Adhering to a reasonable diet is pivotal to the prevention and treatment of gout, and the following three points are the principles that should be observed.

Control the intake of purine-rich foods: specifically, banning animal offal, anchovies, sardines; absolutely no thick chicken soup, thick broth; as little as possible to eat meat, poultry, shellfish, fish and shrimp, beans, mushrooms. This kind of food is rich in purine, the vast majority of the generation of uric acid after intake. Very little can be utilized by the body. Excessive uric acid beyond the kidney excretion capacity, blood uric acid level increased significantly, and gradually formed urate crystals, and ultimately can form stones, deposited in the kidney and joint cavity, repeated episodes of joint swelling and pain and other symptoms, the pain is unbearable.

Control the total diet: Gout patients should control the daily intake of total calories, the amount of food equivalent to 80% of the general population can. The goal is to control weight and avoid obesity. It has been confirmed that body mass index and blood uric acid level is positively correlated, obesity has become one of the risk factors for gout attacks. In addition, do not overeat, otherwise the blood uric acid can make the sudden rise, very easy to induce gouty arthritis attack.

Control of alcohol consumption: Gout patients should never drink beer, because beer is a purine-rich beverage, and other alcohol and coffee should also try to stay away. Excessive alcohol consumption on the one hand produces too much heat, so that the production of uric acid increases; on the other hand, it can produce a large amount of lactic acid in the body, preventing the uric acid discharge.

Gout patients should learn to adjust their diet to avoid nutritional deficiencies. Generally speaking, milk is not limited, you can eat one or two eggs a day, and advocate eating more pasta.

The most important thing is to ensure that the daily consumption of vegetables, fruits and melons (winter melon, watermelon, etc.) and adequate water intake. Vegetables and fruits are mostly alkaline substances, which can increase alkali reserves, so that the body fluid pH (PH) rise, when the pH value rises to 6 or more, uric acid will be free state, rarely form urate crystals. Elevated pH in the urine significantly increases the amount of uric acid excreted, preventing the formation of stones or dissolving stones that have already formed. Drinking 2500ml of water per day can increase the amount of urination, which can help uric acid excretion and reduce urate production and deposition.

Finally, when the symptoms are significantly relieved, the course of the disease is stable, you can properly intake of lean meat (chicken breast meat is appropriate), no more than 100 grams per day, you can also eat a small amount of fish and shrimp.