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• 1MachineElf 6y ago
  If you're lucky enough to live near a metropolitan area, then you might have a Russian market. I'd recommend going to one and getting one of the small packages of herring. There usually have whole fillets preserved in what amounts to vegetable/sunflower oil and salt. No sugar added. The flavor of this herring is more pure, and reminds me more of what it's like to get it fresh from a vendor in Holland. It might just be the diabetic predisposition I have due to family members having it, but the idea of herring preserved with sugar like you see with jarred variety, is of off-putting to me.
• justinator 6y ago
  Technically, I don't think it's correct to say that purines cause gout; but that the inability to break down purines causes gout. What's the root cause of that? Kidney dysfunction, and a history of bad diet, bad exercise habits. It could very well be that switching to a better diet that includes foods like sardines is beneficial and even a net positive to someone who is susceptible to gout even though sardines have higher levels of purines than other foods. I never knew I'd like - or even crave canned herring but I have to say: it's absolutely delicious. Because of the essentially destruction and collapse of the ocean's fisheries, the majority of fish I eat these days is just canned sardines. Compared to say wild caught tuna, they're pretty sustainable (although again: the details are complicated).