No problem. Your doc may have been referring to those with more frequent occurrences and, in those cases, most folks need meds to prevent flares. Diet alone becomes less of a benefit. That makes perfect sense.
some folks are very sensitive to diet changes. I have a guy that comes to mind. If he even thinks about eating steak he gets a flare. Booze is a relatively consistent trigger as well.
Point being, that some folks like yourself have no dietary 'influence' at all. Others, are very sensitive and there are 'classic' triggers for most of them. Most are somewhere in between where only the most gluttonous eating/drinking would trigger their gout.