I will never be a strict vegan, ( no slight intended.) I am trying to eliminate animal proteins in my diet for medical reasons. Purine content to be exact. My body does not seem to metabolize it very well. I just am having trouble finding a diet plan to meet what I need. I am diabetic, with high blood pressure, severe gout and kidney stones among other problems. jimminy crickets this gets depressing!!!
Ha Ha Ha, thanks for the kick in the pants over being lazy. I always look for the easy way around. I have looked for somethings om the internet but it seems that what a diet for lowering uric acid calls to avoid, a iet for diabetes says I should be eating, Whole wheat for example and various legumes.

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We all here about the obesity epidemic, and that there is related increase of diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. What about gout and kidney stones, is that occuring with more frequency as well? Anyone know the statistics on this?

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How much are we spending on healthcare to treat diet-caused illnesses?

From the book Eat To Live by Joel Furhmen, MD:

.."People are completely unaware that most illnesses are self-induced and can be reversed with aggressive nutritional methods. …The medical-pharmaceutical business has encouraged people to believe that health problems are hereditary and that we need to swallow poisons to defeat our genes. This is almost always untrue.

"…My clinical experience over the past ten years has shown me that almost all the major illnesses that plaque Americans are reversible with aggressive nutritional changes designed to undo the damage caused by years of eating a disease-causing diet. ….These conditions…can be effectively prevented or treated through superior nutrition. As their medical problems gradually melt away, patients can be slowly weaned off the medications they have been prescribed."

"Dietary-Caused Illnesses with High Prevalence":

–acne
–appendicitis
–atherosclerosis
–diabetes (adult)
–fibromyalgia
–gout
–high blood pressure
–irritable bowel syndrome
–macular degeneration
–sexual dysfunction
–allergies
–asthma
–constipation
–diverticulosis
–gallstones
–headaches
–hypoglemic symptoms
–kidney stones
–musculoskelatal pain
–stroke
–angina
–arthritis
–colonic polyps
–esophagitis
–gastritis
–indigestion
–lumbar spine syndromes
–osteoperosis
–uterine fibroids

"Not only are common disorders such as asthma associated with increased body weight and our disease-causing diet, but in my experience these diseases are also curable with superior nutrition in the majority of cases. Asthma is an exampleof a disease considered irreversable that I watch resolve regularly. My patients routinely make complete and *predictable* recovery from these illnesses, predominantly through aggressive dietary changes. …Diseases that are considered irreversible I see reversed on a daily basis."

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