Jack..... i'm adding a couple of other newsgroups
so that you get wider coverage for your question
here

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"Jack" > wrote in message
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> I think my diabetes has started to degrade my
kidney function, because I
> have been having attacks of gout. Gout comes
from precipitation of ureic
> (sp) acid crystals into a joint, like the big
toe, from the blood, mainly
> because the kidneys are not adequately cleansing
the urea in the blood. I
> am told that one defense is to cut way back on
foods rich in the purines,
> such as the organ meats. I have been unable to
discover just exactly the
> purines are nor a database of purine contents in
foods. I am getting good
> results on the BG front from dietary control and
exercise, but need to be
> able to do a better job helping to avert gout
attacks. My internist has me
> on allopurinol and that seems to be helping. But
the affected toe always
> feels just on the verge of flaring up. Gout is
so very painful that I'd do
> almost anything to avoid it. I even asked about
amputating the affected
> toe but the doc said it would just show up
somewhere else. Arrrgh.
>
> --
> John Ferman
> Minneapolis, MN