Dietary principles for gout patients

  Gout is caused by an increase in uric acid in the body, and is often accompanied by obesity, diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Gout patients should observe the following dietary principles: 1. Eat more vegetarian food, eat less and more meals, and do not overeat. Exercise properly, maintain the ideal weight, and obese people should reduce their weight.  2, carbohydrates can promote uric acid excretion, patients can eat carbohydrate-rich rice, steamed buns, pasta, etc.  3.Protein is mainly milk and eggs. If it is lean meat, chicken and duck, etc., it should be boiled and eaten in soup, avoid eating stewed meat or marinated meat.  4, eat less fat, because fat can reduce uric acid discharge.  5.Drink more water, you should drink more than 2000ml of water every day to promote the elimination of uric acid.  6, eat less salt, should be limited to 5 grams per day.  7, prohibit alcohol or drink a lot of beer, alcohol is easy to make the body lactic acid accumulation, the uric acid discharge has an inhibitory effect, easy to induce gout.  8, avoid high purine food, high purine food easy to induce gout attack.  ①Foods with very little purine content: large wheat, large and small rice, pasta, soda crackers, butter snacks, etc., cabbage, cabbage, celery, collard greens, kimchi, pickles, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, pumpkin, lettuce, radish, potatoes, yams, fruits, dried fruits, soft drinks, tea, coffee, eggs, fresh milk, yogurt, cheese, peanut butter, etc.  ②Foods with less purine content: carp, mackerel, herring, tuna, lobster, crab, ham, lamb, chicken, cereal, bread, string beans, peas, green beans, tofu, dried beans, cauliflower, asparagus, spinach, mushrooms, etc.  ③Foods with high purine content: carp, cod, eel, shellfish, pork, beef, rabbit, smoked ham, broth, duck, goose, turkey, pigeon, etc.  ④Foods with the highest purine content: anchovies, sardines, liver and kidney of cattle, brain and thick broth.