Gout is a chronic disease in which uric acid is deposited in the joints. Unfortunately, it is impossible to get rid of this disease. But it is possible to reduce the periods of exacerbation and prolong the phase of remission by observing strict dietary rules.
A gout diet aims to normalize the metabolism of purine and reduce the salt of uric acid in the body. What is this diet? And how should a patient eat during periods of exacerbation and persistent remission?
Diet for gout - description and general principles
The diet with exacerbation of gout and in the phase of persistent remission requires observance of a special diet. The patient should eat 4 times a day at regular intervals. Fasting and overeating is simply unacceptable, as it can lead to the development of new attacks and a sharp deterioration in well-being. If the patient is overweight, then it is necessary to get rid of it. But not suddenly, but gradually.
It is also recommended to drink plenty of fluids. During the phase of stable remission, at least two liters, during the period of exacerbation - at least three liters. At the same time, you can drink absolutely any liquid - teas, compotes, juices, jelly, mineral water, etc. It should be taken between meals, not with meals.
Allowed in small quantities:
- sausages;
- boiled poultry, beef and lean fish;
- salt (very little);
- tomatoes (no more than 3 pcs per day), cauliflower, peppers, greens, turnips and radishes, spinach, sorrel, celery;
- mushrooms;
- Butter;
- milk (in cereals and tea);
- plums;
- Salo.
Recommended foods for a gout diet:
- poultry, rabbit meat;
- Seafood;
- vegetable soups;
- eggs;
- low fat fish;
- dairy products;
- porridge, noodles, bread;
- all nuts and seeds;
- white cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, blueberries, potatoes;
- dried fruits;
- green apples, citrus fruits, melons, gooseberries, avocados;
- berries (except raspberries);
- green vegetables;
- natural juices and compotes, green and weak tea;
- vegetable oil.
List of prohibited foods:
- meat (fatty);
- meat, fish and mushroom broths;
- jellied meat and gravy;
- smoked meat products;
- semi-finished soups;
- meat offal;
- canned fish and caviar;
- coffee, cocoa and strong tea;
- beans, peas and other legumes;
- preservatives;
- animal fats;
- spices (excluding salt, vinegar and bay leaves);
- chocolate, baked goods, cream;
- alcohol, including beer;
- grapes, raisins, raspberries, figs.
Diet menu for gout
One day
- a plate of fruit salad with yogurt and honey, tea with milk, crackers;
- milk or kefir;
- chopped vegetable soup with vegetable oil and herbs;
- potato cutlets, cream;
- boiled egg with cucumber;
- cottage cheese with yogurt.
2nd day
- tomato salad with cucumber and herbs, rye bread, coffee;
- cottage cheese casserole;
- boiled potatoes, cauliflower compote, compote;
- cheese sandwich, kefir;
- oatmeal, gingerbread, tea.
Day 3
- buckwheat milk porridge, tea;
- beet salad;
- pearl barley soup with vegetables, lean meat, coleslaw with cucumber;
- marshmallow compote;
- yogurt, avocado.
4th day
- 2 curds with jam, weak coffee;
- kefir with breadcrumbs;
- stuffed peppers (vegetables instead of meat), eggplant caviar, jelly;
- cheese sandwich, compote;
- oatmeal porridge, tea.
Day 5
- 2 tomatoes, cottage cheese, coffee;
- fruit salad with yogurt;
- rice porridge, beef salad, tomatoes and cucumbers;
- vegetables cooked with bread;
- boiled egg, tomato, cookie compote.
6th day
- vermicelli au jus, chicory;
- fruits;
- jelly;
- zucchini compote with peppers, mashed potatoes, jelly;
- fresh vegetables;
- baked apple with cottage cheese, tea.
Day 7
- cottage cheese and tea;
- kefir and gingerbread;
- vegetable puree soup with rice, chicken balls, vegetable salad;
- berry yogurt;
- vegetable compote, jelly.
In the 20s of the twentieth century, a famous doctor was closely involved in the problem of gout. The gout diet consists of low calorie foods that balance the acids and alkalis in the blood. It should be eaten often and in small portions. Fasting days are recommended once a week.
The diet with exacerbation of gout prohibits the use of any meat or fish dish. The diet consists mainly of liquid foods (milk and dairy products, enveloping fruit decoctions, vegetable soups, milk porridge). You should drink about 2 liters of fluid per day. You cannot starve in the acute phase.
Diet recipes for people with gout
Here are some healthy and tasty recipes that will help make your gout diet varied and fun.
Lenten borscht
- Boil water, add a little salt, add chopped potatoes (5 pcs).
- Sauté the onions until golden brown, then add grated carrots and beets.
- Garnish the tomato and boil.
- Cut the cabbage and, together with the tomato and vegetables, add it to the pan with the almost finished potatoes.
- Before extinguishing, add the pepper and herbs.
Squash caviar
- Cut a kilo of zucchini, cook them in a saucepan until the liquid evaporates.
- Separately brown the carrots and onions (0. 5 kg each), add a few tablespoons of thick tomato, boil.
- Add the resulting mixture to the zucchini, boil.
- Can be chopped with a blender.
Fried cauliflower
Disassemble the cabbage into inflorescences, put it in boiling water for a few minutes.
- Make a paste of 2 eggs, a little salted and beaten with sour cream.
- Dip the cabbage in the mixture and sauté in a preheated pan until golden brown.
Gout: treatment with folk remedies
Diet for gout can be combined with treatment with various infusions, decoctions of medicinal plants. For example, you can make tea from the leaves of black currant and lingonberries and rose hips mixed in equal proportions.
With gout, the formulations of chamomile, reverie, saxifrage thigh roots help well. These decoctions are prepared at the rate of 3 teaspoons of raw materials for 2 cups of boiling water. You should take the medicine in half a glass 2-4 times a day before meals.
Ginger drink is used as a folk remedy for gout. Preparation: Grate 10-20 g of root and boil with a glass of boiling water. Take half a glass per day on an empty stomach. Ginger and gout are a good combination. Ginger root has a useful property - it cleanses the body, removes toxins and toxins.
The infusion of grape leaves and berry juice should be drunk at least once a day before breakfast. Fresh grapes should also be eaten - and gout will gradually go into remission. Also, for the treatment of gout in folk medicine, a decoction of flax seeds is used. Preparation: 2 teaspoons of seeds are infused for 15 minutes in 3. 5 cups of boiling water, filtered and taken orally in a tablespoon 4 times a day.
Go on a full diet - gout will begin to recede within a week. With the help of diet, you can avoid the aggravated symptoms of gout, reduce the risk of profound development of this disease, and improve the quality of your life. In this case, it is important to take into account the specifics of a person's health, his taste preferences. It is this approach that will achieve positive results in the treatment of a complex disease.
Reviews and results of weight loss
The results of a gout diet are the restoration of the normal metabolism of uric acid and a decrease in its salts in the body. If you constantly stick to such a diet, it will reduce the number of relapses of the disease. Additionally, a side effect of dieting for gout is weight loss and lowering blood cholesterol, which can help normalize blood pressure.
Reviews of doctors about the gout diet emphasize its usefulness and effectiveness. The menu of the therapeutic course of nutrition is varied, it provides the body with all the valuable substances and, at the same time, helps to cleanse the body. Such a diet program can be used by perfectly healthy people for the purpose of prevention.