David Melstrand - How I Eliminate Gout Pain Without Drugs

How I Eliminate GoutPain

Eliminate Gout Pain Withoutthe Use of Pharmaceuticals

David R Melstrand

Copyright by David RMelstrand

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Disclaimer

I am not a doctor or aphysician. I am a person who prefers to think for myself and retainthe final decision in my own personal matters. I do not reject theprofessional opinions of doctors but my own personal experience andstudy has shown me that very powerful financial forces have playeda huge role in determining whos who and whats what in Americatoday. I have found there to be a significant difference betweenthe opinions of doctors in private practice as opposed to doctorswho work for the large health care management organizations. Thisinformation is not offered as medical advice and it is always bestfor anyone to seek the advice of their physician when making anymedical decisions.

Why I Wrote This Book

I wrote this book becauseI was experiencing very extreme pain in both of my feet accompaniedwith slight swelling and a pinkish discoloration. Over time thepain and its duration only became worse. After some internetreading and also discussing this with other people it becameevident that what I have is gout. Some people informed me of aprescription drug that would eliminate the pain and others toldthat apple cider vinegar would work. I decided to follow thenatural route and if this did not work I would then see a doctor. Iam not against doctors. I am just the kind of person who keeps atrip to the doctors office as a last-resort option. I have foundfrom my own experience that personnel employed by large health carecorporations think from a different standpoint than doctors thathave their own private practices. I have also found that it doesnot take long when doing individual reading and research todetermine that the main stream media and medical system do notsupport natural cures and in certain cases even label this asquackery. What you are about to read is my own experience and Iwould not be sharing it with you if it did not occur. I am not outto rip anyone off or promote a product for profit. What I do knowabout my own feet is that if I would not consume apple cidervinegar on a consistent basis I would have to use crutches or awheel chair. I firmly believe that the human body was created to behealthy and stay healthy. My own reading and experience has taughtme that natural cures work effectively and efficiently and mostimportantly without any abnormal or unnecessary side effects. As anaside, there is a plethora of information available that chroniclesthe history of the American medical system and the corporateinfluences which steered modern medicine away from natural medicineinto prescription drugs largely manufactured from petroleum. G.Edward Griffin has produced a lot of very enlightening andinformative information on this topic and anyone interested in thehistory of the American medical system would find his material agreat place to start.

My Experience with Gout

Approximately ten yearsago I began experiencing very sharp pains in my right foot withslight swelling in the big toe area and a pinkish discolorationexactly like the picture below.

The pain was quite extremeand made it very difficult to walk and also very difficult just toput my shoes on and take them off. I definitely had a noticeablelimp. For the first several years this pain went away after aboutfour to five days and life returned to normal. This experiencerecurred once a year for about four years. After about four years Ibegan to experience this same pain in my left foot and it alsobecame much more intense and also began lasting close to sevendays. Thankfully the pain never occurred in both feet at once and Iwas always able to get around on my own. Three years ago the painstarted to become so excruciating it was practically unbearable andalso began to recur after several months. I began to accept thefact that if I did not visit a doctor I would end up in a wheelchair and I do mean literally crippled. I now began to read andresearch on the internet and talk to as many knowledgeable peopleas I could. The people in the health care industry told me that allI had to do was go to a doctor and a drug would be prescribed thatwould make the pain go away. I was also told that this drug wouldalso have a side effect and so I was very reluctant to go thisroute.

The Solution

Yes, believe it or notthis story is that short and the solution for me is that simple.Natural cures tend to work this way. One of the people I spoke withinformed me that they knew someone who was experiencing gout andbegan drinking apple cider vinegar. It did not take long for me todo this for myself. I first went to youtube and watched severalvideos. I found dieticians and personal trainers that claimed applecider vinegar was one of the healthiest fluids a person couldingest on a daily basis. Everyone I spoke to and all of the peopleon the internet spoke of Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar as the brandto get. The best price I found was at Woodmans for $5.99 a bottle.The reason given for the Braggs recommendation was that itcontains what is called the mother. The mother is a rusty coloredsediment that can be seen at the bottom of the bottle. I bought twobottles, brought them home and began drinking it. I have only seenone person who drank it directly out of the bottle and knew thatthis was something I could never do. I took a 16 ounce cup andfilled the bottom with approximately half an inch of the vinegar. Ihave found that using too small of an amount does not produce anyeffects. I used as much as I could in terms of tolerating thetaste. Everyone that I listened to on the topic also told me toshake the bottle before using it so that the sediment is mixedevenly throughout. Within ten minutes I felt it travel to my footand could definitely sense something at work. In about four hoursthe pain began to subside. I increased the amount I mixed with thewater to the point where I could barely tolerate the taste. Afterabout four or five cupfuls over a period of five to six hours Ifelt saturated and had to wait until much later or the next day todrink more. I cannot explain enough how great the relief was fromthe pain that the apple cider vinegar brought about. Within two tothree days I was walking normally and by three to four days thepain was gone.

What I Consider to beNoteworthy

I thought that if the painwent away I could stop drinking the apple cider vinegar. Obviouslythe gout had progressed to the point where I could not do this. IfI did not drink the vinegar every day I almost immediately felt thepain return. I cannot emphasize enough how excruciating and intensethe pain was. I always pushed myself when mixing as much of theapple cider vinegar as possible with water in terms of taste that Icould handle. After about a year of this the extreme pain nevercame back and I also could miss a day or two of the drink withoutexperiencing anything noticeable. What I am trying to say is that Ican literally manage the pain level and the sensations in my feetwith the apple cider vinegar. I hope anyone reading this can grasphow thankful I am that this is possible. Anyone could point outthat I have to continue to consume the apple cider vinegar but itis also the same for the prescription drug. Once a person has gout,they must continue to take the medicine or the pain will return,and believe me, the pain is quite unbearable! I have also foundthat if I restrain myself from consuming sugars over time I requireless and less apple cider vinegar. Please consider that I haveconsumed sometimes an entire bottle in a week with zero sideeffects. I do not know if apple cider vinegar will work foreveryone but I do know it worked for me.