Comments on: Gout Diet: Top Foods and Lifestyle Changes to Manage Symptoms

By: Barbara Anne Bull

Barbara Anne Bull — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:56 +0000

Thank You for sharing this important info on Gout. Shall share with friends who have this crippling painful disease

By: Ina Kielley

Ina Kielley — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:44:53 +0000

What an incredible health transformation, Rea! Many congratulations to you for doing the work. –Ina, Food Revolution Network Team

By: Judith

Judith — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:03:03 +0000

In reply to Ina Kielley.

I too have been diagnosed with pseudogout or CPPD with frequent pain in muscles and joints. I will certainly increase my water intake. Thanks for the information and advice.

By: Rea Calkins

Rea Calkins — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 22:12:47 +0000

I had one gout flare in my big toe. It was painful and difficult to walk. At this time I was obese and suffered from plantar fasciitis and fatty liver. I discovered Bright Line eating after a back injury through my chiropractor. I cut out sugar, flour, alcohol and I eat lots of fruits and veggies. I’m not entirely plant based but I’d say I eat at least 90% plants. I get my labs checked yearly and my uric acid levels are low, my liver healed, I lost 90 pounds and I do not have plantar fasciitis anymore nor have I had a gout flare since that happened.

By: Ina Kielley

Ina Kielley — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:02:27 +0000

In reply to Janet.

You’re welcome, Janet. I’m glad the article gave you some new insight. –Ina, Food Revolution Network Team

By: Ina Kielley

Ina Kielley — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:17:45 +0000

In reply to Jude.

Hello Jude! Nightshades can certainly affect some folks more than others. I’m so glad you found something that works for you. Thank you for sharing this–it may help some others that are still suffering! –Ina, Food Revolution Network Team

By: Ina Kielley

Ina Kielley — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:16:26 +0000

In reply to Pam H.

Thanks so much for sharing this, Pam! –Ina, Food Revolution Network Team

By: Vittorio Cassone

Vittorio Cassone — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:16:23 +0000

First of all, congratulations, Doctor Robbins, for so much teaching.
Here in Brazil, in the Therapy Course offered by QuantumBio (Prof. Kunio Inamoto), I learned that, before considering potential problems with diet, exercise, stress, or a healthy lifestyle, we need to modulate the following factors that impact health, keeping in mind that each person is different, and therefore individual experiences and assessments:
– Geopathic Fields
– Electromagnetic Pollution
– Emotions and Beliefs
– Toxic Metals
– Food Intolerance
– Environmental Toxins
– Pathogenic Microorganisms
– Iatrogenesis (Allopathy, Vaccines, etc.)
– Constitution and Heredity
Note: At 85 years of age, I apologize for not speaking English and having to use a computer translator.

By: Pam H

Pam H — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:16:29 +0000

Yes, I’m a gout sufferer and although I don’t have many attacks as I age the pain and swelling gets worse. I recently reviewed my meal plan and recognized that I’m eating better but I need to review what I can combine , like seafood with mushroom and asparagus and might work better with if a different veggie combo and eating mushrooms 4 days week could be cut to 2 days. I found for me it was imperative to spread the food I loved over a couple weeks so that I wasn’t enjoying asparagus or mushrooms 2 meals a day 4 days a week. Red onions had become my staple add-on . But I find I don’t need them everyday. I didn’t give up any foods that I’ve come to love. My salad now gets dried cherries and with great green veggies. And my salad dressing often has flax or chia seeds added to my dressing. I’m doing well again and recognize variety is very helpful. Good luck to others with the same ailment!

By: Jude

Jude — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:17:28 +0000

I have been vegetarian for almost 50 years, very rarely consume any alcohol, and am reasonably fit and active.
I have had two gout attacks (thanks,Dad!), the first in my great toe joint, the second in my ring finger. There is also osteoarthritis throughout my body (thanks to Mum for that one!!).
When my joints became so painful i was fighting tears on a daily basis, i was advised (7 years ago) to avoid all foods from the nightshade (solanum) family, eg potatoes, tomatoes, capsicum, chilli, aubergine etc…gamechanger! Tricky foods to avoid, but totally worth it for me. By excluding these foods, my joint pain has reduced to a manageable level. I have now add back chilli, paprika etc as spices (just not as foods), with no adverse effects.
Though I don’t expect this to be helpful for many others faced with extremely painful osteoarthritis, it has definitely been of enormous help to me, and may be worth a try.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:56:01 +0000

Wow, I had no idea about the condition or the history. That might explain the occasional sharp agony in my big toe. It’s not my diet, so it must be genetic. Lucky me, I also inherited a propensity to high cholesterol even though I’ve been vegetarian for 40 years and mostly vegan for 10. My cardiologist says I lost the genetic lottery.
Thanks for sharing this.

By: Ina Kielley

Ina Kielley — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:23:31 +0000

In reply to Jackie Delano.

Hello Jackie! Although Pseudo Gout typically doesn’t respond as well to changes in diet, dehydration can aggravate the condition. So, plenty of water is key. Treating other underlying health conditions, and doing your best to lower systemic inflammation, are also recommended actions. Generally, a whole food plant based diet does lower inflammation in most individuals, so the more progress you can make toward that, the better! –Ina, Food Revolution Network Team