Purple,Hear me out before writing me off as a quack,lol.
About 4 years ago I had a run in with gout myself.I had no idea what I'd done to hurt my foot,but wow, it was like I'd broken something.I got to talking to a nurse friend of mine, and she asked Are you sure it isn't gout? I'm like,naaa,that's what old people get.I did some research on webmd.com, and I'll be darned if the symptoms didn't match up exactly.What really took the cake, is I got looking through the possible causes.Number one was excessive or regular drinking of beer....umm, excessive?That's speculative.But when I read on the next one to catch my eye was "A high fat,low protein diet".Well I'd been on the atkins diet for about 6 months at that point,and that's exactly what the diet was, so I put two and two together, and my self diagnosis was that I had gout.Since my reading suggested that the most common way for the medical profession to diagnose was to insert a needle into the affected area,and run tests looking for a buildup of uric crystals, I decided to try some home remedies,lol.I consulted my trusty Herbal Remedy book and made a list of the different herbs that were recomended before heading to my local wally world.Sure enough, I found Grapeseed Extract, the first choice on the list.Paid my 7 bucks and limped on out of there.Well to make a long story a little bit shorter, I felt a little relief by the next day, and within 3 or 4 days, it was as if it had never happened! Well maybe it was a fluke,but a few weeks later,my younger brother was complaining about excrutiating pain in his knee, and since he was the one that had introduced me to the atkins diet, I said, Are you sure it's not gout? I suggested the grapeseed extract, and he gave it a shot.You guessed it, within a few days it was gone. I'm absolutely sold on it's effectiveness, and for 7 bucks it's worth giving it a try.Sure beats all the co-pays, and letting a nurse dig around in your foot with a needle.If you want to try it,but cant find it at wally world,let me know, and Ill consult my book and give you the rest of the stuff they recomended.
As a side note, the stuff is also supposed to be extremely effective on any types of inflamations & joint pains, so if your troubled with that, give it a try!
