Gout is a chronic disease in which uric acid is deposited in the joints. Unfortunately, it is impossible to get rid of this disease. However, by following strict dietary rules, the period of exacerbation can be reduced and the period of remission can be extended.
The gout diet aims to normalize purine metabolism and reduce the salt content of uric acid in the body. What kind of diet is this? How should the patient eat and drink during the worsening of the disease and continued remission?
Gout diet-description and general principles
Special diets should be adhered to during the period of gout exacerbation and continuous remission. Patients should eat regularly 4 times a day. Fasting and binge eating are completely unacceptable because they can cause new attacks and a sharp deterioration in health. If the patient is overweight, it is necessary to get rid of it. But not suddenly, but gradually.
It is also recommended to drink plenty of water. In the stable remission phase, at least two liters, during the deterioration period-at least three liters. At the same time, you can drink any liquid-tea, preserves, fruit juice, jelly, mineral water, etc. It should be taken between meals, not with meals.
A small amount is allowed:
- sausage;
- Cooked poultry, beef and lean fish;
- Salt (very little);
- Tomatoes (not more than 3 per day), broccoli, sweet peppers, green vegetables, radishes and turnips, spinach, sorrel, celery;
- mushroom;
- butter;
- Milk (in cereals and tea);
- Plum;
- Salou.
Recommended foods for gout diet:
- Poultry and rabbit meat;
- seafood;
- vegetable soup;
- Egg;
- Low-fat fish
- Dairy products
- Congee, noodles, bread;
- Any nuts and seeds;
- Cabbage, zucchini, cucumber, blue, potato;
- dried fruit;
- Green apples, citrus fruits, melons, gooseberries, avocados;
- Berries (except raspberries);
- Green vegetables;
- Natural fruit juices and preserves, green tea and light tea;
- Vegetable oil.
Fasting list:
- Meat (fat);
- Meat, fish and mushroom soup;
- Aspic and gravy;
- Bacon products;
- Semi-finished soup
- Internal organs
- Canned fish and caviar;
- Coffee, cocoa and strong tea;
- Beans, peas and other legumes;
- preservative;
- Animal fat
- Spices (excluding salt, vinegar and bay leaf);
- Chocolate, baked goods, cream;
- Alcohol, including beer;
- Grapes, raisins, raspberries, figs.
Gout diet menu
1 day
- A plate of fruit salad with yogurt and honey, milk tea, biscuits;
- Milk or kefir;
- Vegetable soup chopped with vegetable oil and herbs;
- Potato chips, cream;
- Cucumber boiled eggs;
- Cottage cheese.
the next day
- Tomato salad with cucumber and herbs, rye bread, coffee;
- Cottage cheese casserole;
- Boiled potatoes, stewed cauliflower, preserves;
- Cheese sandwich, kefir;
- Oatmeal, gingerbread, tea.
Day 3
- Buckwheat milk porridge, tea;
- Beet salad
- Barley vegetable soup, lean meat, cucumber and cabbage salad;
- Pair with marshmallows;
- Yogurt, avocado.
The fourth day
- 2 jam curds, weak coffee;
- Breadcrumb kefir
- Stuffed peppers (vegetables instead of meat), eggplant caviar, jelly;
- Cheese sandwiches, preserves;
- Oatmeal, tea.
Day 5
- 2 tomatoes, cheese, coffee;
- Yogurt fruit salad;
- Rice porridge, beef, tomato and cucumber salad;
- Stew vegetables with bread;
- Boiled egg, tomato, compote with biscuits.
Sixth day
- Vermicelli with gravy, chicory;
- fruit;
- jelly;
- Stewed zucchini with green pepper, mashed potatoes, jelly;
- fresh vegetables;
- Baked apples with cheese and tea.
Day 7
- Cottage cheese and tea;
- Kefir and gingerbread;
- Vegetable puree soup with rice, chicken meatballs, vegetable salad;
- Berry yogurt
- Stewed vegetables, jelly.
In the 1920s, a famous doctor was closely related to the problem of gout. The diet for gout includes low-calorie foods that balance the acid and alkali in the blood. It should be consumed often and in small portions. It is recommended to fast once a week.
Diets that worsen gout prohibit the use of any meat or fish dishes. The diet mainly includes liquid foods (milk and dairy products, wrapped fruit soup, vegetable soup, milk porridge). You need to drink about 2 liters of liquid every day. You cannot go hungry in the acute phase.
Diet recipes for gout patients
Here are some healthy and delicious recipes that can help you make your gout diet diverse and interesting.
Borscht
- Boil water, add a little salt, and add chopped potatoes (5 pieces).
- Fry the onions until golden brown, then add the grated carrots and beets.
- Fill up the tomatoes and bring to a boil.
- Chop the cabbage, add the tomatoes and vegetables to the pot, and add the almost finished potatoes.
- Before closing, add bell pepper and vanilla.
Pumpkin caviar
- Cut one kilogram of zucchini and simmer in a pan until the liquid evaporates.
- Fry carrots and onions (0. 5 kg each) until fragrant, add a few tablespoons of thick tomatoes, and bring to a boil.
- Add the resulting mixture to the zucchini and boil.
- It can be chopped with a blender.
Stir-fried cauliflower
Disassemble the cabbage into inflorescences and boil for a few minutes in boiling water.
- Make a batter for 2 eggs, add a little salt and stir with sour cream.
- Dip the cabbage into the mixture and fry in a preheated pan until golden brown.
Gout: Treated with folk remedies
The diet for gout can be combined with various infusions and treatments of medicinal plant decoctions. For example, you can mix black currant leaves, bilberry leaves, and rose hips in equal proportions to make tea.
For gout, the formula of Chamomile, Duomo, and Saxifraga Thigh Root is very helpful. These decoctions are made at a ratio of 3 teaspoons of ingredients to 2 cups of boiling water. You need to take half a cup of medicine 2-4 times a day before meals.
Ginger drink is used as a folk remedy for the treatment of gout. Preparation method: Grate 10-20 grams of roots and boil with a cup of boiling water. Take half a cup every day. Ginger and gout are a good combination. Ginger root has a useful property-it can clean the body, remove toxins and toxins.
Drink grape leaves and berry juice at least once a day before breakfast. You should also eat fresh grapes-gout will gradually ease. In addition, when treating gout in folk medicine, flaxseed decoction is used. Preparation method: Soak 2 teaspoons of seeds in 3. 5 cups of boiling water for 15 minutes. After filtering, take one tablespoon orally 4 times a day.
Go on a complete diet-gout will begin to subside within a week. With the help of dieting, you can avoid the worsening symptoms of gout, reduce the risk of the disease's deep development, and improve your quality of life. In this case, it is important to consider a person's health and taste preferences. It is this method that will make it possible to achieve positive results in the treatment of complex diseases.
Weight loss reviews and results
The result of a gout diet is to restore normal uric acid metabolism and reduce salt in the body. If you often adhere to this diet, it will reduce the number of recurrences of the disease. In addition, the side effects of gout dieting are weight loss and lower blood cholesterol, which helps normalize blood pressure.
Doctors’ comments on the gout diet emphasize its usefulness and effectiveness. The menu of the nutritional treatment process is varied, it provides the body with all the valuable substances, and at the same time helps to clean the body. People who are absolutely healthy can use this diet plan for prevention.