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Altering Your Diet to Combat Gout
Gout's cause is a high level of uric acid within the blood. Uric acid, a waste product produced by the body, is created by a breakdown of purines which are naturally occurring substances found within the body and several types of food. In days gone by, gout treatments included extremely strict diet regimens which would limit or eliminate foods high in purines. These days, however, available medications fight gout symptoms without the need for an extreme change of dietary habits.
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