When it comes to affluenza, people will think of high blood lipids, fatty liver, etc. However, in recent years, gout is chasing some affluent families and affecting the lives of middle-aged and elderly people. Gout used to be found in the western developed countries, but in the past two years, with the improvement of people’s living standard and the change of diet structure, the incidence of gout in China has also increased accordingly. Gout is a group of genetically related disorders of purine metabolism, both primary and secondary. It is characterized clinically by hyperuricemia and the resulting gouty arthritis, gouty stones and kidney lesions. Gout disease often begins after a drinking party, often in the middle of the night, with sudden severe pain, redness, swelling and heat in the toe joints. The first attack affects the bunion in 60% of cases, but can also involve other joints and recur. In patients with chronic gout, acute attacks can be triggered by mental stress, overexertion, joint injury, trauma and infection, and improper diet. The incidence of gout is higher in middle-aged obese male brain workers and increases with age, and in women it occurs after menopause. The onset of gout is related to gender, dietary habits and genetics, but a high purine diet is only one of the factors. When uric acid is produced excessively or reduced due to kidney disease, then eating a large amount of purine-containing food, which exceeds the body’s ability to remove it, causes an increase in blood uric acid, which in turn forms urate crystals and deposits in body fluids and other tissues for inflammatory reactions. The purine content of animal offal, bone marrow, fish, shrimp, crab, chicken and duck is very high, and alcohol can also induce hyperuricemia. Therefore, the standard of living has improved, and the number of people suffering from gout has increased as a result of eating the above-mentioned high purine foods. Reasonable dietary modification can reduce food sources of uric acid and promote uric acid excretion, which can prevent acute gout triggered by improper diet. For example: low calorie diet, low purine diet, low protein diet, low salt and low fat diet, increase the intake of vegetables and fruits, avoid alcohol, etc. Many gout patients are afraid of purines, but this is not necessary. The following are some food taboos and misconceptions that deserve the attention of gout patients: 1, meat: peel and add vegetables, not fatty meat. Lean meat can be eaten, it is best to avoid animal viscera. 2, seafood: can not eat more seafood, but a small amount is not a big deal. Gout attack period is best to ban seafood. 3, soybean: soybean purines are too high, so gout patients should not eat more. But a day consumption of two or less soy beans is also acceptable. But the spleen deficiency should not eat more. 4, oats: purines are slightly higher, only a small amount can be used. 5, mushrooms: mushrooms are high purine food, but raw mushrooms, fungus does not belong to the ranks of high purine, can eat less.