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To: ballsschweaty who wrote (68481)	9/3/2007 2:52:44 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

Although your comments are true in many cases, there are underlying genetic traits which cause problems such as kidney stones and gout even with strict diets. Like many in my family my genetics create elevated uric acid levels. While this can be partially normalized with a reduced purine diet, this still leaves an elevated level of uric acid which can lead to long term kidney damage. Taking allopurinol fully normalizes uric acid levels. If allopurinol didn't exist, you'd rely exclusively on a low-purine diet and hope for the best. But we have better alternatives available, unless you're a Luddite. .