Me and My Aching Feet

Before, I used to stand for almost eight hours (at the most) whenever I have training classes. Now, after an hour or two, I'm starting to feel that my feet need to rest. It became worse that I was advised to consult a podiatrist.

I was able to consult a physician (since I was assigned to one) and her suggestion: BLOOD TEST! She wanted to check if its a possible case of gout. =(

That thought scared me and so I started to read related literature. I'll update this post as soon as I got the result. But for now, I need to avoid eating the following (from http://goutdiettips.com/ ):

Diet

• Dried beans and peas, mackerel, meat extracts, sardines, scallops, shrimp, yeast extracts and organs like brain, heart, liver and kidneys.
• Moderate amounts of purines, including asparagus, dried beans and legumes, fish, mushrooms, poultry, and spinach.
• Lose weight by reducing calories rather than by vigorous exercise (which increase uric acid production).
• Drink at least 8 glasses of water daily to dilute the uric acid concentration of urine.
• Avoid alcohol, especially beer (with its brewer’s yeast content).
• Eat cherries.

Nutritional Supplements

• Avoid trace mineral supplements containing molybdenum. Molybdenum surplus causes a condition very similar to gout.
• Avoid megadoses of vitamn C. They may increase the production of uric acid.
• Avoid high doses (over 50 milligrams per day) of niacin. Niacin competes with uric acid for excretion into the urine.
• Avoid iron supplements. Excess iron in the bloodstream can cause uric acids to form in joints.

As one of the popular lines of the doctors would say: "Prevention is better than cure."

Till next post. Have a healthy week ahead. =)