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 remission phase by observing strict dietary rules.
A diet for gout aims to normalize purine metabolism and reduce uric acid salt in the body. What is this diet? And how should a patient eat during periods of persistent exacerbation and remission?
Diet for gout: description and general principles.
The diet with exacerbation of gout and in the persistent remission phase requires adherence to 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 the development of new attacks and a sharp deterioration in well-being. If the patient is overweight, it is necessary to get rid of him. But not abruptly, but gradually.
Drinking plenty of fluids is also recommended. During the stable remission phase, at least two liters, during the exacerbation period - 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 pieces a day), cauliflower, bell peppers, greens, turnips and radishes, spinach, sorrel, celery;
- mushrooms;
- butter;
- milk (in cereals and tea);
- plums
- Salo.
Recommended foods for a diet for gout:
- poultry meat, rabbit;
- seafood;
- vegetable soups;
- eggs;
- low-fat fish;
- dairy products;
- porridge, noodles, bread;
- any nuts and seeds;
- white cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, blue, potatoes;
- Dry fruits;
- green apples, citrus fruits, melons, currants, avocados;
- berries (with the exception of raspberries);
- 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 meat sauces;
- 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 (except salt, vinegar and bay leaf);
- chocolate, baked goods, 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;
- vegetable soup chopped 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, stewed cauliflower, compote;
- sandwich with cheese, kefir;
- oatmeal, gingerbread, tea.
Day 3
- buckwheat milk porridge, tea;
- beet salad;
- pearl barley soup with vegetables, lean meat, coleslaw 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;
- sandwich with cheese, compote;
- porridge, tea.
Day 5
- 2 tomatoes, cottage cheese, coffee;
- fruit salad with yogurt;
- rice, beef, tomato and cucumber salad;
- stewed vegetables with bread;
- boiled egg, tomato, compote with cookies.
6th day
- noodles with sauce, chicory;
- fruits
- jelly;
- zucchini stewed 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 red berries;
- stewed vegetables, jelly.
In the 20s of the 20th century, a famous doctor was closely involved in the problem of gout. The gout diet consists of low calorie foods that balance acids and alkalis in the blood. It should be consumed frequently and in small portions. Fast days are recommended once a week.
The diet with exacerbation of gout prohibits the use of meat or fish dishes. The diet mainly includes liquid foods (milk and dairy products, wrapping fruit decoctions, vegetable soups, milk porridge). You need to drink about 2 liters of liquid per day. You cannot starve in the acute phase.
Diet recipes for people with gout
Here are some healthy and tasty recipes to help you make your gout diet varied and fun.
Lenten borsch
- Boil water, add a little salt, add chopped potatoes (5 pieces).
- Fry the onions until golden brown, then add grated carrots and beets.
- Fill the tomato and bring to a boil.
- Cut the cabbage and, together with the tomato and the vegetables, add to the pot until the potatoes are almost finished.
- Before turning off, add the bell pepper and herbs.
Pumpkin caviar
- Cut a kilogram of zucchini, cook in a pan until the liquid evaporates.
- Sauté carrots and onions separately (0. 5 kg each), add a few tablespoons of thick tomato, bring to a boil.
- Add the resulting mixture to the zucchini, bring to a boil.
- It can be chopped with a mixer.
Fried cauliflower
Disassemble the cabbage into inflorescences, put it in boiling water for a few minutes.
- Make a dough of 2 eggs, a little salty and beaten with sour cream.
- Dip the cabbage in the mixture and fry it in a preheated skillet until golden brown.
Gout: treatment with folk remedies
A diet for gout can be combined with a treatment with various infusions, decoctions of medicinal plants. For example, you can make tea with black currant and lingonberry leaves and rose hips mixed in equal proportions.
With gout, chamomile formulations, daydreaming, saxifrage thigh roots help well. These decoctions are prepared at the rate of 3 teaspoons of raw material for 2 cups of boiling water. You should take the medicine in half a glass 2 to 4 times a day before meals.
Ginger drink is used as a folk remedy for gout. Preparation: Grate 10-20 g of 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.
The infusion of grape leaves and berry juice should be drunk at least once a day before breakfast. Fresh grapes should also be consumed, and the 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 completely on a diet - gout will start to disappear in a week. With the help of a diet, you can prevent the aggravation of gout symptoms, reduce the risk of deep development of this ailment, and improve the quality of your life. In this case, it is important to take into account the specific characteristics of a person's health, his taste preferences. It is this approach that will allow to achieve positive results in the treatment of a complex disease.
Reviews and results of losing weight
The results of a diet for gout are the restoration of normal uric acid metabolism and a decrease in its salts in the body. If you consistently follow such a diet, you will reduce the number of relapses of the disease. Also, a side effect of the gout diet is weight loss and lowering of blood cholesterol, which can help normalize blood pressure.
Doctors' comments on the diet for gout emphasize its usefulness and effectiveness. The menu of the therapeutic course of nutrition is varied, it provides the body with all valuable substances, and at the same time helps to cleanse the body. Such a dietary program can be used by absolutely healthy people for prevention.