300mg allopurinol taker here - been doing so for nigh on 30 years, maybe longer, lost track. Yeah, the big toe plague sux; but I also eat sardines as often as I can remember to do so - with no ill effects that I know of. What did cause a problem was my love affair with dark beer, the darker the better. Some number of years ago I was havi…
300mg allopurinol taker here - been doing so for nigh on 30 years, maybe longer, lost track. Yeah, the big toe plague sux; but I also eat sardines as often as I can remember to do so - with no ill effects that I know of. What did cause a problem was my love affair with dark beer, the darker the better. Some number of years ago I was having issues in large joints, particularly my bad (bad enough to need replacement) knees. Never knew gout could afflict other joints and it doesn’t have to be debilitating. Thank you Dr Google. Anyway, deep dive into gout, the foods, what to do, and I’m left with a beer cellar still full of that chocolate colored elixir. On the bright side, it was amazing how quick the discomfort went away.
As for the foods, one thing I came across is that not everyone seems to respond to the same foods AND that veggies high in purines seem to not be the same issue as purines in meats - fer instance, asparagus is condemned because of its purine content but it can be consumed. Here’s an interesting articl about foods and gout from NIH (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722549/)
As for the sardines, it’s possible my high consumption of gout protective foods provides me with some leeway to consume sardines w/o consequence.
I had to back off of my fav beer because its alcohol too hi and also unfiltered (and unpasteurized) due to kidney stones. Really loved that beer but Shiner Bock going down pretty well now
300mg allopurinol taker here - been doing so for nigh on 30 years, maybe longer, lost track. Yeah, the big toe plague sux; but I also eat sardines as often as I can remember to do so - with no ill effects that I know of. What did cause a problem was my love affair with dark beer, the darker the better. Some number of years ago I was having issues in large joints, particularly my bad (bad enough to need replacement) knees. Never knew gout could afflict other joints and it doesn’t have to be debilitating. Thank you Dr Google. Anyway, deep dive into gout, the foods, what to do, and I’m left with a beer cellar still full of that chocolate colored elixir. On the bright side, it was amazing how quick the discomfort went away.
As for the foods, one thing I came across is that not everyone seems to respond to the same foods AND that veggies high in purines seem to not be the same issue as purines in meats - fer instance, asparagus is condemned because of its purine content but it can be consumed. Here’s an interesting articl about foods and gout from NIH (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722549/)
As for the sardines, it’s possible my high consumption of gout protective foods provides me with some leeway to consume sardines w/o consequence.
I had to back off of my fav beer because its alcohol too hi and also unfiltered (and unpasteurized) due to kidney stones. Really loved that beer but Shiner Bock going down pretty well now