I've been pushing my luck lately with beef and beer.
Doing a lot of training for my hockey season, which has led to a desire for red meat. So it started with a burger a few months ago. Then steak, then sausage, until I was eating beef 3 times a week again. As for beer, what goes down better than a cold brew after a hard game?
Fast forward to wednesday night. We were hosting a family bbq, and I ate well. Had a half dozen pints, and at least 12 oz's of beef and sausage.
Thursday at 6am, my knee starts throbbing to the point where I wake up. I remember the last time this happened..... I go into panic mode. 1.5L of lemon water downed in minutes, along with 800mg of Ibuprofin. I applied an ice pack to the area and basically waited to see if it was going to be a full blown case of gout, or a false alarm. It ended up going away around 10am, after another 2L of lemon water.
Needless to say, I've gone pretty much sober vegan again. At least for the next little while. Gout is a buildup of uric acid which in turn creates the purine crystals that plague us. The good thing is that not one incident is going to turn us. It takes a series of "overdoses" on purines before we are hit with an attack. That said, if you're on the edge, all it takes is a night of debauchery to set it off.
I can't wait for cherry season.
