What are the dietary contraindications for gout

Dietary contraindications for gout include alcohol consumption, high-purine diets, and beverages with high fructose content. Gout is a disease caused by purine metabolism disorders and/or uric acid excretion disorders, and elevated uric acid can increase the risk of gout. Alcohol consumption can both increase the formation of uric acid and reduce the excretion of uric acid, which can aggravate or induce the formation of hyperuricemia and cause the occurrence of gout. Therefore, alcohol consumption is a contraindication for gout patients. Purine is one of the substances that synthesize uric acid, and when purine increases, the synthesized uric acid will also increase accordingly. Some foods rich in high purine such as animal offal, seafood and beer can increase the risk of gout, therefore, gout patients should limit the consumption of high purine foods. Fructose will increase the content of uric acid, some fructose containing more drinks, such as watermelon juice, apple juice, etc., will increase the production of uric acid, also belongs to the gout patient’s contraindicated food category. Gout patients are advised to go to the rheumatology and immunology departments of regular hospitals for detailed consultation and standardized diagnosis and treatment in accordance with medical advice.