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Your Anti-Gout Diet Plan: Foods to Eat and Avoid

After a satisfying meal the night before, you wake up with a really grouchy big toe — inflamed, throbbing, and red. Could this be an attack of gout?

Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis that typically affects men older than 40 and women after menopause, according to the Arthritis Foundation.

It’s caused by a buildup of uric acid, which is a by-product of chemicals known as purines that are found in your body’s cells — and in many foods.

In people with gout, uric acid builds up in your blood faster than your kidneys can remove it and excrete it in your urine. Once uric acid builds up in your blood, it forms needle-like crystals that lodge around joints, often in the big toe. The result? Potentially excruciating pain.

Gout tends to cause painful attacks that build up over 12 to 24 hours and then go away on their own. It’s possible to have only one gout attack in your life, or to have them only every few years. But some people experience recurrent attacks that become more severe over time.

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