Consuming food that is healthy for the body in the required quantity is the basis for preventing various diseases. Improper nutrition in gout is one of the main causes of its complications, recognized by doctors and patients themselves. If the patient does not exclude forbidden foods from his diet, this can cause aggravation and acceleration of the destructive process in the joints.
What food can you eat? How to arrange a menu for gout correctly? Before answering these questions, you need to understand what absolutely should not be eaten with gout and arthritis. Treatment of this disease is a rather long process. The priority of therapy is the removal of pain and relief of sudden attacks.
What products are prohibited
Almost everyone knows about how fat from animals affects the human body. But many gout sufferers are in no rush to exclude them from their diet. But this is what can cause the development of the disease.
So, with this disease, it is impossible to use:
- beans;
- alcohol;
- spices (except vinegar and bay leaves);
- peas;
- beans;
- mushrooms;
- hello
As statistics show, exacerbation of gout often begins when the patient begins to eat incorrectly, allowing himself to eat fish, meat, fatty lard. It is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol with gout, but not every patient follows this rule. Alcohol, like fatty foods, slows down the excretion of uric acid salts and their deposits from the body.
With gout, the body becomes weak, while alcohol leaves no chance to fight this disease. Alcohol, even in very small amounts, can trigger a sudden gout attack. Moreover, the symptoms of pain in this case will last longer and manifest themselves more strongly. At the same time, medicine will not be able to extinguish it effectively, because alcohol in the human body will interfere with the effect of the drug. What are the consequences of drinking alcohol? Acceleration of the deposition process of uric acid salts and general intoxication of the body.
Sausages and smoked meats are very dangerous for gout, as is table salt. Mushrooms are a useful product for several diseases, because they contain trace elements that are necessary for a person. But people with gout should not eat it. What spices can be used when preparing diet food? Which seasoning to choose? Just bay leaves and vinegar. If gout occurs against the background of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, vinegar and vinegar water should not be used in cooking.
The patient should exclude any canned food from his diet. Treat yourself to sprats? Expect exacerbation of gout. Salty and spicy cheeses can also make it worse. Beans, coffee, tea, beer, meat soup can cause complications. Any overeating with gout is fraught with the fact that it can trigger an attack, which, if the diet is violated, will be aggravated by additional complications.
With the exacerbation of gout, the list of products that the patient can eat is further reduced. It is also necessary to know that recipes for dishes that prepare gout should not include frying ingredients.
What is good to eat with gout
Nutrition for gout depends not only on the stage of the disease, but also on concomitant diseases. On the question of how to properly organize the menu and what diet scheme to choose, the most accurate answer will be given by a rheumatologist, a gastroenterologist and a nutritionist. There are products for gout that are allowed to be consumed, but only in limited quantities.
The following foods are helpful for gout:
- any vegetables (except spicy and cauliflower);
- greens (except sorrel, spinach, celery);
- various fruits (especially citrus fruits);
- low-fat dairy and sour milk products;
- eggs (quail and chicken);
- honey;
- cereals;
- vegetable oil.
Diet for this disease may include small amounts of fish or meat. The recipe for cooking boiled chicken is very simple. In some cases, pumpkin is added to it, which helps improve digestion. This vegetable is often recommended to be included in the diet for arthritis. Pumpkin, like tomatoes, improves digestion, helps remove uric acid deposits from the body. With exacerbation of gout, pumpkin and tomatoes are not excluded from the diet.
It is generally accepted that people with gout should not be limited in their intake of tomatoes. But if the patient has certain disorders in the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, a large number of these vegetables will trigger worsening stomach ailments. Recipes for dishes that require a lot of vegetables to cook should be excluded for gout patients. However, all types of dill are edible.
What about butter and milk? On the one hand, the body needs them, on the other hand, they can aggravate gout. How to use this product correctly? With exacerbation of the disease, milk and butter should not be consumed. In the stage of remission, they are allowed in addition to useful products. Kashi is the basis of proper nutrition for people suffering from gout. The recipe for this dish includes the addition of butter or milk. During exacerbation of gout, porridge is cooked in water.
Vegetable soup is a real miracle cure for gout. Vegetables can be combined with cereals and pasta, which adds variety to the patient's menu. Once a week, it is important to organize a fasting day, where you only need to use one product. It is debatable whether or not it is possible to arrange such unloading during periods of worsening illness. Many doctors assure: during a gout attack, there is no question of any unloading days, such nutrition will further weaken the body and will not bring the desired therapeutic effect.
Protein is needed by the human body for any disease. Which product should be chosen to meet these needs and not harm your health? Eggs. You need to know: every day you can eat only one egg, otherwise the protein received by the body will trigger the release of a large part of uric acid into the blood.
Black and white bread is very useful for gout. Seeds and nuts too. What kind of apple to give preference to gout? Experts advise choosing apples with green skin.
Seafood helps reduce uric acid levels in the body. Squid does an excellent job with this task. Salad recipes, where squid is combined with various vegetables and seaweed, should be chosen carefully. Which one will fit? Just one where no vegetables, seasonings and little vegetable oil are needed.
The benefits of mineral water
Mineral water must be in the diet of a person suffering from gout. The patient should drink an average of 2. 5 liters of water per day, but only if he does not have chronic kidney disease. Moreover, you can drink boiled or mineral water, and juices, decoctions, compotes, green tea.
If you pour rose hips or dried fruits with boiling water and let them brew in a thermos, you will get an excellent compote, where a maximum of vitamins are stored. With gout, boiled water is poured over medicinal herbs to get a useful infusion. What composition should be chosen for such an infusion, the phytotherapist will recommend.
Mineral water is no less popular medicine. It differs in source location and composition. To treat gout, you need to drink slightly alkaline water. The container label contains all the necessary information. It is better to choose mineral water. But you should use only mineral water recommended by the doctor.