<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/38714c25-c907-4a90-999d-27ea4328321c/04275440-3579-4331-85F7-1475274861FA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.webmd.com/news/20091019/fighting-gout-with-skim-milk-and-water" href="http://www.webmd.com/news/20091019/fighting-gout-with-skim-milk-and-water" style="font-size: 11px;">www.webmd.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/news/20091019/fighting-gout-with-skim-milk-and-water">There's a new reason to drink plenty of water and skim milk: Both may help to prevent painful <A path="/webmdhttp://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/gout-topic-overview" object_type="" keywordsetid="5302" keywordid="20687" href="http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/gout-topic-overview" externalid="091e9c5e8001dfe8" directive="friendlyurl" crosslinkid="24920" chronic_id="">gout</A> attacks, new studies show.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/news/20091019/fighting-gout-with-skim-milk-and-water"><P xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan">"With gout, we spend a lot of time telling patients what they can't do -- to avoid beer and red meat, for example," says University of Auckland rheumatologist Nicola Dalbeth, MD, who headed the milk study.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/news/20091019/fighting-gout-with-skim-milk-and-water"><P>Gout, a type of <A path="/webmdhttp://arthritis.webmd.com/default.htm" object_type="" keywordsetid="4423" keywordid="16568" href="http://arthritis.webmd.com/default.htm" externalid="091e9c5e80034dea" directive="friendlyurl" crosslinkid="523" chronic_id="">arthritis</A> that occurs most frequently in <A path="/webmdhttp://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-obesity" object_type="" keywordsetid="6016" keywordid="27560" href="http://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-obesity" externalid="091e9c5e80008af3" directive="friendlyurl" crosslinkid="29521" chronic_id="">overweight</A>, middle-aged men, is caused by the buildup of uric acid and needle-like crystals in the joints.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/news/20091019/fighting-gout-with-skim-milk-and-water"><P>While there is certainly a genetic link to the disease, there is no question that lifestyle is a key contributing factor.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/news/20091019/fighting-gout-with-skim-milk-and-water"><P>One recently identified trigger for the painful attacks is <A path="/webmdhttp://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/dehydration-adults" object_type="" keywordsetid="7052" keywordid="26892" href="http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/dehydration-adults" externalid="091e9c5e8000b073" directive="friendlyurl" crosslinkid="900" chronic_id="">dehydration</A>. 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