Will going Vegetarian stop Gout for good?

We regularly hear from vegetarians and vegans with gout. This seems surprising, unless you are aware that 85% of the purines in your body come from catabolism - your body recycling its own dead cells - this is the equivalent of an 80kg man consuming about 1.5 kg of meat per day. Therefore unless you have the diet of the average Bengal Tiger, cutting out meat isn’t going to make much difference.

The problem one needs to address is not the gout but the underlying hyperuricemia- which is in most cases your kidneys not excreting enough uric acid each day. This high blood urate leads to inflammation in various parts of the body, most notably in the blood vessels which long term leads to heart attack and stroke.  Even if you could control the gout you wouldn’t have controlled the underlying problem. 

As a gout sufferer you need to push your blood urate down to about 3-4 to clear out the stores of urate in your body. A vegan will perhaps push the blood urate down maybe 1 point.  I’m afraid that becoming a vegetarian (which may have other health benefits) will have only a marginal effect on your hyperuricemia. 

I would suggest that you focus not on the gout attacks but on the level of blood urate. 

Freddy - what is your blood urate level •taken a month or so after• the last gout attack?

I got a gout attack when I was on a vegetarian diet. Finding ways to reduce the purines or neutralized them has been the task of the century, although I haven't lived that long, it's going to take another century to figure out rid your body of gout. The problem lies in its genetic predisposition. My grandma had it, my aunt has therefore, I have it.  Cherry juice works, avoiding wheat of any kind, minimal amounts of spinach, cauliflower, even carrots, and a few others, plus certain meats, that I rarely ever eat but just looking them gives me gout. So, the answer to your question is definitely, no, going on a vegetarian diet will not stop gout. 

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      I got a gout attack when I was on a vegetarian diet. Finding ways to reduce the purines or neutralized them has been the task of the century; although I haven't lived that long, it's going to take another century to figure out how to rid your body of gout. The problem lies in its genetic predisposition. My grandma had it, my aunt has it, therefore, I have it.  Cherry juice works, avoiding wheat of any kind, eating minimal amounts of spinach, cauliflower, even carrots, and a few others veggies, plus certain meats, that I rarely ever eat but just looking them gives me gout.   So, the answer to your question is definitely, no, going on a vegetarian diet will not stop gout. 

Well, I'm new to gout too, but I have some limited experience with this. When I got my first gout attack, it shocked me to the core. I made a quick change to a low purine diet, completely vegetarian with the exception for occasional fish, or eggs. We also completely cut out corn syrup, and we are trying to minimize dairy and processed foods.I've lost 15 pounds since the change, and I'm starting to exercise more. I've been on Allopurinol as well for the past 2 months, and my UA level is still "elevated" (6.7) higher than the goal is. 

My gut feeling is that the vegetarian diet has had a minimal effect. It won't hurt though - it is a quick way to lose weight, and it really is cheaper in the long run. The diet feels balanced, and I'm not looking to change it at all. I don't really miss meat that much with the exception of snow crab (high purines). 

Marmite is veggie, and look what that can do for gout..