How to Treat Gout Naturally at Home

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How to Treat Gout Naturally at Home

For some time, people have struggled to find ways on how to treat gout naturally at home. Much as we can rely on the physician's advice, we need to understand that being home does not hinder you from employing several ways that will help keep your pain under control. Though it has been known to affect the base of the finger toe, other areas such as the knee, the wrists, the heels and fingers can also be affected. So there are several ways that cover any kind of gout that you might be suffering from. 

FOODS AND DIET

Firstly we need to understand that gout is caused when deposits of uric acid settles in the joints. This helps us to keep in check the levels of uric acid in our bodies. We consume uric acid through the foods we take so the revising of our diet plays a key role in our quest towards dealing with gout. Below are some of the tips we can follow so as to keep our uric acid levels low in our bodies. Avoid foods that have high levels of purine and uric acid. These include, but are not limited to, organ meats, legumes, red meats, sea foods, canned and processed foods, sugar, eggs and fish. Instead consume foods that are rich in malic acid and Vitamin C. Malic acid is found in many fruits such as apples, cherries, pears and tomatoes. Similarly, Vitamin C is also found is several fruits like strawberries, citrus fruits, kiwi and guavas among others. Avoid consumption of alcohol. The metabolism of alcohol in one's body will lead to the breaking down of lactate and this directly affects the levels of uric acid through urate salts. In addition, alcohol also has high content of purine. To deal with the accumulation of uric acids, you must take some enzymes digestives. These will help break the food particles thereby avoiding the danger of the said accumulation.

1 http://thegoutremedyreport.org


EXERCISES

The other best way on how to treat gout naturally at home is by keeping our bodies in shape. This can be done as indicated below: lose weight. It has been medically proven that obesity creates high risk of gout. This calls for all those who are obese to exercise at an average recommended rate of 30 minutes three days a week. 

EXERCISE OF JOINTS

To keep the joints moving all the time, you need to stretch them to full range once in a while so as to keep them active. 

PAIN REMEDIES

Having worked on your diet and exercise, there is still another way on how to treat gout naturally at home. This is to do with what you do to control the pain that gout causes. Below are some of the tips; Apply mustard powder and wheat powder on the affected area overnight to keep the pain under check. Use castor oil and other kinds of oils to subside the pain. The oil should be warmed and applied to the affected area with a piece of cloth. Soak feet in Epsom salts. This tip is for those who have their toe affected with gout. Gout pain will intensify mainly during the night when the body is mostly static. In view of this, you can use can place an ice pack on the joints that have pain. This will help in relieving the pain. It is advisable to do this overnight. Those tips above will help you on how to treat gout naturally at home and your problem will be a thing of the past. If you want to get more information about treating gout naturally, quickly, and safely, then you can for sure visit this guide.

2 http://thegoutremedyreport.org


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