Nutridom - GOUTart (Extra Strength Gout Relief)

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Once characterized as the "Disease of Kings" for being associated with certain foods and drinks only the wealthy could afford in great quantities, gout now afflicts nearly 1 million Canadians (with nearly 80% of them being men over the age of 30).

Although the basic mechanics of gouty inflammatory arthritis are quite well understood, it's still regarded as a multi-factorial process which can be aggravated by genetics, medications, age, and other health conditions as well as by alcohol and diet and lack of exercise, so some may need ongoing help even after addressing the lifestyle factors.

Consequently, this new Advanced Complex from Nutridom combines 6 powerful natural ingredients to tackle the multi-faceted problem in several different ways:

• Reducing the inflammation, swelling and pain with a combination of Curcumin (from Turmeric), Celery Seed, Devil's Claw, Tart Cherry, and Bromelain extracts.

• Reducing the excess levels of uric acid/MSU in three ways:
- by helping break down the crystal formations (with Tart Cherry and Bromelain);
- by helping us excrete more MSU before it gets to that stage (with Celery Seed, Devil's Claw and Tart Cherry extracts and Vitamin C – be sure to keep hydrated, to facilitate that); and,
- by inhibiting some of its production in the first place (with Celery Seed, which inhibits xanthine oxidase, the enzyme the liver uses to metabolize purines).

The Fundamental Mechanics of Gout

Human livers produce uric acid (also called monosodium urate, or MSU) when metabolizing substances containing compounds called "purines." About a third of that production is due to certain foods and drink, but two-thirds is the unavoidable result of breaking down and recycling some of our own spent biomolecules such as Adenosine and ATP, and the RNA and DNA in our dead cells.

That waste product then circulates in our bloodstreams, where it's meant to make its way to the kidneys to get broken down and excreted. But when there are excessive levels of it or the kidneys aren't performing optimally, that MSU can accumulate in the synovial fluid in the spaces of our joints (usually the big toe, to start with), and then crystallize, sort of like the spiky stalactite and stalagmite formations sometimes found in caves.

If the joint then gets stubbed or bumped, that can release little shards of those MSU crystals, which then triggers an inflammation and pain response by the immune system (which is largely futile, since the white blood cells which get dispatched are not really up to the job of dissolving those crystals).