Highly alkaline fruits and vegetables can cure diseases.

Introduction: Gout is a disease caused by excessive uric acid production in the body due to purine metabolism disorders. The acute phase has a sudden onset, often involves joints, and is frequently accompanied by redness, swelling, pain, and heat. In the chronic phase, joints become enlarged, deformed, and stiff, with about half of the patients developing tophi. Because gout is closely related to metabolism, special attention should be paid to dietary recommendations and restrictions.

Scrambled Eggs with Shepherd's Purse

Recommended - Eat more highly alkaline vegetables and fruits

Gout patients should eat more foods that are purine-free or very low in purine, as well as diuretic foods. They should consume more highly alkaline vegetables and fruits. Especially for those with acute joint redness, swelling, pain, and heat, it is even more important to eat more foods that clear heat, reduce swelling, and alleviate pain. Such as: green vegetables, shepherd's purse, cabbage, napa cabbage, celery, crown daisy, winter melon, cucumber, loofah, pumpkin, calabash, eggplant, tomato, potato, bamboo shoots, radish, carrot, watermelon, pear, apple, grape, banana, sugarcane, citrus, milk, eggs, corn, refined white rice, white flour, water chestnut starch, steamed buns, soda crackers, etc. It is also important to drink plenty of plain water to dilute the uric acid concentration in the blood and promote increased urine output.

Shepherd's Purse and Fresh Meat Wontons

Avoid - Do not eat animal offal and acidic foods

If gout patients do not avoid the foods they should, their condition will worsen even with medication. Therefore, it is imperative to first avoid foods high in purine. Such as: from non-vegetarian dishes, animal brains, hearts, livers, kidneys, tripe, and intestines; meat broth, strong chicken soup, sardines, anchovies, eel, carp, rice-field eel, crab, shrimp, and shellfish; from legumes, soybeans, lentils, green peas, fresh fava beans, green soybeans, and soy products.

Although gout patients are advised to eat alkaline vegetables and fruits regularly, foods like spinach, asparagus, mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, toon sprouts, cauliflower, green asparagus, and pea shoots should also be avoided because they contain relatively high levels of purine. Alcohol must be strictly forbidden, especially beer. Coffee and strong tea should also be avoided.

Vinegar-Slaw

Acidic foods can easily increase the urate content in the body and worsen the condition. Therefore, acidic foods such as aromatic vinegar, pickles, lemon, bayberry, and pomegranate should also be avoided.

At the same time, avoid irritating spicy foods such as chili, garlic, onion, Sichuan pepper, and fennel. For gout patients in the acute phase with joint redness, swelling, pain, and heat, it is especially important to avoid lamb, ham, and goose meat. It is also not advisable to eat "warm-natured" fruits like lychee, longan, and apricots.

Celery with Pork Stir-fry