A 28-Year-Old Walks Into a Rheumatology Clinic With Gout His big toe is swollen to twice its normal size. He can feel his pulse in the joint. He used to run 5Ks. Now he cannot put on a sock without wincing. His doctor asks about his diet. “I started carnivore six months ago,” he says. … Read more
Your Gout Might Start in Your Sleep Imagine this: you go to bed feeling fine, then wake up at 3 AM with a big toe that feels like someone hit it with a hammer. Sound familiar? Most people blame dinner. The steak, the beer, maybe that extra slice of bacon. But what if the real … Read more
You’ve Been Drinking Taurine in Energy Drinks. Could It Actually Help Your Gout? If you’ve ever cracked open an energy drink, you’ve consumed taurine. It’s that amino acid listed right after caffeine on the label, the one nobody talks about. But here’s the twist: researchers keep finding that taurine might lower uric acid. And if … Read more
The Number Every Person With Gout Needs to Know Three. That’s the number. If you’re having more than three treated gout flares a year, your heart may be in danger for years to come. Not next decade. Not eventually. Right now, and for at least seven years. A new study published in Rheumatology in July … Read more
What Reddit Gets Wrong About Celery Seed and Gout Search “gout” on Reddit and you’ll see celery seed extract mentioned in dozens of threads. People swear by it. “Changed my life.” “Got my uric acid down 3 points.” “Better than colchicine.” But when you actually look at the research behind those claims, the picture gets … Read more
The Bacon-Gout Connection Nobody Told You About You already know alcohol and seafood can trigger gout. But what if the bacon on your breakfast plate, the ham in your sandwich, or the hot dogs at your weekend cookout were quietly raising your gout risk in a way that has nothing to do with purines? A … Read more