Dietary precautions for gout are recommended to try not to consume foods high in purines and choose more medium and low purine foods. High purine diet and overeating can generally cause elevated uric acid, leading to gout attacks, so gout should try not to consume high purine foods, choose more low purine foods. 1. High purine foods include: dried small fish, sardines, beef liver, thick gravy, white scallops, anchovies, oysters, chub. 2. Medium and low purine foods include: milk, potatoes, turnips, pickles, noodles, fungus, walnuts, eggs, grapes, coffee, pears, apples, carrots, oranges, corn, watermelon, yogurt, cake, and onions. If a patient develops gout, or if the symptoms persist and do not improve, he or she should go to the hospital for treatment.