I have been suffering from gout for about 5 years now; I have tried
all means(chinese/western mecidine, diet, exercise) of reducing my
uric acid level in my blood but no luck.

Last night, I was asked to try drinking raw potato juice. After
extensive research, I'm semi convinced that raw potato juice could
reduce the acid level in my body.

I made some research and found the following warning:

"They should also be omitted from the diet of those suffering from
venereal diseases and those afflicted with aphrodisiac tendencies. The
potato contains an alkaloid toxin known as solanine which affects the
nerves controlling the sexual organs. The solanine poison is
particularly prevalent in potatoes too green in color. The combination
of cooked meat and potatoes too green in color. The combination of
cooked meat and potatoes intensifies the solanine poison, which
together with presence of uric acid crystals resulting from the
ingestion of meat may cause excessive irritation of sexual organs"

My question is if there is any side effect that I should be aware of
and how effective is this method?

Hope you can help.

Thanks,

Terence

Hi Golfert, I am not a doctor but have a friend who thought he had
gout, turned out to be Hemochromatosis, caused by excessive iron
buildup in the body.
The symptoms are similar to gout. You may be aware of this already,
but check out Hemochromatosis on the web. Hope this helps.

I recently researched gout for a friend, found nothing about potato
juice but alot about cherry juice. Check out Dr. Mercola's web site
below.

://www.google.com/custom?cof=AH%3Acenter%3BAWFID%3A5cdb2968a482194d%3B&domains=www.mercola.com&sitesearch=www.mercola.com&q=gout&sa2=Search+Mercola.com

chasask, thank you for your reply.  I havent checked if i have
hemochromatosis yet because i know for sure i have high uric acid
level, so hopefully i dont have excessive iron in my body(cause it's
gout itself is already very painful)

Thank you hardhat, I will read up on cherry juice.  Hope that will work.

Interestingly, I also suffer from gout (under control with
allopurinol), and happened to see an article in the Wall Street
Journal about new Gout medications. Check out the following:
Puricase - Savient Pharmaceuticals
Febuxostat - TAP Pharmaceuticals

Neither is available yet, but Febuxostat may be soon.

thanks gopman-ga

Since i've posted my question, i have stopped drinking raw potatoe
juice (cause the taste is disguisting) and taking allopurinol because
of the possible damage to the liver/kidney.  Instead, I have been
taking broemlain, quercetine and pure black cherry juice and uric
level has gone from 590 to 540 in my most recent blood test.  Maybe
it's my imagination, my joints also seem to be smoother than before..

Anyway...try the supplements, if it works for you, you dont have to
rely on allopurinol.

T