It’s always good to see validation of low-tech, low-cost (in this case, NO cost) approaches to challenging health problems.
Drinking a half-gallon of water a day may keep gout attacks away, researchers said here.
Participants in an online survey who said they drank more than eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day experienced a 48% reduction in gout attacks, compared with individuals who reported drinking one glass of water or less a day, according to Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine.
“We think that drinking water might be a simple, safe, and effective way of preventing recurrent gout attacks,” Neogi told attendees at the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting here.
