Comments on: Questions Being Raised About the Importance of Diet on Gout http://www.beatinggout.com/2009/08/questions-being-raised-about-the-importance-of-diet-on-gout/ Stop gout pain forever! From the author of the #1 book on gout. Sat, 21 May 2011 11:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Gout Foods http://www.beatinggout.com/2009/08/questions-being-raised-about-the-importance-of-diet-on-gout/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 Gout Foods Mon, 13 Sep 2010 03:22:34 +0000 http://www.beatinggout.com/?p=320#comment-1996 I have found that not all foods containing certain purine levels (high or low) affect all people in the same way. I read in an article recently that one person was fine drinking beer and eating red meats but suffered gout attacks shortly after drinking tea, so keeping a record of what is consumed and how it affects you personally is quite a sensible thing to do. I have found that not all foods containing certain purine levels (high or low) affect all people in the same way. I read in an article recently that one person was fine drinking beer and eating red meats but suffered gout attacks shortly after drinking tea, so keeping a record of what is consumed and how it affects you personally is quite a sensible thing to do.

]]> By: TammyB http://www.beatinggout.com/2009/08/questions-being-raised-about-the-importance-of-diet-on-gout/comment-page-1/#comment-1962 TammyB Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:58:37 +0000 http://www.beatinggout.com/?p=320#comment-1962 You have an inaccuracy in your book which you need to correct/address. The section called LOW PURINE DIET has a summary of the foods to avoid because of high purine content, and the first item listed is "Food Made With Baker's or Brewer's Yeast." Of course, the #1 food we eat made with Baker's Yeast would mean BREAD. I wondered what you were basing that on so I flipped to Appendix A: Purine Content of food. Sure enough, it shows Baker's Yeast yielding a whopping 680 mg of uric acid, as compared to a pork chop with 145 mg. However, like so many of these listings, it's not based on realistic portion sizes, it's just 100 grams across the board. 100 grams is about 3.5 ounces, or roughly the equivalent of 4 Reese Peanut Butter Cups! Who would ever eat that much Baker's Yeast? On the other hand, checking under the Grains section of the list, 100 grams of actual BREAD (roughly 2 slices, but it will vary widely by type) is only 16 mg, as compared to an apple with 14. Since you fail to point out this distinction, I now don't trust any of the other summaries this book offers. You have an inaccuracy in your book which you need to correct/address.

The section called LOW PURINE DIET has a summary of the foods to avoid because of high purine content, and the first item listed is “Food Made With Baker’s or Brewer’s Yeast.”

Of course, the #1 food we eat made with Baker’s Yeast would mean BREAD. I wondered what you were basing that on so I flipped to Appendix A: Purine Content of food. Sure enough, it shows Baker’s Yeast yielding a whopping 680 mg of uric acid, as compared to a pork chop with 145 mg.

However, like so many of these listings, it’s not based on realistic portion sizes, it’s just 100 grams across the board. 100 grams is about 3.5 ounces, or roughly the equivalent of 4 Reese Peanut Butter Cups! Who would ever eat that much Baker’s Yeast?

On the other hand, checking under the Grains section of the list, 100 grams of actual BREAD (roughly 2 slices, but it will vary widely by type) is only 16 mg, as compared to an apple with 14.

Since you fail to point out this distinction, I now don’t trust any of the other summaries this book offers.

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