Saturday Night Sushi

Here we are Sunday afternoon. My son reported his mission today in church and we had family and friends over. I cooked pancakes, eggs, bacon, and sausage for about 3 hours, it was great. I love to cook for friends and family. We went through 41/2 dozen eggs, 5 batches of pancakes, 3 lbs sausage, 5 packages of bacon, and almost 2 gallons of milk. We all had a great time and it is good to have him home.

Anyway, Saturday night my nephew and his wife came up to spend the night. He served a mission in Japan and acquired a taste for sushi, so he and his wife wanted to try a local Japanese restaurant named "Happy Sushi". After I finished with some projects that night my wife, my son and I, and he and his wife went to the "Happy Sushi". My nephew ordered two roles one a Mexican role filled with cream cheese and the other a spicy tuna role, We also ordered several dinner box specials 2 Teriyaki Salomon, and a Teriyaki Beef. The food is excellent so if you are in Logan, UT and are looking for a great lunch or dinner try the "Happy Sushi" check out the reviews at this link reviews.

Now back to the gout, we ate Sushi on Saturday night and on Sunday morning I had only a trace of gout in my left toe. So I believe I dodged the bullet that time.

Well this entry turned out to more of a restaurant review rather than a story about gout, but sometimes that is just the way it turns out.

Stay gout free!

Purines, How do they affect us?

I have been doing some more reading on gout and its causes. We know that high purine foods can bring on a gout attack but are there other factors that are involved? As I've read in Gout Pal "The traditional view is, all high purine foods are foods that cause gout. However, research shows that the relationship between food and gout is more complicated... A recent study shows that only meat and fish purines are significant in gout attacks and eating dairy foods can reduce the risk..." If you are interested in lowering the purines in your diet check out the link, low purine diet.

The human body is a complicated machine and one combination of foods may work for some people, and other people, that same combination may cause problems. There are some factors that are constant two of those constants are high purine foods increase the risk for gout attacks as well as being over weight. The latter is my challenge, I'm significantly over weight and this is a problem for gout as well as may other health problems.

I've been toying with the idea of starting a 2nd blog on weight loss and even go as far as to track my own weight loss or gain as the case may be. I would include my diet and exercise schedule. I think this may help me be more accountable to keep my activities consistent.

Well I'll sign off for now.

My missionary son returns home

Today I break from my usual topic of gout and men's health. My youngest son has been serving a mission for the LDS church in the Utica, New York mission. He has been gone for two years, we have had limited contact with him.

When a young man serves a mission for the LDS church they can email back and forth once a week and can call home on Mothers Day and Christmas. A mission is usually a great experience and provides a period of great personal growth for the young man. The higher aspect of a mission is to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to others.

Because of the requirement to go out each day and meet new people a young man learns to conquer his fear of talking to people he doesn't know, any way to get to the point we pick my son up at the airport tomorrow night. He should be released from his mission Friday. It will be a huge change from his activities from the last two years.

So wish us luck in his transition back into a life out of the mission field.

Just a little gout research

Just doing a little research on gout and thought I'd share several web sites with you. I came across a site that talks about Colchicne gout treatment - gout pain relief. The site is "Best-Gout- Remadies.com" This site gives a little history of colchicne it's side effects, what it's made from, and dosage. This site is an excellent source for information on gout.

I have heard a lot lately that vitamin C will help with gout. What I found is that vitamin C can help but it's important that you use it properly. The link "Vitamin C for gout" may help in deciding if it will work for you and how to use it to get the maximum benefit.

Did you know that gout has a negative effect on the heart? In fact just behind smoking, and a family history of heart disease, gout is the third highest risk factor for heart attacks in men. The link ArthritiseToday.org will give you more detailed information on the risk factors of gout. The best thing we can do for gout is one thing that I find the hardest, that is to get down to your ideal weight and stay there.

Good luck with your fight against gout.

A blog that I like to read

Here is a blog that's a great blog for information on gout some remedies and helps. Take a look at Gout Chronicles. Just click on the link and read this awesome blog.

The Echo- Cardiogram results

Here it is the 1st day of February the echo was completed and the call from the doctors office came reporting the results. The results were ass follows all things looked within normal parameters. So I guess I'll just keep going and as long ass I don't miss my medications my heart doesn't bother me too much.

The diabetes is under control and the gout has not been back for a while now. All in all things are doing OK. The only thing I need to do now is loose weight and then I think my health would improve much much more. Maybe I should start another blog on weight loss and track My progress through that blog. It might give me more incentive if I had to report my results each week. Well that's something to think about.

Let me know how your doing and any home remades you have for the health problems you experience.