I have heard certain food can increase your risk for gout.

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

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

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

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.