Question by ebay_rocks1057: What foods should a gout patient eat?
I was just diagnosed with gout today, and in my search for more information, I’m coming across lists of food that I shouldn’t eat. I’m looking for foods that I SHOULD eat, or are at least better to eat.
By the way…the whole gout thing? Not fun! My foot hurts!
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Answer by hecla 1
This diet will assist in eliminating any current attack or build up so that a more normal diet can slowly be reintroduced with success: Brown Rice, corn, boiled cabbage (small amounts), celery, carrots, baked sweet potatoes, onion, dates, fresh coconut, avocados, honey, raisins, sour dairy products (yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream), fresh chestnuts/ almonds (not cooked), fully ripened bananas (not green or brown), apples, pears, strawberries, cherries, oranges, kiwi, grapes, watermelon, lemon, lime, other melons, soy sauce (light use for flavor on rice), fresh unsweetened fruit juices (frozen or refrigerated-NO CRANBERRY), and baking potatoes (not white potatoes). It would be best to use a lot of sour cream on your baking potatoes. Please include some of these foods into your daily diet even after your attack/build up has subsided. If you are under an attack you must eat a full variety of these foods. For instance brown rice, fresh almonds, and corn provide all the protein and amino acids of a piece of meat when eaten together but without the purines.
Weight loss can cause an increase in uric acid production and retention.
Be sure to keep your caloric intake up and eat enough of the healing foods to prevent any weight loss during an attack. Any weight loss will cause the attack to get worse.
Maintaining weight by keeping caloric intake up to an amount that stops all weight loss is very important, anything less than 1500/2000 calories a day can make your attack worse
http://www.goutcure.com/goutcure8.html
Eat more blueberries and cherries, because they’re rich in substances that counteract purines, which cause gout, says Julian Whitaker, M.D., founder and president of the Whitaker Wellness Center in Newport Beach, California. He says that some gout patients report finding relief by eating from a handful to up to ½ pound of cherries each day. He also advises people with gout to avoid anchovies, asparagus, mushrooms and organ meats such as liver and kidney, since they’re high in purines.
http://www.mothernature.com/library/bookshelf/books/21/117.cfm
http://www.wholehealthmd.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=Healing+Kitchen&type=AWHN_FoodRemedies&mod=Food+Remedies&tier=2&id=05B6D9420C814EECBFF7121ED38ECC5F
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I just read yesterday that drinking a lot of regular soft drinks
(not diet ones) can bring on an attack of gout as well.
doesn’t answer your question, but good info to know.
My hubby used to have problems with gout occasioally
(his ankles would swell up and look like Fred Flintstone’s
ankles!) but we never really knew why. He LOVED
Mountain Dew though, so maybe that was it.
Comment by beachgirl — November 7, 2010 @ 7:05 pm
Gout is a problem where uric acid crystals form and deposit in a painful way. Basically to get rid of a uric acid problem you have to make your body more alkaline because your PH balance is off. Think green. First you get rid of all the stuff you shouldn’t eat. Drink lots and lots of water (filtered if possible and depending on where you live). Limit the animal protein that you eat. Animal protein includes dairy as well. Add lots of high fiber foods as you can tolerate. Lentils and beans are really good for this. (be patient, it takes a couple of weeks for your body to adjust to such a change and people often have gas the first two weeks). And lots of green foods. A Chlorophyll supplement is good for this and a good boost. This is important too to make this change because too much uric acid can cause kidney stones which are not pleasant. Also the fact that your PH is off can set off all sorts of other neurological, digestive, and metabolic stuff. So think of the pain in your foot as a good thing. Your body is talking to you. Now it’s time to listen.
Comment by Jacqueline B — November 7, 2010 @ 7:56 pm
Reduce full cream dairy product intake..
try the following:
Flax Seeds
Olive oil
Tofu
Nuts
Avocados
In your foods certainly helps and these are excellent sources of unsaturated fats. Some fatty fish, flax seed oil, nuts and seeds have rich essential fatty acids,which help with symptoms as they have anti-inflammatory properties.
Moderate amounts of protein a day (no more than 3 to 4 ounces of meatat the most.)
Replacing meat with soy is suggested, coupled with a low fat diet.
Foods high in Bromelain (pineapple enzyme) and vitamin C are beneficial. Celery and black cherries both help in reduction of uric acid levels.
Limit fats by a lean meat diet, skinless poultry. Keep away from deep fried food and desserts that are high in fat.
If you are going to eat oatmeal limit it to 2/3’s of a cupraw, limit wheat bran to 1/4 cup raw daily and the same for wheat germ.
1/2 a cup or Asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, mushrooms, green peas daily.
Foods high in potassium, and flavonoids such as quercetin.
A great prevention method is lots of SEX, as sexual activities reduce uric acid in fertile men. (A friendly statistic)
Lemon juice
Baking soda (helps alkalise the body)
go to my website Gout Aware for lots of free Gout information
Comment by Peter — November 7, 2010 @ 7:57 pm