, as they obviously have many benefits to many aspects of your health. But if oranges are a problem for you, then maybe substitute other fruits for them. Hope that helps...

[Medic2008]

By the way, the reference for that research I mentioned was: BMJ 2008;336:309-312 if anyone is interested.