The food diet for gout patients

Gout is a form of arthritis is very complex, painful due to the accumulation of uric acid in the joints. Once infected, you should be careful in the diet.

The big toe joint is the most common location. The disease can attack the feet, ankles, knees and hands. Each round up the pain level can last for several days, even months. Men and those who are obese have a higher risk at all.

Here are 8 foods you should avoid:

1. Oysters

If you relapse, you should eat less seafood and meat, Lona Sandon, dietitian, University Medical Center of Texas, Dallas, USA said.

These foods derived from animals is rich in purines, can decay into uric acid. You will be comfortable in choosing food when patients are okay, though still eat less meat and seafood, at least about 110g a day.

2. Herring

While some types of seafood you can eat once in a while, some so completely removed from the list if you have gout. These include herring, tuna. Meanwhile, shrimp, lobster, crab relatively safe.

3. Beer

Drinking beer makes you easy to relapse than ever. Not only because it increases the concentration of uric acid, but because beer interfere with the body to purify the acid.

Instead you can drink. However, strong drink is not good for the health of people and the gout patients. When more acute, the doctor usually recommend that you abstain from alcohol completely.

4. Red Meat

When it comes to quality purine meats are all the same. White meat is better than red meat, but sometimes you do not eat red meat so.

Some red meat is considered safe as pork, beef. If you eat lamb chops, try eating part.

5. Sweet Drinks

Please avoid sugary drinks a lot of fructose. Sweeteners, which stimulates the body to produce more uric acid.

One study showed that men consuming fructose much higher risk of gout. A study in 2010 indicated that fructose sweetened soft drinks per day the risk of gout in women even take 1 month.

6. Asparagus

Asparagus, cauliflower, spinach and mushrooms have high levels of purines than other vegetables. If you like these foods do not need to abstain completely.

A diet rich in vegetables will help your body self-expulsion of purines easier. The body is also easy excretion of purine-derived vegetation.

7. Liver

Organs such as liver, kidney and spleen, it absolutely should not eat.

Also in the group 7, is still very much food you can choose instead, help against gout. This list includes food made from skim milk, coffee, fruits, especially citrus fruits (oranges, tangerines ...).

You also need to make sure to drink a glass of water every 12-16 days, may be replaced with unsweetened fruit juice, tea and coffee.