WHAT TO EAT IF YOU SUFFER FROM GOUT
When you sufferer from gout and start to experience intense pain from gout attacks, I’m sure you’ve researched the subject because you are looking for ways to stop the attacks from happening again. What you may or may not know, is that what you eat plays a big part in gout attacks.
Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is “what is the best diet for me then?” and then you begin to picture all of your favorite foods and which ones you will no longer be able to eat. None of us wishes to give up our favorite foods but our long term health needs to come first.
Stopping the pain is the first thing on your mind when you are having an attack and so you are very motivated to change your eating habits, but as the pain wears off and you start to think that maybe you won’t have another attack or maybe the next bout won’t be so bad and you will be able to bear the pain, so changing your diet isn’t really necessary.
You need to start thinking about the long term solutions to your gout and the pain you are suffering as a result of it. Yes, short term remedies are fine at first, but the real pain is caused by a build up of uric acid crystals in the joints. This can be solved by taking some steps to help in the long term, such as watching your diet and eating the correct foods.
Start by changing your eating habits not just over the next few months, but over the next few years. You need to be making changes over a long period of time so that you can experience less pain from gout in the long run.
Therefore which changes to your lifestyle should you make at the moment to stop another attack of gout? First, keep a journal of all the things you eat and drink over the next two weeks. This will be much easier to do if you carry some kind of note book around in your pocket. By doing this, you will be able to see exactly what you are eating rather than guessing. You will be able to see over these two weeks where you need to cut down on or eliminate certain foods. You should also increase your water intake.
You should avoid foods which are high in purines which allows your body to make the uric acid that crystallizes and causes gout. Purines are found high amounts in meat and meat products, especially internal organs such as the liver and kidney. You should also avoid sweetbreads, anchovies, sardines, beef, brains, meat extracts, herring, mackerel, scallops, wild game, and gravy. A plant-based diet is low in purines, so your diet should consist mostly of vegetables. Foods with a moderate about of purine are fish, asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, mushrooms, green peas, lentils, dried peas, beans, oatmeal, wheat bran, and wheat germ.
After two weeks of keeping a record of your food intake, use it for another two weeks but this time highlight the bad foods you have managed to cut down. Concentrate on one thing at a time. Once you have cut out one thing down, move on to something else. After a while you should see a reduction in your gout problems.
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