What is uric acid? Uric acid is the waste of human metabolism and the final product of purine metabolism. When the body ingests or produces too much uric acid, or uric acid excretion is blocked, it may lead to the increase of uric acid concentration in the blood, that is, hyperuricemia.
What are the hazards of high uric acid? Uric acid deposition can form gout. When the uric acid in blood reaches 420 (female 360), it will be deposited in many organs and tissues, causing various diseases.
Deposition on joints: the most common is deposition on joints, gouty arthritis. More than 50% of gout occurs in the big toe, and may also occur in other joints such as feet, ankles and knees after repeated attacks.
Deposited in the kidney: gouty nephropathy, which can lead to renal insufficiency or even failure in severe cases.
Urinary tract deposition: causes urinary calculi.
Aggravating cardiovascular disease: Studies show that the incidence of acute myocardial infarction in gout patients is 26% higher than that in normal people.
Aggravate metabolic diseases such as diabetes: 20%~50% patients with hyperuricemia have diabetes.
How to eat high uric acid? For this unwelcome metabolic waste, the most effective way is to reduce intake and increase excretion.
First, reduce the source.
1. Avoid high-purity diets, such as animal offal, seafood, thick soup, mushrooms and beans. However, tofu and dried tofu will lose some purine soluble in water during soaking and cooking, and the concentration will decrease after adding water. Dried soybeans will be made into soybean milk, which will be diluted more than ten times to become hypopurine food. Therefore, patients with gout need not be afraid to give up soybean milk, which is rich in high-quality protein.
2. Obese people suggest a low-calorie balanced diet, but they should avoid a high-protein and low-carbohydrate diet, and at the same time increase exercise and restore their ideal weight.
It is forbidden to drink alcohol, especially beer. But in hot summer, there is no crayfish with beer. How can I live? How about an iced coke? Think too much! Except wine, all kinds of carbonated drinks should be taken out of your refrigerator. The best drink is boiled water! !
Second, increase excretion.
Drinking at least 2000ml a day is helpful for uric acid excretion. For patients with urinary calculi, drinking plenty of water to dilute urine can delay the growth of calculi. In this way, drinking more water seems to cure all diseases, such as colds, fever, dysmenorrhea and gout!
Third, avoid inducing factors.
Such as overwork, mental stress, drinking, cold, dampness, joint injury, and even some irritating foods, such as onions, ginger, garlic and leeks, although their purines are not high, they are highly irritating and easy to induce acute gout attacks. It is recommended to eat less and not eat during the attack.
In short, eat less, drink more and stimulate less!