Gout Diet: What to Eat, Limit and Discuss With Your Clinician
The availability of food and dietary habits have changed throughout history. At one time, meat and alcohol were reserved only for the wealthiest – and historically, the wealthiest were kings. With kings came, at that time, a socially desirable disease that distinguished them from the ‘lower’ classes, which we now know as gout. Today, gout is no longer seen in a royal light. Quite the opposite. Gout has become a reflection of poor dietary habits and lifestyle.