It’s time to take a tonic, but every now and then people with gout have to shy away from food. Many patients complain that since they have gout, they are afraid to eat anything, and they can’t keep up with their nutrition. In fact, as long as the diet is properly structured, it is possible to take in enough nutrients to achieve the purpose of “tonic”. First of all, let’s see what is gout? Gout is a metabolic disease, referring to the disorder of purine metabolism and (or) blood uric acid excretion disorder resulting in increased uric acid concentration in the blood, and cause tissue damage to a group of diseases. Therefore, gout needs to emphasize a low purine diet, avoid “big fish and meat”, and stay away from foods with high purine content, such as alcohol, animal offal, seafood, thick soups and mushrooms and algae. Although diet control is one of the most basic treatment measures for gout patients, it should not be used as the main means of gout treatment. In addition, unbalanced protein intake and accelerated protein catabolism can also cause a large amount of endogenous uric acid production, which in turn can increase the serum uric acid level and aggravate the disease. Therefore, a reasonable dietary structure should be emphasized. Fresh vegetables and fruits can be encouraged to eat more, not only to supplement sufficient vitamins and fiber, but also because most fruits and vegetables are alkaline food, which can promote uric acid discharge, and then vitamin C in fruits and vegetables can also promote the dissolution of uric acid salts in tissues; but beans, spinach, etc. also contain more purines, and should also be eaten less. For protein and fat intake, you can choose milk and eggs, which have less purine content and are a good supplement for gout patients. However, yogurt should only be consumed in small amounts because the purine content is increased by microbial fermentation and lactic acid may interfere with uric acid excretion. In addition, soy products and fish are not completely inedible. Freshwater fish and soy products such as shredded bean curd and dried bean curd have relatively low purine content and can be consumed in small quantities to supply protein. However, it is important not to add large amounts of soy products to fish, meat, eggs and milk. Another great trick to reduce uric acid in the blood is to drink more water, so that the amount of water consumed daily should reach 2500-3000 ml and the amount of urine excreted should reach 2000 ml or more, in order to facilitate the excretion of uric acid from the urine.