Gout Diet

If your kidneys are unable to deal with all the uric acid that you ingest then they will turn it into crystals and send it off round your body. This is the starting point that ends up in the agony that is gout.

While it isn’t terrible to eat foods that are rich in purines once in a while, it is when people eat them to excess that the pain of gout can start to appear.

Most people want a quick fix for any problem, when dealing with medical situations such as gout this isn’t always possible or advisable. Your gout didn’t really appear overnight, it has taken months and probably years of eating the wrong things possibly coupled with a genetic predisposition to appear. So expecting your gout to just be fixed instantly is unrealistic isn’t it.

Uric acid comes about as the body breaks down purines in foods, to fight or prevent gout, the uric acid in the body must be brought down to safe levels. Logically, in controlling levels of uric acid in the body, you will have to reduce or altogether eliminate eating foods rich in purines.

While drinking alcohol may give you some instant temporary feeling of pleasure it can be a contributing cause for gout attacks. Your kidneys have to work hard to deal with alcohol and the high amount of purines that it contains, add this to some rich red meat and your kidneys won’t be able to keep up and will be expelling more uric acid into your body.

Refined carbohydrates as well as saturated fats increase uric acid levels in the body since they have a way of being kept in the body. High-protein diets should also be avoided because the amino acids in protein interfere with the proper function of the kidney in eliminating uric acid.

Gout diets are not all about stopping eating things to reduce purine entering your system, there are foods that you can eat to actually help your body deal with uric acid. Cherries are one food that has been shown to lower levels of uric acid in your body. You should be eating dark red cherries daily as this will help your body deal with the uric acid and that will reduce your gout attacks.

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