I am curious about 18Kmg of Vit C to make your gout go away never to return. Did you cut out all meat products, alcohol, or must one maintain (as a rule) 18Kmg daily of Vitamin C? For instance, so long as it is available, must one keep on doing it and withhold animal products and beer or if one were cut off from society (imprisoned or economically disenfranchised) would the gout tend to return? Please advise as this is a serious inquiry, in spite of how off-beat it might appear. Thanking you in advance.
R.W.

Thank you, (Dr.?) Foronow: This assumes that you were not vegan before. If I may be so bold, did you have a more or less "normal" Western diet that did not exclude cheese, butter, meat and possibly seafood? I ask this because some of the more famous people in natural health are always emphasizing how important it is to abstain from animal products and I don't really know what to think. For instance, I would love toenjoy baked beans every now and then even without pork, what precious little there is. It is difficult to live on a peasant diet that excludes such mainstays as pinto, white or any kind of beans and cornbread (for instance) when it is much cheaper.I'm afraid I'm not familiar with Dr. Pauling's dietary recommendations. I only remember that peo ple jumped all over him for suggesting that people take more C. He was a great man who was robbed of a third Nobel. There are a lot of raw foodists who don't seem to have much to say about gout, but spend a lot of time preparing with the most expensive ingredients on the planet (almonds, avocado, cashews) or eat 30 bananas a day. All of this is good if you can afford it, but natural and healthy shouldn't cost as much as eating steaks all the time if you're not doing that.

So, you had a more or less "normal" diet that included animal meats? I don't wish to sound like a dense or foolish person, but if you were able to beat that condition with 0C and those other supplements, I'm willing to suppose that the potential is there to live an almost "normal" life. If you are able to give me any feedback, I would be most grateful.

Meanwhile, thank you for having taken the time to answer my question and I am always grateful for any feedback you would like to share.

Have a great weekend and try to stay out of the cold.
Thanks.

Thanks for putting this out there. The experts are people like Schulze and others of their ilk who say things like "don't eat anything that comes from an animal or anything that has a face". This mantra I've heard from different places for years. There are loads of others, but out of respect for them, I'll Aleave it to any readers to investigate for themselves. Not all of them are church people, but many subscribe to different varieties of esoteric nonsense and they're out there if anyone wants to find them. A lot of these "experts" have come from people who had a book published or either have a voice in a church. A lot of them are scammers, imo. They're spouting ancient misinformation and what they say might be proven wrong. Some of them see m to go out of their way to use foul language in order to gain consumer confidence. That's another story. While an argument could be made for vegan, this is not the place for it and for practical purposes, it's with much appreciation I hear someone like you can live a normal life while experiencing gout-free living. Thanks and all feedback is welcome.=A0 We have to live in the real world and it's challenging enough to obtain vitamin C.

Dear Dr. Fonorow:

I had written to you a while ago about gout and Vitamin C. You told me you started taking 18grams or so each day and it went away. I was wondering and had not thought of this but what happens when you are taking Vitamin C and it is 'ascorbic acid'?

* see some of the vitamin C is that type. Conversely, the active ingredient "Citric Acid" is supposed to be so great for eliminating uric acid and as far as I know will not break down to have a bad impact in the human body.

Then again, I'm not a doctor. Would you be so kind as to advise regarding using plain citric acid by itself (without potassium or other additives) for eliminating uric acid from the human body? I read so much on the internet I don't know what to believe and people speak of making ural sachets or something like that to mix with bicarbonate of soda and I am persuaded that using plain, pure citric acid would be sufficient to get the uric acid out but this is just my opinion and I can not 0say what is about it.

Are you able to advise me in this?The life you save may be my own.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.