It really upsets my stomach when I hear or read that you need to eliminate this or another food or drink from you diet in order to control your gout. This is complete nonsense. To manage your gout, you don’t need to cut out all your favorite purine-rich foods. Gout diets are designed to lower your uric acid levels enough to prevent gout attacks. To reduce the frequency and severity of gout attacks. I don’t know how people get the idea that gout sufferers must eat bland meals and limit the number of foods they can eat.
Friendly Diet
After I’ve finished my rant, let me share some tips and tricks that can be used to create a gout-friendly diet. It’s much easier to stick to a healthy diet that tastes good but doesn’t completely eliminate your favorite foods. Explore new foods and new combinations of food. Treat it as a journey for your taste buds. You may not like all the foods you try, but it is possible to discover new food combinations and foods that you love. Let’s start with water. Are you not a huge water drinker? You should start.
Water is a great way to flush out uric acids from your bloodstream. Can’t drink plain water? You can add a little lemon or lime to it. Are you a fan of a particular high purine food? You can reduce the amount of purine in your food and combine it with low-purine foods to make a meal. Your uric acid levels will be affected by your total purine intake. It’s not just the purines found in one food item that affects your uric acid levels.
Purines
Are low purine foods bland to you? Try different spices and herbs to enhance the flavor. Most spices contain high levels of purines. There are many spices that contain purines. However, you would need to eat the entire bottle of spice to get enough. They are so infrequently used in cooking that I wouldn’t worry about them. They will not add any purines to your meal. Do you eat a lot turkey? Try eating chicken instead.
Chicken has a lower level of purines than turkey. Are you a fan of chicken but hate turkey? Reduce the amount of turkey that you serve at a meal. I loved a 16-ounce steak, but it was too full of purines for my liking. I started eating 8 oz steaks, along with other foods that have very low amounts of purines. Do I eat steak every single day? No. But I don’t deny myself the pleasures of eating a food that I love. I manage my purine intake.
Conclusion
If you are changing your diet, your doctor should monitor your uric acids levels. It may be that you only need to change your diet to reduce your risk of developing gout attacks. It doesn’t matter what you eat. It is important to consider how your food intake affects your uric acid levels. It is not a single food item.