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Released: 03:08 GMT, 25 September 2012

Gout is much more common when you are getting older and it is three-to-four occasions much more likely in males

Eating cherries can prevent gout attacks in individuals with the condition by greater than a third, research shows.

Researchers observed 633 gout patients for any year and located that cherry consumption over two-day periods affected the probability of attacks.

Patients who ate as much as three portions of fresh cherries or who ate cherry extract were 35% less in danger than individuals who prevented cherries. An amount was understood to be half-cupful, or ten to twelve cherries.

Previous research has recommended that chemicals within the fruit reduce bloodstream amounts of the crystals.

Gout is a kind of joint disease triggered by the crystals crystallising within the joints, leading to excruciating discomfort and swelling. The joint from the great toe is generally affected, however it can be cultivated in almost any joint.

When cherry intake was combined with the crystals-lowering drug allopurinol, gout flare-ups were reduced by 75 percent in comparison with getting no exposure with the idea to the drug or cherries. The research was reported within the journal Joint disease & Rheumatism.

Lead investigator Professor Yuqing Zhang, from Boston College in america, stated: 'Our findings indicate that consuming cherries or cherry extract reduces the chance of gout attack. The gout-flare risk ongoing to lower with growing cherry consumption, as much as three portions over 2 days.A

Consuming more than three portions of cherries didn't have further benefit.

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Professor Alan Silman, medical director of Joint disease Research United kingdom, stated: 'It continues to be thought for a while that some fruits, particularly cherries, might have benefits for illnesses for example gout and rheumatoid arthritis symptoms that are characterised by chronic inflammation.

'It continues to be recommended that antioxidant compounds present in cherries might be natural inhibitors of enzymes that are specific by common anti-inflammatory medicines for example ibuprofen.

'This study provides good evidence to point out that cherry intake, coupled with traditional the crystals-reducing drugs, can considerably prevent painful gout attacks.

'Eating cherries, actually, isn't different to taking ibuprofen every day.

'However, we'd want to see additional clinical tests to help investigate and supply confirmation of the effect.'

Gout is much more common when you are getting older and it is three-to-four occasions much more likely in males. Weight problems, binge consuming and diabetes are major risks.

It's believed that, overall, one in 70 of United kingdom grown ups have gout, with one out of 14 older males struggling with the problem.