Polyphenols are “phytonutriets” and they’re most well known as a substantial antioxidant. “Phyto” means “plant”.
We don’t need to spend too much time on this . . . unless you’re one of those analytical types that needs to know all the details. If you are, let me make this easy on you and tell you what Wikipedia has to say about polyphenols – this is a veritable gold mine of information to satisfy you:
“Polyphenols are a structural class of mainly natural, but also synthetic or semisynthetic, organic chemicals characterized by the presence of large multiples of phenol structural units. The number and characteristics of these phenol structures underlie the unique physical, chemical, and biological (metabolic, toxic, therapeutic, etc.) properties of particular members of the polyphenol class.”
I’m not smart enough to know what all those mondo-medical-technical terms mean, all I know is I don’t get gout anymore.
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Hi Bert thanks for the reply. I to thought that as well don’t rely on the pill poppin’ cuz I have given up on the allopurinol and all those pills I was swallowing last year – it’s been great. I also have taken note of the food table you have on your site. I wish to add that I eat the foods that are on the table but all moderately, and not the huge plates I use to have before. I start my day every morning with my baking soda and water drink before eating and my weight has dropped. And with all my exercise, I weigh in now at 110 kg and my pants size has dropped from 125 cm to 110. Keep your posts comin’, it’s been great and it helps me understand BEATIN’ DOWN THE GOUT….. Have a great week
Thanks
Robert
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Here It Is
There are endless classes and subclasses of polyphenols and flavonoids are the biggest and most widely researched sub-category of them.
Other categories include:
- Phenols
- Quinines
- Xanthones
- Stilbenes
- Phenylpropanoids and
. . . shall I go on? I didn’t think so.
What’s important to us and our Quest To Be Free Of Gout is the antioxidant power and the ability to fight off free radical damage, as well as the anti-inflammatory benefits. That’s what we need to stay focused on with our killer gout diets.
There is a huge amount of knowledge and research that has come forward over the last two decades about antioxidants, flavonoids and polyphenols. Interestingly enough, over the last two decades, the incidence of gout has doubled.
The gap between the understanding of commonsense measures of how to maintain good health – like taking advantage of foods with known high-levels of polyphenols – and the complete reliance on doctors and pharmaceutical drugs is growing wider by the day.
☆ Polyphenols and flavonoids gives us the gout killin’ goods.
“I know your pain. Let me help you kill your gout for good! And teach you to advocate for yourself and take ownership of your gout recovery, by showing you how to live the gout-free lifestyle.” Two decades ago, Bert Middleton found himself diagnosed with gout. Like 8.3 million other people in the United States (approximately 4% of the population), he struggled helplessly with the physical, emotional, social, and financial impact that gout left unchecked can have on your life. Prescription drugs were of limited help… And the terrible pain of regular gout attacks left him unable to enjoy even the simplest daily pleasures. His marriage was suffering. His finances were spiraling due to the impact gout had on his ability to work. And maintaining a social life was often nearly impossible. Tophi surgeries left him in terrible pain. And he found himself depressed … and angry … that gout was stealing years of his life.
Until one day, after hundreds of hours of research and self-experimentation, Bert finally had a breakthrough and created a blueprint for a way of living that would prove to be “the answer” to living gout-free for nearly a decade now. Today, Bert and his “Gout Wife” Sharon devote their evenings and weekends to educating other gout sufferers on how to live the gout-free lifestyle. Showing others his 911 Emergency Response Gout Recovery Plan for getting PAINFUL gout attacks under control in as little as 4 hours. And then, how to make daily choices that keep gout under control for GOOD! So you can finally start LIVING again!
