What is high uric acid?
High uric acid is a disease caused by a disturbance in the metabolism of a substance called purine in the body, resulting in an increase in uric acid in the blood.
Can high uric acid also kill you?
If uric acid remains high, uric acid crystals or urate crystals may form on the joints and cause joint pain. But this is not the most serious symptom, the most terrible thing is that these uric acid crystals are deposited on the kidneys, causing abnormal kidney function or even kidney failure, which is life-threatening. So patients with high uric acid must pay attention to their diet and have their kidney function checked regularly.
What should patients with high uric acid eat?
Eat less and maintain ideal weight
Being overweight or obese is a major cause of gout, but weight loss should be gradual, otherwise it will easily lead to ketosis or acute attack of gout.
Eat more staple foods
Carbohydrates can promote uric acid excretion. Patients with high uric acid can eat more carbohydrate-rich foods, such as rice, steamed buns and pasta.
Drink more water
You should drink 2000ml to 3000ml of water daily to promote uric acid excretion. Especially, you can drink more soda to neutralize the uric acid in your body.
Eat more foods rich in active enzymes
The main reason for the low incidence of gout in women is that estrogen in women can promote uric acid excretion and has the effect of inhibiting arthritis attacks. “The female carrot is the natural enemy of gout and has some value in the treatment of gout.
Eat more alkaline food
Alkaline food is good for the excretion of uric acid, and the recommended daily intake of vegetables should reach 500 grams. For example: green vegetables, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage
Eat less fat
Fats can reduce the excretion of uric acid. For people with gout and hyperlipidemia, fat intake should be controlled within 20% to 25% of total calories.
Eat less salt
It should be limited to 2 grams to 5 grams per day.
Drink less soup
People with high uric acid and gout should drink more plain water and less meat soup, fish soup, chicken soup, hot pot soup, etc. Soup contains a lot of purine components, after drinking not only can not dilute the uric acid, but also lead to the increase of uric acid.
No alcohol
Alcohol tends to make the body lactic acid accumulation, has an inhibitory effect on uric acid discharge, easy to induce gout.
Limit purine intake
Purine is a component in the nucleus of cells, as long as the food that contains cells contains purine, such as: animal offal, bone marrow, and some seafood, fermented food, beans, etc. are all high purine things. If you want to eat meat, you can eat a little pig blood, duck blood.