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Kombucha offeres relief and helps to prevent gout

5/21/2014

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The news about a new government-funded treatment for gout has been hitting the media since yesterday. Basically, the new medication should provide an alternative to the other anti-gout medications on the market already. All of them have in common that they reduce the amount of uric acid in the blood.
New Zealand is often called the gout-capital of the world and the occurrences of gout are 2-2.5 times higher in certain groups of the population than world average. Especially high occurrences of gout are found among men of Maori descent.

Gout is caused by an accumulation of uric acid in the blood and ensuing deposits of urate crystals in and around the joints. This usually results in severe pain around the joints.
Uric acid is formed in the liver through the breakdown of a component called purine which we derive from certain foods. High-purine foods include meat, certain types of fish and alcohol. Alcohol can have an especially detrimental effect, since it tends to also inhibit the excretion of uric acid which, in turn, leads to increased levels of uric acid in the blood.

So, where does kombucha fit in with all this?
The kombucha culture requires sugar and purin for its own metabolism. And remember, purin is the the compound that's converted into uric acid. Now, kombucha takes the food-derived purin and digests it, therefore preventing the formation of excess uric acid in the body. Kombucha's metabolic products are water-soluble and discharged from the body via the bladder. 
Kombucha is therefore a great aid in any treatment of gout but can also be used in gout prevention.

Recommended further reading:
C. Dufresne, E. Farnworth
(2000), Tea, Kombucha, and health: a review, Food Research International 33, 409-421
Tietze, Harald W. (1995). Kombucha: The Miracle Fungus. p. 57, London: Salamander Books. ISBN 978-1-85860-029-1

4 Comments
Roger link
5/2/2018 06:53:16 am

I love this post !!
I took your advice and tried kombucha for my gout .
since then i have lost 15 pounds and its only been a month .
Also i have had no flare ups and im amazed !!!
I bought my kombucha kit from www.royalkombucha.com
I started by buying the store bought drinks but it was too expensive
Now i make my own for about 1 dollar a gallon ..
Its worth a shot.

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KEVIN S DEISER
8/22/2019 05:16:09 pm

I am skeptical about this. I live overseas and recently made the journey home to the states. While overseas, I learned about Kombucha and wanted to try it but I had not found it. While visiting the states, I was able to find bottled Kombucha and gave it a try. My current attack has been the longest for me, so far, just over a month. The attack was subsiding after a couple weeks. I then was drinking a bottle of Kombucha a day and noticed the pain was increasing as well as the swelling. I skipped the Kombucha for two days so far and the gout pain and swelling is subsiding once again. This is quite disconcerting as I like Kombucha and have started making my first batch. Could it be the commercial drink? Could it work to prevent but aggravate a flare up already in progress?

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Shirley A link
12/30/2020 08:24:39 pm

Thank you for sharing thiss

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Valda
11/16/2022 11:50:32 pm

Peripheral vertigo, eye problems such as double vision and hard lumps on thumb joint also appeared when I got gout…and disappeared as it subsided. I wondered why I suddenly had all these health issues and realised that Uric acid in the blood would obviously spread throughout a body and have some effect. All those issues went… along with the gout. But are reappearing with my next ‘bout of gout’. Wish I could find a good diet plan somewhere!

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