wat food to eat when you have gout?

Question

I am trying to find out what kind of foods are good to eat to help your body if you havegout.

Answer 1

Diet not important: Diet has little effect no matter what others may say. If you control your uric acid level with Allopurinol then the risk of gout is minimal. Watch alcohol intake.

Answer 2

Eat for Gout: Your doctor should be able to give you the diet do's and dont's of gout. Must control uric acid to prevent further attacks with something like allopurinol.

Answer 3

Diet and gout: Tart cherry juice is effective; avoid organ meats; fatty meats and alcohol will aggravate gout. Avoid these. Also, drink at least 3 liters fluid per day - this may enhance uric acid excretion - and if you incline your diet successfully to mostly whole grain, fruit, and veggies, using egg white for protein, then your uric acid levels will come down.

Answer 4

Gout: Usually proteins such as red meats can make gout worse.

Answer 5

Yes: Excessive amounts of alcohol, meat, seafood, and high fructose corn syrup can predispose to gout. Overeating and obesity are also risk factors.

Answer 6

Yes: Foods high in purines like red meats, shell fish, dry beans, black eyed peas, beer and wine.

Answer 7

Diet and gout: Tart cherry juice is effective against gout; avoid organ meats; fatty meats and alcohol will aggravate gout. Avoid these. Also, drink at least 3 liters fluid per day - this may enhance uric acid excretion - and if you incline diet successfully to mostly whole grain, fruit, and veggies, using egg white for protein, then uric acid levels will come down.

Answer 8

Best proteins, carbs: To prevent gout recurrence, work toward ideal weight. And replace refined (white) carbs with complex carbs (whole grains/veggies). Stop sodas and drinks or foods with added fructose. Decrease beer (especially) and distilled alcohol (some wine ok). For protein decrease meat & others with saturated fats. Increase protein from low fat dairy and plant sources. For some people fatty meals cause flares.

Answer 9

See below: Good: fruit, vegetables, low fat dairy. Bad: beer, high fructose corn syrup, kidney, liver, brain, seafood, meat.

Answer 10

Gout and diet: Avoid meats and most importantly, avoid organ meats; fatty meats and alcohol are doubly potent against gout. Avoid these. Also, if you are able, drink at least 3 liters fluid per day - this may enhance uric acid excretion - and if you incline your diet successfully to mostly whole grain, fruit, and veggies, using egg white for protein, then your uric acid levels will come down even more

Answer 11

Uric Acid: Hard liquors, beers, shellfish and seafood, high protein items, such as meats, legumes such as beans and peas, some cheeses all should be limited or avoided. Many websites list comprehensive gout diets. Cherry juice reduces gout flares.

Answer 12

Sodium urate crystal: People with gout have an elevated uric acid and this can lead to the production of monosodium urate crystals that can precipitate in the tissues and in the joints and cause the gout attacks. In the susceptible individual alcohol, red meat can worsen this. Fortunately there are medications that can control and bring down the uric acid level and help prevent further attacks.

Answer 13

Uric acid: Uric acid causes gout. Tart cherry juice is effective against gout; meats raise uric acid; avoid organ meats; fatty meats and alcohol will aggravate gout. Avoid these. Also, drink at least 3 liters fluid per day - to enhance uric acid excretion - incline diet to mostly whole grain, fruit, and veggies, using egg white for protein, then uric acid levels will come down.

Answer 14

Gout and diet: Principally meats and most importantly, avoid organ meats; fatty meats and alcohol are doubly potent against gout. Avoid these. Also, if you are able, drink at least 3 liters fluid per day - this may enhance uric acid excretion - and if you incline your diet successfully to mostly whole grain, fruit, and veggies, using egg white for protein, then your uric acid levels will come down even more.

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