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Cherry consumption and decreased risk of recurrent gout attacks
Identifier
016788
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Cherries have a lot of interesting properties. They are chelating agents and anti-bacterial, feeding good bacteria but fighting bad and furthermore acting as anti-fungals [see other observations].
Since gout is pathogen and toxin based there are reasons why cherries may be good at gout relief
A description of the experience
Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Dec;64(12):4004-11. doi: 10.1002/art.34677.
Cherry consumption and decreased risk of recurrent gout attacks.
Zhang Y1, Neogi T, Chen C, Chaisson C, Hunter DJ, Choi HK.
OBJECTIVE:
To study the relationship between cherry intake and the risk of recurrent gout attacks among individuals with gout.
METHODS:
We conducted a case-crossover study to examine the associations of a set of putative risk factors with recurrent gout attacks. Individuals with gout were prospectively recruited and followed up online for 1 year. Participants were asked to provide the following information regarding gout attacks: the onset date of the gout attack, symptoms and signs, medications (including antigout medications), and exposure to potential risk factors (including daily intake of cherries and cherry extract) during the 2-day period prior to the gout attack. We assessed the same exposure information over 2-day control periods. We estimated the risk of recurrent gout attacks related to cherry intake using conditional logistic regression. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were calculated.
RESULTS:
Our study included 633 individuals with gout. Cherry intake over a 2-day period was associated with a 35% lower risk of gout attacks compared with no intake (multivariate OR 0.65 [95% CI 0.50-0.85]). Cherry extract intake showed a similar inverse association (multivariate OR 0.55 [95% CI 0.30-0.98]). The effect of cherry intake persisted across subgroups stratified by sex, obesity status, purine intake, alcohol use, diuretic use, and use of antigout medications.
CONCLUSION:
These findings suggest that cherry intake is associated with a lower risk of gout attacks.
Copyright © 2012 by the American College of Rheumatology.
Comment in
- Previously reported prior studies of cherry juice concentrate for gout flare prophylaxis: comment on the article by Zhang et al. [Arthritis Rheum. 2013]
- Crystal arthritis: Gout attack prevention with a cherry on top. [Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2012]
- If life serves up a bowl of cherries, and gout attacks are "the pits": implications for therapy. [Arthritis Rheum. 2012]
- Are cherries now ripe for use as a complementary therapeutic in gout? Appraisal of the state of evidence. [Evid Based Med. 2013]
PMID: 23023818