So you can't eat any beef ever?!?!?!
Gout is a condition that is from an acid build up. Redmeat is a contributer to this acid build up. As are many other foods, mushrooms, califlower, lentils, tomatoes, shell fish, and a host of others. Booze, beer, wine, hard stuff, it all contributes to the build up. Eating/drinking these foods cause a build up of the acid over time. The acid builds up in the joints (toes, heels, hands, elboes, knees, etc) the acid is crystal like. It causes inflamation in the joint.
The joint once inflamed is super sensitive to touch. The best example I can come up with to get my point across is, YOU DO NOT WANT A SHEET TOUCHING YOUR FOOT.
Think of dropping a cinder block on your foot. You get the instant pain, you get the pain that is there 30 seconds after the cinder brick made contact. It hurts, it throbs, it is constant pain. You can`t walk on your foot (knee guys, I am so sorry). You have to ebdure the pain to go potty, standing or sitting. It just hurts.
Then, if you have the wife unit, kids, dogs, and someone or something steps on or bumps into your foot it can be a crying pain. OHHHH, the big one, YOU bumping your toe or foot into the table, sofa, door, w-unit, crumbsnatchers, wall, shoe,
lease:, get the point.
It ain`t fun. I ate lots and lots of ibufrofin, 800mg at a time, every four hours trying to relieve the pain.