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If tart cherry juice is good for gout then would hard tart cherry cider be a choice to drink rather than take up drinking beer again. ?? red wine ??

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Dr. Ronald Krauser
A Verified Doctoranswered
Rheumatology 54 years experience
No: Alcohol in any form is a common cause of gout. If you have gout you need to be on allopurinol to normalize the serum uric acid and prevent future attacks.
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