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
You Cut Out Beer and Seafood — But Your Uric Acid Keeps Climbing You gave up beer. You stopped eating organ meats. You even swapped your sugary soda for water. But your uric acid keeps creeping up year after year, and your doctor just shrugs. Sound familiar? You’re not the only one. Plenty of people … Read more
Gout and Stroke: The Hidden Risk Most People Never Hear About You probably think of gout as a joint problem. Your toe hurts, you take some medicine, you wait for the flare to pass. But what if those uric acid crystals quietly building up in your body were also setting the stage for a stroke? … Read more
The Question Every Gout Doctor Hears Most “Doc, my uric acid is normal now. Can I stop the pills?” If you have gout and you are taking allopurinol or febuxostat, you have probably asked this. Maybe more than once. It is the single most common question rheumatologists hear, and until recently, they did not have … Read more
Roughly one-third of your body’s uric acid gets processed through your gut. When gut bacteria fall out of balance, that backup system fails and your joints pay the price. Here is what 2026 research reveals about the gut-gout connection.
Research tracking over 157,000 people found that those diagnosed with gout had significantly higher rates of depression and anxiety. Here’s what the science says about the connection—and what actually helps.