Gout is one of the types of arthritis. The disease is manifested by inflammation of the joints and the accumulation around the affected joint of the crystals of uric acid. Gout occurs in two cases:
- poor kidney function - the body does not cope with excretion of uric acid;
- excessive consumption of products containing purines - uric acid is formed in excess and begins to lay around the joints.
However, it is possible to have a parallel action of both premises.
Treatment
The main measure of treatment is a change in the food regime once and for all.
The principle of treatment and diet for gout more than predictable - purine metabolism should be normalized by reducing the intake of the purines themselves with food. Also, the consumption of animal fats and proteins, sodium salts should be minimized.
Menu
Let's start with those products that have no place in our antipurin diet for gout:
- meat, fish, mushroom broths;
- fatty grades of meat, poultry, fish;
- smoked products;
- canned food;
- cooking fats;
- meat of young animals;
- beans;
- sorrel, spinach;
- asparagus;
- peas;
- cauliflower;
- alcohol.
The diet for gout patients involves minimizing the following products in the daily menu:
- raspberries;
- figs;
- chocolate;
- cocoa;
- coffee;
- strong tea;
- puff and dough;
- sauces and spices;
- tomato paste and ketchup;
- fresh tomatoes;
- sharp, salted and pickled products.
Animal fats are excluded because they affect the secretion of uric acid, and alcohol - affects the ability to excrete uric acid by the kidneys.
What you can eat during a diet for the treatment of gout disease:
- low-fat meat, fish, poultry - 2 times a week (first boil, then lightly fry);
- Vegetables (except for those listed above) in any form;
- any fruit and berries;
- kissels, cream of fruit;
- milk products;
- raw cheese;
- from fats - butter and vegetable oil;
- eggs - not more than 1 pc. in a day;
- any cereals;
- seasonings - vinegar, bay leaf, lemon juice, vanilla, cinnamon;
- citrus fruits - especially useful.
When gout is useful alkaline mineral water, and in general liquid food and more drinking. In the absence of contraindications from the kidneys, you can increase the amount of fluid consumed to 2.5 liters. Drink follows herbal decoctions, compotes, not strong teas (green, berry, herbal), broth of dogrose, juices, fruit drinks, tea with milk.
Complete starvation is strictly excluded, but unloading days have a positive effect on the patient's condition. 1 - 2 times a week you can spend kefir, fruit-vegetable or curd-kefir day. This promotes alkalization of urine and the dissolution of lactic acid.
Exacerbation
The diet for exacerbation of gout is mainly based on liquid food. Let's look at the approximate menu of the patient with an exacerbation of the disease:
Monday:
- salad of cucumbers with sour cream, milk;
- fruit fresh;
- Cutlets from cabbage, vegetable soup with the addition of potatoes and rice;
- broth of dogrose;
- steam omelet, zrazy of carrots and prunes;
- kefir.
Tuesday:
- salad from cabbage and carrots, milk;
- tomato juice;
- vegetarian soup (to choose from), boiled meat;
- buckwheat with the addition of milk, cabbage rolls from vegetables and rice.
Wednesday:
- casserole from cottage cheese and prunes, milk ;
- fruit juice to choose from;
- beetroot, vegetable stew;
- oatmeal with milk, fruit jelly.
Thursday:
- salad from beet, milk;
- tomato juice;
- Vegetarian soup with pearl barley and mashed vegetables, cabbage schnitzel;
- cutlets from carrots with sour cream, berry jelly.
Friday:
- salad of stewed carrots, soft-boiled egg, milk;
- tomato juice;
- botvina, vegetable stew;
- rice porridge with milk, fruit jelly .
Saturday:
- salad of cucumbers, milk;
- fruit fresh (optional);
- vegetable soup with rice and potatoes, cabbage cutlets;
- omelet, a salad of stewed carrots and beets.
Sunday:
- salad from cabbage with sour cream, milk;
- tomato juice;
- vegetarian borscht, boiled meat;
- buckwheat with milk, stewed cabbage with carrots.
Every day, before breakfast and as a snack, you should drink a glass of rose hip broth. Before going to bed you need to drink a glass of yogurt or curdled milk. Between meals (30 minutes before and after meals) to drink light tea with lemon, compotes of fruits and dried fruits.