"What things should patients with gout not eat?" Recently, a patient consulted a doctor at the endocrinology clinic, "Can gout eat tomatoes? Because a study showed that tomatoes ranked second among the foods that induce gout. Ranking fourth, second only to seafood, alcohol and red meat. So, what should gout patients not eat?

01Seafood

Due to the uric acid level in the body of gout patients? Therefore, try to avoid foods high in purine in your diet, such as seafood, red meat, tomatoes, meat soups (chicken soup, fish soup, rib soup, etc.), hot pot soup base, pancreas, hairtail, sardines, etc.

02 Avoid alcohol

All kinds of alcohol, especially draft beer and rice wine, contain not only alcohol but also a large amount of purine. After drinking, lactic acid accumulates in the body, and lactic acid competitively inhibits the excretion of uric acid. Effect.

Drinking a large amount of alcohol at one time will significantly increase the level of uric acid and induce gout. Chronic drinking of small amounts will stimulate an increase in purine synthesis.

03 Strict restrictions

Meat, shrimp, goose, offal, beans (soybeans, green beans), peanuts, cashew nuts, melon seeds, high-fat foods

04 Other taboo foods.

Vegetable oil is suitable for cooking.

Yogurt is not suitable for drinking because it contains more lactic acid.

Honey, fruit juice, sweet drinks and other high fructose content will increase. The decomposition of adenine nucleotides increases the synthesis of uric acid.

05 Limit irritating foods

Spices such as pepper, pepper, mustard, ginger, strong tea, strong coffee, cigarettes, etc. Limit chicken essence, oyster sauce, soy sauce and other condiments.

In addition to paying attention to diet, you should also pay attention to adequate water intake, preferably 2000-3000ml/d, preferably boiled water, light tea, and alkaline drinks. . Soda water contains not only fructose but also sodium, which is not suitable for patients with gout.

In terms of traditional Chinese medicine, those with dampness and heat can consume adzuki bean soup, purple flower ground drink, wick bamboo leaf soup, and lily and Yiren in moderation. Make tea with reed root; those with phlegm and blood stasis can eat Polygonum cuspidatum buds, Poria cocos cake, winter melon Yiren soup, Atractylodes tangerine peel and pork ribs soup, etc. Those with liver and kidney deficiency can eat Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides and boiled lean meat.

Correspondent Li Chao Jin Xiaowei

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