Gout and zero carb
A co-worker messaged the team last week "I sprained my ankle or something, I'll rest up and be back at work next week"
I said to myself "that'll be gout".
So 6 days later she's back at work and tells us it was gout. I replied "that sucks, I used to get gout and it hurt"
She PMs me "used to?" I tell her it's been all good since zero carb except when I accidentally have sugar
She quizzed me for an hour about what her doctor told her versus my experience. I think I might have a new zero carber on my team
It's a shame that allopurinol ended gout research in the '50s
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i hope it helps her! fructose and alcohol are the biggest levers as far as i've seen in the literature - of course zero carb helps, but its a bigger sell.
She did ask what I meant by sugar, and I said "fructose is the worst, and really sugar is half fructose, but I didn't see any benefit until I cut out all carbohydrates"
I do drink alcohol, and it doesn't trigger gout. Beer even. Super high yeast beer even.
But 10g of table sugar triggers a gout attack