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Joint Pain

Uric Acid Individuals with PKD have elevations of body acids, especially urinary uric acid. PLD 'rs often have elevated uric acid levels from the liver's inability to metabolize body acids. This sometimes manifests as gouty arthritis, or pain in the great toe. The pain is from uric acid crystals trapped within the joint. Sometimes I get great toe pain. I have found that by avoiding raw spinach (high in purines) and the nightshade plants (tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers, tobacco and belladonna) this avoidance diminishes joint pain. If the toe does act up, I take foods which help to lower uric acid, i.e. ten cherries a day, nettles, artichokes, a shot of wheat grass juice, or I chew on a few sprigs of parsley. Nettle juice lowers uric acid, and is a great alkalizer, however it is also high in potassium. A few drops of non alcoholic nettle extract in a cup of warm water seem to help relieve great toe aches. Cherries, ten a day, helps with arthritis pain by lowering uric acid. A rheumatologist told me, he investigated all the different foods that seemed to help arthritis and one that was really helpful were cherries. Attempting to maintain a constant relative alkalinity helps to diminish body pains from cystic organ disease. This can be accomplished through diet and lifestyle and by supplementing occasionally with potent alkalizers.

Vegetarian foods high in purines:
asparagus
beans
cauliflower
mushrooms
peas
spinach

The only vegetable that affected me was raw spinach. This reaction did not occur with blanched spinach. Rheumatologists (arthritis doctors) found that avoiding walnuts helps relieve joint pains. Pineapple helps relieve joint pains; lemon juice for headaches; 10 cherries a day to diminish wrist pain.

However according to a 12 year study of men with gout: higher levels of meat and seafood consumption are associated with gout while purine rich vegetables is not associated with an increased risk for gout. And according to the Mayo those with gout should:

Limit meat, poultry and fish. Animal proteins meat, poultry and fish are high in purine.
Avoid high-purine foods, such as organ meats, herring, anchovies and mackerel. Red meat (beef, pork and lamb), fatty fish and seafood (tuna, shrimp, lobster and scallops) all associated with an increased risk of gout.
Eat plant-based proteins.
Limit or avoid alcohol. Alcohol interferes with the elimination of uric acid.
Increase water intake
Eat more whole grains and fruits and vegetables.
Avoid sugar.
Sound familiar? It is all very similar to PKD Diet.

Arthritis Pains Can be helped by becoming more alkaline and drinking hot lemon juice each morning, followed by cabbage juice with 5 almonds. All this helps. If this does not relieve the pain, then one can start with 10 cherries (I must confess I have on occasion eaten maraschino cherries if I cannot find fresh or frozen cherries). This did relieve joint pain but by morning, I had a migraine headache from the sugars and dye in the maraschino cherries. I now found a sour cherry all fruit jam, that works without the side effect of headaches. If I am traveling, I might stop in a jamba juice bar and get a one ounce shot of wheat grass followed by a bite into an orange slice. The elderly participated in a clinical trial with eggshell membrane. This helped relieve joint pain and created more flexibility.

Why is Glucosamine and Chondroitin best avoided with PKD?

If this helps your pain, then continue with it; however it is made from shellfish and shark cartilage; high in copper and high in oxalates. All are detrimental to individuals with PKD.

There is a completed study called the GAIT clinical trial. This was a multi-center trial of 1500 individuals Glucosamine/chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial (GAIT), a 24-week. Conclusions: Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate alone or in combination did not reduce pain effectively in the overall group of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Analyses suggest that the combination of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate may be effective in a subgroup of patients with moderate-to-severe knee pain; however this must be confirmed by another trial. The good news is that a recent clinical trial of Glucosamine supplementation showed that it does not affect blood sugar in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus The American College of Radiologists concluded that there was no pain benefit except possibly in severe cases of knee osteoarthritis. Pain was rated against a known pain scale. This differs from a small European study done by the manufacturers of Chondroitin.

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We are  sharing our experiences with PKD/PLD Diet, an adjunct diet envisioning it complementing a physician's prescribed medical therapy. Consider testing this with your doctor's prior knowledge, who can  adjust it according to your own uniqueness by adding it to your current  treatment.

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