clarkey123

[clarkey123]

Hi all im a newbie to the site but have had diabetes type 2 now 7 years hoping to get some valuable advice

 

[clarkey123]

I am in a lot of excrutiating pain due to gout, it came on friday lunch time & still with me, if any of you have any adviceme it would be very gladly appreciated I cannot wait for the careline to open I need advice now!

 

[Steff]

Hi Clarkey and a warm welcome to the forum sorry to hear about your gout,do you do plenty exercise cause doing plenty of that cutting down on alcohol (if you do drink) should help, also do you test your BS regular?I dont know if you know this but by drinking plenty water and eating food stuff like garlic can help with circulation also.

 

[Robster65]

Hi clarkey. Welcome 🙂

Are you on any meds at all ?

From other members' experiences, the diet for diabetes and gout can be difficult to combine. Some of the best things for diabetes are bad for gout and vice versa.

I hope some of our members can give you some pointers to help.

Rob

 

[Mark T]

Welcome to the forum clarkey 🙂

 

[teapot8910]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[C*5_Dodger]

I am in a lot of excrutiating pain due to gout, it came on friday lunch time & still with me, if any of you have any adviceme it would be very gladly appreciated I cannot wait for the careline to open I need advice now!

Dear clarkey123,

Welcome to the forum -sorry to read about your gout problem, of which I know nothing at all. So, I did an Internet search and found the following:

Beneficial effects of weight loss associated with moderate calorie/carbohydrate restriction, and increased proportional intake of protein and unsaturated fat on serum urate and lipoprotein levels in gout: a pilot study. Here's a couple of extracts:

"Current dietary recommendations for gout entail limitation of purine, protein, and alcohol intake, and weight reduction. Foods containing a low purine content are often high in carbohydrate and saturated fat. Weight reduction enhances insulin sensitivity and lowers insulin and TG (triglyceride) levels. In addition, the proportional intake of macronutrients affects insulin sensitivity.
A low energy, high protein diet improves insulin sensitivity, whereas a low energy, high carbohydrate diet decreases insulin sensitivity...

In conclusion, weight reduction with a change in the proportional intake of macronutrients, as recently recommended for subjects with IR (Insulin Resistance) is associated with a decrease in SU (Serum Uric-acid) levels, frequency of attacks, and has beneficial effects on dyslipidaemia in gout. Although a reduction in SU levels suggests that insulin sensitivity is enhanced, further studies—for example, by euglycaemic clamp testing, are needed to confirm this. Current dietary recommendations for gout entail, apart from limitation of alcohol intake and weight loss, limitation of protein, and the unlimited use of several food substances high in carbohydrate or saturated fat. In view of the high incidence of atherosclerosis and atherogenic lipoprotein patterns, and the beneficial effects seen in our study, we believe that current dietary recommendations for gout may need re-evaluation."

Here's a link to the complete paper. Left click here.

Regards Dodger

 

[sasha1]

Hi Clarkey,

Welcome to the forum

Heidi
xx🙂