What not to eat with gout

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

When treating a disease such as gout, it is not medication that plays an important role, but proper nutrition. The fact is that the disease develops due to the fact that salts accumulate in the body, they are gradually deposited in the joints, thereby disrupting the work of the limbs, as well as causing severe bouts of pain.

Doctors have not yet found a cure that would help completely cure the disease, but if you adhere to the basic rules of nutrition, you can eliminate the symptoms of gout and reduce the number of attacks of the disease. We will describe a list of those foods that should not be eaten with gout, so that the patient can independently compose a complete menu for his diet.

Symptoms usually become more pronounced after the patient eats a large amount of food. Also, exacerbations occur with the abuse of alcoholic beverages, too sweet and salty foods, and fried foods. There is a list of what is best not to use in food with such an ailment in order to speed up the process of excretion of salts, and also not to provoke the deposition of new ones. With strict adherence to the diet, you can get rid of acute attacks of gout in just two weeks.

What foods harm the body

There is a whole list of foods that will have to be excluded from the diet. We will describe what you can not eat with gout in as much detail as possible so that the patient completely excludes these foods from his diet.

Products that are unacceptable to use for cooking, even in rare cases:

• smoked types of meat and fish (meat can only be used boiled);
• salt in any amount;
• peas and beans, as well as other types of legumes (they contain a large amount of vegetable protein, and it is very rich in purines);
• coffee and coffee drinks;
• seafood containing spices and herbs;
• all types of mushrooms;
• soups with the addition of meat, as well as steep meat broths;
• any kind of chocolate;
• alcoholic beverages;
• canned foods;
• salted fish caviar;
• completely excludes ketchup and mayonnaise, as well as other fatty sauces;
• foods that contain a large amount of carbohydrates (this includes baked goods, ice cream and various desserts);
• all types of cheese that are saturated with fats or contain salt;
• various fruits, these include persimmons and figs, you will have to give up grapes and raspberries.

If the patient has an exacerbation of gout, he should find out in more detail what should not be eaten with gout, and also determine the list of permitted foods. During the week, you will have to follow a diet:

• in the first three days, various cereals prepared on the basis of water, as well as mashed potatoes from boiled vegetables and fresh fruits should be included in the diet;
• on the fourth day, cottage cheese with a low percentage of fat content, as well as skim milk and kefir, are introduced into the patient's menu.

With such nutrition, crystals in the urine gradually dissolve, which helps to significantly improve the patient's condition.

Basic rules of dietary nutrition

Gout sufferers should correctly make a list of permitted foods, and also know exactly what to eat when they are ill. Diet is an integral part of treatment, only if you exclude all foods that harm the body, you can avoid an exacerbation of the disease.

The basic rules of dietary nutrition include:

1. You should eat regularly, overeat and stay hungry, it is better to divide the daily food intake into six meals.
2. If the patient is overweight, this will affect the work of the joints, since the load on them increases. For this reason, dietary nutrition is simply necessary to normalize the patient's weight. But it is necessary to track the result of losing weight, in a month you can lose no more than two kilograms of weight.
3. During the period of remission, the patient can drink about two liters of medicinal mineral water per day. When an exacerbation occurs, the amount of fluid is increased to three liters. But it should be borne in mind that the rule can be observed only with the full functioning of the kidneys. Mineral water is used for drinking, as it contains alkali, which removes excess salts from the body.
4. The patient should exclude from the diet as much as possible foods that contain salt. It is additionally recommended to limit the use of animal products.
5. If you follow a diet, doctors recommend doing fasting days, one day in seven days will be enough. Arrange a fasting day on one of the selected products, it can be any fruit.

An exacerbation occurs when the patient drinks alcohol. Even one glass of this drink can provoke a recurrence of gout.

Foods approved for patient nutrition

These products do not contain purines and harmful salts, so they do not have any harmful effects on the body. The patient will have to take into account that his menu will be vegetarian, since meat will have to be completely excluded. Relaxation is possible, but only in rare cases.

List of permitted foods that can be used in the patient's menu:

• any types of bread, but rye and with the addition of bran is especially useful;
• skim cheese;
• soy-based products;
• vegetable-based soups, you can add cereals and pasta to them;
• use marmalade and marshmallow in a minimum amount;
• healthy seafood without salt and additives;
• fresh vegetable salads seasoned with vegetable oil;
• twice a week include a turkey or rabbit in the diet, you can have a little chicken breast;
• eat no more than one chicken egg per day;
• any kind of dairy products, whole milk;
• citrus fruit;
• porridge on the water, such as buckwheat and millet;
• various types of greenery.

We'll have to limit the amount of green apples, stewed fruit and tea with milk. You can add a little citric acid and cinnamon to your dishes. Various pasta are very useful for this ailment.