Gout occurs as a result of the accumulation of uric acid salts in the body. Most often the attack occurs unexpectedly at night. At this time, the symptoms of gout are as follows: severe pain in inflamed joints (usually the big toes), swelling and redness of the joints themselves, as well as general disorders - fever, weakness, abdominal pain.
Gout, diet, treatment are interrelated. Treating gout is a long process, but the priority is to stop the attack itself and alleviate the pain syndrome. In the future, proper nutrition is very important, as reducing the consumption of products containing uric acid salts (urate) leads to a delay in the development of the disease. Nutrition in gout is an issue that deserves special attention, as the normalization of nutrition contributes to rapid recovery and increases the time interval between relapses of the disease. Gout products can be consumed only certain, therefore there are many rules you need to know about the menu and nutrition of patients.
Menu and diet
First of all, we will look at the main points of nutrition and understand what diet a gout patient should have. Doctors recommend that patients exclude animal proteins from their diet, but not only are they dangerous for people with gout, but they are also dangerous for animal fats and easily digestible carbohydrates.
Gout food should be frequent, but food should be eaten in small portions. Thus, during the day the patient should eat five to six times, and at least once a week it is necessary to organize a fasting day.
On fasting days you can eat fresh vegetables and fruits. In addition, they can be both raw and cooked (but without salt). Here it is important to remember that you should eat only one type of vegetable or fruit during the day, such as baked potatoes or raw apples.
In addition, there is a very popular option for a hungry day - rice and apple. It is clear from the name that on this day the patient must eat rice and apples, but the rice porridge itself must be properly prepared. So to prepare rice porridge for a hungry day, you need to boil 75 g of rice in 750 ml of milk - this is a portion of food for one day. The porridge should be eaten daily, in three meals. Apples can be consumed up to 250 g, and it is best to boil or make a compote without sugar from them.
Of course, despite the many exceptions that will be described below, the gout menu does not have to be uniform, and this is very important, as the body must receive all the necessary substances. So you need to take care of a balanced diet.
Recipes for gout
Here are some recipes for gout that are both healthy and delicious.
Vegetarian borsch. To prepare borsch, you need the following products: 160 g beets, 160 g potatoes, 60 g carrots, 140 g white cabbage, 40 g onions, 100 g fresh tomatoes, 25 g parsley, 40 g cream.
Separately, boil the beets until semi-finished and grate them on a coarse grater. Then put all the vegetables (including beets) in a bowl, add water and cook until done. Serve borsch on the table, season with sour cream and add chopped parsley.
Another recipe that the gout diet allows is the potato soup recipe. So, potato soup is prepared from the following products: water, potatoes, ½ eggs, butter, flour, sour cream (25 g), herbs.
The cooking process is very simple - peel and boil the potatoes, drain the water in a separate bowl and strain through a sieve. Then you need to prepare the sauce for which you dry the flour in the oven and dilute it in 40 g of potato broth and then boil. Mix the potato broth, mashed potatoes and the prepared sauce, add the egg and butter. Boil everything again and serve, season with sour cream and add herbs.
Of course, the diet for gout is not monotonous and according to her patients can eat not only liquid foods, but also various cereals and side dishes. Here are some examples of second courses that can be included in patients' diets.
Vegetable stew. For cooking you need to take 6 potatoes, 3 carrots, 1 onion, 1 cup green peas, 1 tbsp. spoon of butter, 100 g sour cream and a pinch of salt.
Finely chop the onion and fry in oil, then add the diced carrots to the pan and stew. When the carrots soften, you need to add boiled green peas, boiled and diced potatoes, sour cream and salt and simmer all the ingredients for about 15 minutes. Serve the dish on the table, pour butter.
Eating gout allows patients to eat porridge. For example, buckwheat. So you can cook buckwheat porridge as follows: 50 g of buckwheat pour in 100 g of water, add a pinch of salt, stir and, covering the pan with a lid, put on medium heat. Once the porridge absorbs all the water, continue to boil it on low heat for 20-30 minutes. Add 4 g of butter to the prepared porridge.
Mineral water, especially healing, has a very good effect in the treatment of gout. Mineral water for gout can be used daily, as a drink or as a hungry day - during the day you should drink only healing mineral water.
There are many other recipes for gout that you can easily find on the Internet or in the literature. However, this shows that the menu is very diverse and you can choose the right food for each person. However, there are forbidden foods for gout and this should always be remembered.
What you can eat with gout
So, first we will look at what you can eat for gout, and then we will list the foods for gout that you can not eat.
Almost without fear, gout patients can eat all kinds of vegetables in their diet. Exceptions are only spicy (such as radishes and horseradish), as well as sorrel, celery, spinach and cauliflower.
Also, the gout diet allows you to eat all kinds of fruits, including exotic (grapefruit, oranges, tangerines). You can eat low-fat dairy and dairy products (low-fat cottage cheese and kefir). Chicken and especially quail eggs are very useful.
From the fat you can have a little oil and all kinds of vegetable oil. Whole grains, natural honey and nuts are highly recommended.
To summarize, you can:
- vegetables (except spicy);
- fruits, berries;
- low-fat dairy products;
- drinking a lot of fluids;
- eggs and boiled chicken.
What not to eat with gout
Knowing what foods you can eat with gout, now think about what you can't eat with gout. So it is strictly forbidden for patients with gout to consume all kinds of smoked meats. Meat and fish are allowed in very small quantities, but salt should be completely excluded from the diet as much as possible.
Gout food also completely excludes foods such as:
- beans,
- peas,
- mushrooms,
- beans,
- Salo,
- spices (except bay leaf and vinegar).
It is also not allowed to drink tea or coffee, as well as alcoholic beverages and carbonated water. Meat soups and even broths, as well as chocolate and cocoa, are prohibited.
In this way, following all dietary recommendations, you can improve the patient's condition and stop the development of gout.