Eating cherries lowers risk of gout attacks by 35 percent

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/w-ecl092612.php

Public release date: 28-Sep-2012
Contact: Dawn Peters
Wiley

A new study found that patients with gout who consumed cherries over a two-day period showed a 35% lower risk of gout attacks compared to those who did not eat the fruit. Findings from this case-crossover study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), also suggest that risk of gout flares was 75% lower when cherry intake was combined with the uric-acid reducing drug, allopurinol, than in periods without exposure to cherries or treatment.