Iron homoeostasis in rheumatic disease

More research on the gout and iron problem.
GoutPal latest is at Alternative Treatment For Gout – Blood Letting.
Gout research from Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009 Jul 23.
[Epub ahead of print]
Iron homoeostasis in rheumatic disease.
Baker JF, Ghio AJ.
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of [...]

Iron Regulates Xanthine Oxidase

Gout Research from
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2002 Sep;283(3):L563-72.
Iron regulates xanthine oxidase activity in the lung.
Ghio AJ, Kennedy TP, Stonehuerner J, Carter JD, Skinner KA, Parks DA, Hoidal JR.
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle [...]

Gout And Anthocyanins

Cherries are well known for helping gout sufferers.
May be due to anthocyanins, which are compounds that add colour to many fruit and veg.
Black bean broth seems to have similar effect and also rich in anthocyanins.
Some related research follows. This is not specifically about gout and anthocyanins because there appears to be no relation between anthocyanins [...]

Uric Acid & Iron

Uric Acid Research
The association between serum ferritin and uric acid in humans.
Ghio AJ, Ford ES, Kennedy TP, Hoidal JR.
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
OBJECTIVE: Urate forms a coordination [...]

Gout Relief From Induced Near-Iron-Deficiency

Gout clinical trial research.
This research is now published on my main gout website as:
Alternative Treatment For Gout – Blood Letting
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2003 Dec;42(12):1550-5. Epub 2003 Jun 27.
Near-iron deficiency-induced remission of gouty arthritis.
Facchini FS.
Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and University of California [...]

High Iron Food May Be Bad For Gout

These foods contain 10mg or more Iron per 100g food. Iron has been linked with gout. Specifically, shortage of iron has been shown to reduce gout.
# (123.6mg) Spices, thyme, dried
# (97.86mg) Spices, parsley, dried
# (87.47mg) Spearmint, dried, mint
# (82.71mg) Spices, marjoram, dried
# (72.35mg) Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)
# (67.67mg) Cereals ready-to-eat, Ralston Enriched Bran [...]

Low Iron Food For Gout

This may be more reliable than the Zero Iron Food For Gout in my previous post, as these foods have been measured and found to have small quantities of iron.
See the gout and iron discussion for why this might be important.
Figures in brackets are the amount of iron per 100g of food.
# (0.19mg) Cheese, pasteurized [...]

Zero Iron Food For Gout

Following the discussion about gout and iron, here is a list of foods reported to have no iron content.
Be careful, as I suspect some of these, e.g. the soups are not zero iron, but simply have not had the iron content reported. I need to see if there is an easy way to filter these [...]