Prevent gout with these three lifestyle alternatives

by Vanessa Jackson, FSP Health, 13 February 2014

Don't let your gout leave you unable to function normally. Reduce your risk of having an episode of gout by changing these three things in your life.

Gout is an acid build up in your joints that turns into crystals. It causes your joints to become inflamed and swollen, causing an enormous amount of pain.

And the simplest way to stop this?

Is to put prevention measures in place, of course!

There’s three easy ways that you can prevent gout from attacking your joints. And it’s using your diet, exercise routine and BMI (body mass index) as your protection.

Change your diet, include exercise in your routine and keep your BMI within normal limits to prevent gout

The diet part is the easy part. All you have to do is eliminate the foods from your diet that cause your gout to flare up. And all it is is a simple choice of opting for alternatives to those foods that cause your joints to become inflamed and swollen.

Then there’s exercise. You have to do the 30 minutes minimum amount of moderate exercise a day to keep gout out of your joints. By increasing the range of movement in your joints through exercise, you prevent your joints from getting stiff, and thus prevent gout, says simplefit.net.

And lastly, you need to keep your BMI within the normal healthy range. According to WebMD, if you carry too much weight for your height, your BMI will soar and your joints will suffer. When you’re overweight, you have a higher risk of developing gout and its painful symptoms.

There you have it! Control your diet, amount of exercise you get every day and keep your BMI within the healthy range so you can prevent gout from robbing you of your health.

Tags: gout, managing gout, preventing gout, pain associated with gout, gout pain relief, pain relief for gout, preventing pain from gout, exercise for gout, bmi, weight loss to prevent gout, preventing inflammation in joints

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