Dietary principles for gout patients

      1.Low purine diet. Purine is a component of the cell nucleus, as long as the food containing cells contains purine, animal food has more purine content. Patients are forbidden to eat offal, bone marrow, seafood, fermented foods, beans, etc.  2.Prohibit alcohol! Especially beer. Alcohol tends to make the body lactic acid accumulation, has an inhibitory effect on uric acid discharge, easy to induce gout. A bottle of beer can make the blood uric acid rise twice.  3, protein can be based on body weight, according to the proportion of intake, 1 kg of body weight should take 0.8 grams to 1 gram of protein, and milk, eggs as the main. If it is lean meat, chicken and duck meat, etc., should be boiled and eaten in soup, avoid eating stewed meat or brisket.  4, low-fat diet, because fat can reduce uric acid excretion. For those who have gout with hyperlipidemia, fat intake should be controlled to within 20% to 25% of total calories.  5, drink more water, should drink 2000ml to 3000ml of water daily, keep the daily urine volume above 2000ml to promote uric acid excretion.  6, eat less salt, should be limited to 2 grams to 5 grams per day.  7, carbohydrates can promote uric acid excretion, patients can eat carbohydrate-rich rice, steamed buns, pasta, etc., but should pay attention to control the total amount.  8, completely quit smoking! Some substances contained in cigarettes can induce gout and aggravate joint inflammation.  9, less use of strong stimulating seasonings or spices.  10, maintain the ideal weight, overweight or obese should reduce weight. However, weight reduction should be gradual, otherwise it is easy to lead to ketosis or gout acute attacks.  11, avoid using drugs that inhibit the excretion of uric acid such as diuretics.  12, try to eat less acidic food. Because acid will inhibit uric acid excretion.