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Gout is a form of arthritis usually occurring in the cooler extremities of the body, like feet or toes. It results from excessive uric acid in the bloodstream which leaves needle-like crystal deposits in the joints causing redness, swelling and extreme pain.
Normally the uric acid dissolves in the blood stream but there is a problem if:
- there is an increase in uric acid production.
- the kidneys are not functioning sufficiently to eliminate uric acid.
- there is an increased consumption of foods containing purines. Purine is a chemical found in certain foods that forms uric acid when broken down in the body.
Gout Diet and Nutrition
As Gout seems to be more prevalent in overweight people it is important to maintain a healthy body weight. Also extra fluid can help flush uric acid crystals out, but alcohol should be avoided. As well as prescribed medications it can be helpful to follow a low purine diet, avoiding foods that are high in purine and eating low purine foods moderately.
High Purine Foods - Avoid
Foods to Avoid
Beer, anchovies, organ meat (brains, kidney, liver, sweetbreads), game meats, gravies, yeast, meat extracts, sardines, herring, mackerel, scallops.
Medium Purine Foods - Eat in Moderation
Fresh and saltwater fish, shellfish, eel, meat, poultry, meat soups and broth, asparagus , mushrooms, cauliflower, spinach, legumes, oatmeal, bran, wheat germ, whole-grain breads and cereals, eggs.
Low Purine Foods - No Restriction
Breads and cereals (low-fiber, white flour, or refined grain types), nuts, peanut butter. Vegetables not high in purines, soups - cream style or vegetable without meat extract, coffee, tea, fruit juices, soft drinks, gelatin, sugar, low fat cheeses.
Gout Diet - Foods That May Help
Some people have found cherry juice or strawberries helpful. Some chemicals contained in dark berries may help reduce the inflammation and lower the uric acid.
Oily fish like salmon, or fatty acids in flax seed or olive oil or nuts may reduce inflammation too.
It has been suggested that using tofu (from soybeans) instead of meat could also be helpful.
A balanced diet for gout sufferers includes foods that are high in complex carbohydrates, low in protein and low in fat.
The only thing I found to have worked when an inflammation occurs is cherry juice concentrate. Indocin used to help, but I went back to the liquids. Although I still had to let the gout work its way out, drinking nothing but the cherry juice concentrate and eating oranges for 2-3 days prevented the unbearable pain…good luck
After trawling the net, it all comes back to cherries, so this does seem to be the way to go, and by the way, its not funny and really is painfull !
Help. My foot swells up so badly. I was told ICE was not a good treatment. Is there any treatment to ease the pain or swelling while the medicine takes effect?
jgenoni@priory.org
I just want to know what I can eat, I just found out I have gout..
It’s frustrating to try to find information on other good foods to eat besides cherries and most links leads to a site trying to sell you something instead of providing help.
I need a gout diet but also im a renal pacient,so it has to have low sodioum and not much potassium?
gout sufferer,
what some webs believe peanuts are low in purine some say eliminate it completely. this is just one eg. many contradictory statements in this field of gout.
my suggestions are borne out of experince only. i noticed that freshly harvested peanuts are ok. but those sold commercialy are not. soy is high protien too so i try to avoid it. try to drink water more to help the kidneys.
The cherry juice and vitamin C work. You have to be consistant.
Ice does help numb the area but you have go through the pain of getting there.
Heet Arthritis will provide instant relief. Water water and more distilled water will help flush out your system if you just have to have a few quality yeast bearing BEER. My grandpa and I have had amazing results with the Ionic Foot bath. Some studies have been done on what heavy metals are contained with or without feet in the bath and the results have been negligible but i have not seen anything about the uric acid content or how it works for gout but I got a free session from a woman starting a alternative health clinic and after the session I spent a month trying everything i could to bring on an attack (like drinking Guinness and Chinese Food) but with no signs at all not even stiffness. You don’t have to drink tons of water either. See if you can find a free session to see if you can experience the same relief.
the pain is unbearable right now. a couple of jr. whoppers and bang
My father suffered from gout but hes getting better results through using safe and natural methods of treating gout. http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-get-rid-out-gout
Gout symptoms started in my twenties. It has since gotten worst by time to the point of having two attacks weekly with lot of pain. At 46, I stopped the red meat, and until this date (11 years later) I had very mild cases of gout on three or four occasions only. I am now getting out of a gout attack that I describe as “medium”.
Up until now, eliminating red meat from my diet has been enough to take care of my gout. Now I will try and keep my alcohol consumption to a minimum. I will also try the cherry juice everyone is recommending.
like someone said before I’m looking for a diet that shows what you can and cannot eat when you have gout.They send you to a web page then you have to pay for the information. Is there a web page that I can go too that i can get information and not have to pay. http://www.659@yahoo.com
The only thing that helped me when suffering through a year of pain in right toe joint that would move to left thumb joint and wrist, and then produce a blister point like a splinter on the end of my thumb somewhere,(my M.D. finally diagnosed “A-Typical Gout”) was the cherry juice also- if I was diligent, I could keep the excrutiating pain out of my thumb at least…then I got a hold of a book called “The Divided Mind - the epidemic of somato-emotional pain”, by Dr. John E. Sarno, an M.D. since 1950.
This book is a must read for anyone seeking to understand their body/mind and regain control of their lives again, and be pain free! I have had 2 bottles of cherry juice sitting in my fridge for nearly a year now. Guess I should pitch them, huh.