| Gout pain is not only agonizing, but it can cause you | | | | personal experience. Try to only eat in small amounts. |
| other grief as well. From missing work to not being | | | | 3. Crab. My wife loves crab, and I have only eaten it |
| able to play with your kids or even going on a nice | | | | once. It was in Virginia and it was quite delicious. |
| walk, it can be aggravating. So what can you do? | | | | However, this is a food you should also consider eating |
| Seeing how gout is mostly caused by poor dietary | | | | in moderation or not at all. Crab is quite high in purine |
| choices, you can avoid eating gout causing foods. Here | | | | count and will surely increase your uric acid levels. |
| are five foods you should seriously consider either | | | | 4. Venison. One of the worst gout attacks I ever had |
| avoiding or eating only on rare occasions. | | | | was due to venison. It lasted one month long. It took a |
| 1. Organ Meat. While I personally do not like foods such | | | | steroid shot to finally get rid of it. At the time of my |
| as liver or heart, many people do. This may be fine if | | | | attack I was actually trying hard to avoid getting an |
| you don't have gout, but if you do this is asking for | | | | attack, but sadly I was unaware of venison's high |
| disaster. Organ meat is much higher in purine content | | | | purine content. Don't make the same mistake I made. If |
| than muscle meats such as tenderloin. Also, be careful | | | | you like to hunt and have gout, unfortunately, most |
| when choosing foods such as hot dogs or sausage | | | | game food is also high in purines. Avoid them, |
| because they are often filled with filler, in other words, | | | | especially venison, at all costs. |
| ground up organ meat. | | | | 5. Turkey. Turkey tends to be person specific as are |
| 2. Peanuts. While peanuts have a moderate amount of | | | | most of these foods. I have friends with gout who |
| purines, they still can cause gout. If you ate peanuts in | | | | never get attacks with turkey and they eat it often. I |
| a small limited amount you would probably be okay, but | | | | am not so lucky. I can eat a small meal of them, but |
| the temptation is to eat a large amount of them to | | | | forget the leftovers or a gouty episode is surely a |
| satisfy our hunger because they are small and this can | | | | couple days down the road. |
| add up and lead to an attack. I can attest to this from | | | | |