Gout is a chronic condition in which uric acid is deposited in the joints. Unfortunately, it is impossible to get rid of this disease. However, it is possible to reduce the periods of exacerbation and to prolong the phase of recession by observing strict dietary rules.
A diet for gout aims to normalize purine metabolism and reduce the uric acid salt in the body. What is this diet? And how should a patient eat in periods of exacerbation and persistent recession?
Diet for gout - description and general principles
A diet with an exacerbation of gout and in a phase of persistent depression requires a special diet. The patient should eat 4 times a day at regular intervals. Fasting and overeating are simply unacceptable, as they can lead to new attacks and a sudden deterioration in well-being. If the patient is overweight, then it is necessary to get rid of it. But not abruptly, but gradually.
Drinking plenty of fluids is also recommended. During the phase of constant recession, 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, jellies, 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 (not 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 gout diet:
- poultry, rabbit meat;
- seafood;
- vegetable soups;
- eggs;
- low fat fish;
- dairy products;
- porridge, pasta, bread;
- any nuts and seeds;
- white cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, blueberries, potatoes.
- dried fruit;
- green apples, citrus fruits, melons, currants, avocados.
- berries (excluding raspberries).
- greens;
- natural juices and compotes, green and weak tea.
- vegetable oil.
List of forbidden foods:
- meat (fat);
- meat, fish and mushroom broths.
- Meat jellies and meat sauces;
- smoked meat products;
- semi-finished soups;
- meat by-products;
- canned fish and caviar;
- coffee, cocoa and strong tea.
- beans, peas and other legumes;
- Preservatives?
- animal fat?
- spices (except salt, vinegar and bay leaves).
- chocolate, pastries, cream;
- alcohol, including beer;
- grapes, raisins, raspberries, figs.
Diet menu for gout
1 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 pot;
- boiled potatoes, boiled cauliflower, compote.
- cheese sandwich, kefir;
- oatmeal, gingerbread, tea.
Day 3
- buckwheat milk porridge, tea;
- Beetroot salad;
- pearl soup with vegetables, lean meat, cabbage salad with cucumber.
- compote with marshmallows;
- 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, tea.
Day 5
- 2 tomatoes, cottage cheese, coffee?
- fruit salad with yogurt;
- salad with rice porridge, beef, tomato and cucumber.
- boiled vegetables with bread;
- boiled egg, tomato, compote with cookies.
6th day
- Vermicelli with sauce, chicory;
- fruit?
- gel?
- zucchini stew with pepper, 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 meatballs, vegetable salad.
- yogurt with berries;
- boiled vegetables, jelly.
In the twenties of the twentieth century, a famous doctor dealt closely with the problem of gout. The diet for gout consists of low-calorie foods that balance acids and alkalis in the blood. It should be eaten often and in small portions. Fasting days are suggested once a week.
The diet with an exacerbation of gout prohibits the use of any meat or fish dishes. The diet mainly includes liquid foods (milk and dairy products, fruit decoction wrappers, vegetable soups, milk porridge). You should drink about 2 liters of fluid a day. You can not starve in the acute phase.
Diet recipes for gout sufferers
Here are some healthy and delicious recipes that will help you make your gout diet varied and fun.
Fasting borscht
- Boil water, add a little salt, add chopped potatoes (5 pcs).
- Fry the onions until golden brown and then add grated carrots and beets.
- Fill the tomato and boil.
- Chop the cabbage and together with the tomato and the vegetables add the almost ready potatoes to the pot.
- Before turning it off, add pepper and herbs.
Squash caviar
- Cut a kilo of zucchini, boil them in a pan until the liquids evaporate.
- Fry the carrots and onions separately (0, 5 kg each), add a few tablespoons of thick tomatoes, boil.
- Add the resulting mixture to the zucchini, bring to a boil.
- Can be cut with a blender.
Fried cauliflower
Disassemble the cabbage into inflorescences, put in boiling water for a few minutes.
- Make a batter with 2 eggs, a little salted and beaten with sour cream.
- Dip the cabbage in the mixture and fry in a preheated pan until golden brown.
Gout: Treatment with folk remedies
A diet for gout can be combined with treatment with various infusions, infusions of medicinal plants. For example, you can make tea from gooseberry and lingonberry leaves and roses mixed in equal proportions.
With gout, chamomile preparations, daydreaming, 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: Rub 10-20 grams from the root and boil with a glass of boiling water. Take half a glass a 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.
Grape leaf infusion and berry juice should be drunk at least once a day before breakfast. Fresh grapes should also be eaten - and gout will gradually subside. Flaxseed decoction is also used to treat gout in folk medicine. 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.
Eat a complete diet - gout will begin to subside within a week. With the help of a diet, you can avoid the worsening symptoms of gout, reduce the risk of deep development of this disease and improve your quality of life. In this case, it is important to take into account the specific health characteristics of a person, his taste preferences. It is this approach that will make it possible to achieve positive results in the treatment of a complex disease.
Reviews and results for weight loss
The results of a diet for gout are the restoration of normal uric acid metabolism and the reduction of its salts in the body. If you constantly follow such a diet, it will reduce the number of relapses of the disease. In addition, a side effect of the gout diet is weight loss and lowering blood cholesterol, which can help normalize blood pressure.
Doctors' reviews of the diet for gout emphasize its usefulness and effectiveness. The menu of the therapeutic course of the diet is varied, it provides the body with all the valuable substances and, at the same time, it helps to cleanse the body. Such a diet plan can be used by perfectly healthy people for prevention.