| A so-called uric acid diet is a low purine diet that | | | | vegetables, but not cauliflower, spinach or asparagus. |
| avoids gout causing foods. Here, you'll find the foods to | | | | High vitamin C foods; red bell peppers, red cabbage, |
| avoid with gout and the foods to eat as part of a uric | | | | potatoes, oranges, mandarins, etc. |
| acid diet. | | | | Low-fat dairy foods; cheese, milk (not soya), yoghurt, |
| The term 'uric acid diet' is really incorrect. What is really | | | | etc. |
| meant is a diet that helps to reduce the uric acid levels | | | | Complex carbohydrates; rice, pasta, cereals, breads |
| in your blood. And you need to lower and maintain | | | | (not white flour), vegetables and fruit, etc. |
| them at these healthy levels simply because high uric | | | | Essential fatty acids; seeds, nuts, flaxseeds, tuna, etc. |
| acid levels can lead to the formation of urate crystals | | | | FOODS TO AVOID WITH GOUT |
| in your joint(s) that cause the symptoms of gout. | | | | You should avoid those foods that are high or very |
| Uric acid is formed out of the breakdown of important | | | | high in purines. So you need to avoid:- |
| chemical compounds in your body called purines. Your | | | | Fatty red meat; steaks, roasts, burgers, etc. |
| kidneys normally process the acid and excrete excess | | | | Game; venison, squirrel, pheasant, grouse, etc. |
| out of your body, leaving relatively low levels in your | | | | Poultry; turkey, duck, etc. |
| blood. Occasionally, for a number of reasons, they fail | | | | Offal meat; liver, kidneys, heart, etc. |
| to do this and you end up with higher-than-normal acid | | | | Certain fish; e.g. mackerel, herring, anchovies, sardines, |
| levels that can lead to crystals in your joints and so | | | | etc. |
| excruciating gout. | | | | Shellfish; shrimp, prawns, scallops, mussels, etc. |
| But here's the problem, purines also exist in foods at a | | | | Dried legumes. |
| range of concentrations, from relatively low to very | | | | Yeast and yeast products. |
| high purine levels. So, if you suffer from gout, you need | | | | Alcohol, particularly beer. |
| to seriously address your diet if you want to lower | | | | Now, whilst your 'uric acid diet' is a solid base to help |
| your uric acid and maintain it healthier lower levels. | | | | you control your gout, there are many other issues |
| Basically, you need to avoid foods that are high in | | | | that can affect the likelihood of you having more gout |
| purines, and, eat a diet of foods that have relatively | | | | attacks. These are things like your weight position, any |
| low purine concentrations... | | | | meds that you are taking, any existing medical |
| YOUR URIC ACID DIET | | | | conditions, your family history, your lifestyle, etc. |
| Here are relatively low purine foods that you can eat | | | | And you don't want to be having multiple gout attacks |
| as part of an excellent gout diet:- | | | | because of the potential dangers of permanent joint |
| Vegetables; cabbage, parsley, kale, green-leaf | | | | damage and kidney problems over time. |