KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Cherries are often used as decorations for cakes or puddings. In fact, cherries are useful in preventing and treating gout.
Gout can attack anyone. Gout is characterized by a number of symptoms, one of which is pain in one part of the body such as the big toe.
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Quoting from a book entitled Powerful Plants to Overcome Gout, by dr. Setiawan Dalimartha, dr. Felix Adrian Dalimartha, BMedSc, uric acid disease arises due to an increase in the production and disruption of the process of removing uric acid in the body.
Increased production of uric acid in the body is triggered by a number of factors, one of which is the consumption of foods that contain high purines.
For your information, some foods that contain high purines are meat, offal, peanuts, beans, broccoli, spinach, shellfish, and cheese.
Gout must be treated immediately. Generally, gout sufferers take medication from a doctor to treat the disease.
Another option, gout sufferers can eat fruits and vegetables that are efficacious to lower uric acid.
Cherries prevent and treat gout
Launching from Healthline.com, cherries are good for gout sufferers.
In a 2011 study, consuming 8 ounces of cherry juice daily for four weeks lowered uric acid.
Not only cherry juice, cherry concentrate is also able to lower uric acid levels. A study said cherry extract was more effective at lowering high uric acid than pomegranate concentrate.
Another study found that eating 10 fresh cherries per day could reduce the risk of gout attacks by up to 35%. In fact, the combination of cherries and allopurinol, a gout drug, can reduce the risk of gout attacks by up to 75%.
The efficacy of cherries in lowering uric acid is due to the fact that cherries contain anthocyanins which have anti-inflammatory properties.
These properties make cherries also effective in reducing swelling that occurs due to high uric acid.
Unfortunately, there is no standard dose of cherry consumption to reduce high uric acid.
The Arthritis Foundation recommends consuming a handful of cherries or drinking a glass of tart cherry juice per day to treat gout.
However, it’s a good idea to consult a doctor before consuming cherries as a gout remedy.
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