Diet for Gout – Effective Diet for Gout
An effective diet for gout is an absolute must in treating and controlling your gout. And an effective diet for gout must be low in ‘purines’. This short article lists foods that have low purine levels so that you may safely use them in your gout diet. It also lists those foods that you must eliminate from your diet.
First though let’s look at what causes gout and the part that purines play. Let’s work backwards: The inflammation, redness, swelling and excruciating pain that you get when you have a gout attack are caused by needle-like crystals lodged in your joints and tendons. These crystals are formed out of excess / too much uric acid in your bloodstream.
uric acid is naturally formed when purines in your food and in the cells of your body are broken down as part of your normal body processes. Under normal conditions your kidneys control the levels of uric acid in your bloodstream and maintains these levels in a healthy, balanced state.
But for a variety of reasons, such as kidney problems, illness, medical conditions, medications, weight, lifestyle, diet, etc., the kidneys can’t maintain normal healthy levels of uric acid, with the result that you have too much uric acid in your bloodstream.
So you can see that there is a correlation between high levels of purines and gout. It thus follows that any effective diet for gout must consist of foods that are low in purines.
Here is a list of foods that go to make an effective gout diet…
Fruit & berries (especially cherries), tomatoes, celery, vegetables (not asparagus or cauliflower), foods high in vitamin C, low fat dairies, bread (avoid white flour products), cereals, tuna, salmon. Also drink lots of water (80 ounces per day).
Foods to avoid in your gout diet are; red meat, offal, mincemeat, shellfish, herring, mackerel, sardines, asparagus, cauliflower, white flour products, yeast, yeast extract.
Of necessity the list of foods above to make an effective diet for gout and the foods to avoid are summarized. In addition, gout is a rather complex subject and important as diet is there are many other issues that impact your gout and your ability to overcome it and prevent it recurring. And if you’re suffering severe gout pains right now, the above diet for gout won’t give you relief nearly fast enough.
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Jon Cielo
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Medical internists:Help! I am caught in the middle of two different treatment philosophies for the Gout?
I am an American, retired and living in Italy. 73 years old. Generally good health. I have, however,since age 30, unless I carefully watch my diet and drink a lot of water, suffered from the occasional acute attack of gout; with accompanying swelling, pain and tenderness in toe, ankle or rarely, knee. These bouts would occur once a year, maybe, every 2 years.
Before I left the ‘States, my medications for gout were: for prophylactic use: 1 small Colchicine pill daily. (My doctors and I had tried Zyloprim or Allopurinol, but I never had very effective results with either….conversely, Colchicine..again in combo with lots of water was a magical preventative); more often than not I could even eat the forbidden fruits….while my uric acid did go up when I did, I would rarely get an acute attack of gout. On the occasion when I did, my Doctors would have me stop, altogether, using the colchine. For treatment of inflammation, Indocin worked well for me.
When the acute attack was finished and my system had returned to normal, only then would I resume the use of the colchicine.
Since I have retired to Italy, however, 2 main differences in my gout treatment are present.
First: Zyloprim, 150 mgs daily, is now taken in conjunction with Colchicine.
Second: In the event of an acute attact, Zyloprim and Colchicine are CONTINUED while I still use Indocin as an anti-inflammatory.
Of course my age has changed, but it seems to me that it takes a longer time for the inflammation
to subside, using the Italian system of continuing Zyloprim and Colchicine during the acute phase.
(I have, in my halting manner, using my technically limited Italian, tried discussing the different treatment philosophies with the Doctors….either the world-wide treatment has changed or my Italian Doctors are of the mind that I am better off doing things their way.
I haven’t had a chance to discuss this aspect of Italian medicine when I return for visits to the States,
but are we dealing with a major difference in treatment philosophy here or is it nothing to get excited about.
Appreciate any guidance and advice you might have for me-
Thanks in Advance!!
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hmm… in my experience here in the US usually the allopurinol (zyloprim) is used daily as a preventative and the indomethicin and colchicine are used during an acute attack. Typically the allopurinol is held during an acute attack. Steroids (prednisone) can also be used for an acute attack, especially if the patient has kidney disease because all of the gout drugs are not good in renal failure.
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