How to lose weight with gout

  Patients with gout are often overweight, with increased abdominal circumference, accompanied by fatty liver, high blood pressure, and even hypertension and diabetes, so weight loss is also a very important aspect of gout treatment. Weight loss in gout patients mainly starts with diet, together with physical exercise, in which the diet should be planned reasonably, not to eat foods high in purines, calories and fat. It is important to eat more foods with high vitamin and fiber content and to drink more plain water.  The principles of daily diet for gout patients to lose weight should be low purine, low salt and low fat, and the staple food can be more coarse grains. Since gout patients cannot eat more meat in order to control the blood uric acid level, they can increase the intake of dairy products to supplement the protein needed by the body. When it comes to the way food is cooked, you should avoid baking, deep-frying and pan-frying, and take simple ways such as boiling, stewing and stir-frying as much as possible. Gout patients should also reduce the consumption of high-calorie foods such as fried chicken, French fries, hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. when losing weight.  In addition to diet, it is also very important to strengthen physical exercise for gout sufferers to lose weight, which requires a combination of diet and exercise to effectively achieve the goal of weight loss.