Gout Foods To Avoid - If You're Eating These, Stop Now!

By Sable Woods
You could be eating something right now that is causing your gout to get worse. While you're suffering, you need to know about which gout foods to avoid to prevent you from aggravating or prolonging your condition. When you're done with this article, you'll know the types of food to limit or eliminate completely.

If you're chronically tormented with gout, your diet should contain foods low in protein. That means no large amounts of seafood or red or dark meat. Shellfish, salmon, scallops, sardines, anchovies, and dark fish fillets should be taken off your food list, as well as liver, heart, mussels, sausages, or any other animal organs.

You should also add purine-rich foods on your 'gout foods to avoid' list. Too much purine contributes to uric acid build-up in your body, which causes crystallization in the joints and gout pain. Even some vegetables should be restricted in the meantime, such as mushrooms, cauliflower, asparagus, radishes, and spinach.

Also eat fewer foods that have a high amount of carbohydrates in them. Whole wheat breads, yeast, oatmeal, and wheat bran will raise the acidity level too and prolong the painful gout attack.

Don't drink alcohol at all either. Instead, drink plenty of water to help the body excrete the uric acid toxins, or drink tea as an alternative.

Many gout victims also eat similarly to people with a history of heart disease. Now that you know which gout foods to avoid, you should figure out which foods to include more of in your daily diet. Foods rich in vitamins and minerals, like most vegetables and fruits (especially cherries) and dairy products, are good to eat. These foods will help your body maintain a low amount of uric acid.