What the heck can I eat?

Dauntlessness
Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
edited February 3 in Food and Nutrition
So I went to a what I thought was a "dietitian" last week. I don't think he was experienced. I'm going to ask my doctor next week to send me to another one because I knew more than he did from just this website. He literally read from a Gout website during our appointment and gave me little info on what i should eat instead of meat/gluten. Basically he told me to eat peanut butter every day...thats about it. He literally shrugged when I asked him what can I eat for meat substitutes. Anyways here is my problem:

I am gluten sensitive. I still eat gluten but I try to eat is in very small amounts if not, 100% gluten free most days.

I have gout which is that I have too much uric acid in my body and it builds up in my joints and crystallizes. The best way to treat it is through diet. That means almost a meatless, low fat, and limited veggies diet.

So basically I am struggling to find food that I can eat. Here is a list of foods I can't have:

Gluten foods I cant eat:

White Flour
Whole Wheat Flour
Durum Wheat
Graham Flour
Triticale
Kamut
Semolina
Spelt
Wheat Germ
Wheat Bran
wheat Pasta
Couscous
Some Bread
Flour Tortillas
Some Cookies
Some Cakes
Some Muffins
Some Pastries
Some Cereal
Some Crackers
Beer
Some Gravies
Some Dressings
Some Sauces
I am sure there are more...

Purine Diet - I cant eat because of gout

Meats: Limit the following to 4 to 6 ounces each day. -Even small amounts cause flare ups so I limit things like chicken breast to only a few times a week. I flare up every single time I eat meat so I try to limit it to a few times a week and its usually 2-4 oz of skinless chicken breast.

Vegetables: Limit the following vegetables to ½ cup each day.

Asparagus
Cauliflower
Spinach
Mushrooms
Green peas
Oats and oatmeal (limit to ⅔ cup uncooked each day)
Wheat germ and bran (limit to ¼ cup each day)

High-purine foods: Limit or avoid foods high in purine.

Anchovies, sardines, scallops, and mussels
Tuna, codfish, herring,salmon and haddock
Wild game meats, like goose,turkey and duck
Organ meats, such as brains, heart, kidney, liver, and sweetbreads
Gravies and sauces made with meat
Yeast extracts taken in the form of a supplement
Beer and alcohol
mutton and lamb
veal
bacon
Soy

The biggest issues I have are finding meat supplements. I love portabella but I cant have that much, I cant have soy products so all those "meatless products" are out , I don't like eggplant much but I only cooked it once so I'm willing to try it again. I don't have any other ideas...

I have been eating rice, assorted veggies, gluten free products like pasta, corn products, peanut butter, and sometimes I just give up and eat meat or gluten that I shouldn't.
I feel like I'm eating too many carbs too....

Gout foods I should eat:
Low fat dairy products
Cherries
Wine is small amounts
Coffee
Vitamin C
Foods made with complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains, brown rice, oats, and beans ( gluten free only for me)
lettuce
Carrots
celery
Cucumbers
artichokes
spinach
lemons
watermelon
cantaloupe
apples
apricots
peaches


If you have any ideas, please help :)

Replies

  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    Beans...

    Meatless chili, hummus, black bean soup, beans & rice combinations, black bean burgers. Also look at Indian food, there are lots of vegetarian options there.

    http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/2011/04/07/vegan-black-bean-burgers/
    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Green-Bean-and-Mushroom-Medley/Detail.aspx?evt19=1
    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cuban-Beans-and-Rice/Detail.aspx?evt19=1

    Do some searching on Google - there are tons of things maybe you never thought of ;) Good luck!
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Eggs, can you eat eggs? I didn't see eggs on your lists. Or cheese.

    If eggs and cheese are ok, try quiches, souffles, omelets. Just load them with veggies and beans, legumes for a balance meal of protein (egg, cheese, beans), fiber (beans, legumes), etc.
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    Have you tried quinoa? Cooked in veg broth and load with root vegetables. It is pretty yummy. I know beans can also aggravate gout so not a great option. Also a personal favorite of mine is boiled or baked potato and cottage cheese. I usually have some fruit or side salad with it.
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    Eggs will be a biggie for you. There are tons of ways to prepare them, they're cheap, they're high-protein, and they go with almost anything.

    The gout diet at my work contains approximately eight ounces of turkey each day in various forms -- turkey ham, ground turkey, turkey pastrami, turkey sausage, etc. Our dietitian explained to me once that a naturally low-purine diet combined with turkey as main protein source is apparently the least aggravating for gout patients. I don't know what the science behind that is, but it may be worth discussing with your doctor; I've served this diet to at least 15 gout patients in my time at this job and not one has experienced a diet-related flare while in my facility.

    Other items on our gout diet are whole-grain cereals such as farina and Malt O'Meal, the aforementioned eggs, non-cruciferous vegetables, corn-based carbs (corn tortillas vs. flour tortillas, cornbread vs. buttermilk biscuits, cornmeal vs. panko breading, cornstarch thickeners vs. white flour), and TVP. I strongly encourage you to speak with a different doctor or nutritionist, as several things on your no-no list are NOT routinely contraindicated for gout patients.

    Good luck to you. I know how painful and hard to manage gout is.
  • shano25
    shano25 Posts: 233 Member
    I don't eat meat and I'm trying to keep soy low in my diet so I focus a lot on beans and lentils, always combined with either brown rice or quinoa.

    If you google non-soy meat alternatives, you're going to find tons of blogs with recipes. A lot of the time when you find vegan recipes, they're also gluten free as well. (MindBodyGreen.com is a great website for vegan and gluten free recipes.)

    Do you have a natural foods store? There are tons of gluten-free products on the market now, and the people who work there will probably be more knowledgable than your dietician.
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    Thanks everyone!!!

    I forgot about eggs! That's a great option. beans are not the greatest for it but not as bad as meat. (I think)

    I actually bought quinoa for the first time and its siting in my cupboard. I just gotta figure out what to do with it

    We have a natural food store and we went to a organic foods/Maine festival this past weekend an got some cool stuff.

    Cheese is actually a good food for gout, especially if its low fat :)

    To avskk, that's what I'm saying.:laugh: like he literally read off a website to me while I was sitting in his office and I know how much contradictory advice is out there on the internet. He even googled...haha. That's why I am so confused. He basically told me I couldn't eat almost anything...and obviously didn't have any experience with former patients. Man, I wish you were around here cause you seem to know more about it :happy:

    The biggest issue is that even when I eat like less than 4 oz of chicken my foot flares the next day so I'm really trying to figure out what I can eat in place of a meat. Sides are pretty easy because of all the gf products which I LOVE. .

    :heart: For GF people the best bread that I have found is Glutino "favorite sandwich bread mix". Its really good stuff and the only gf bread mix I like so far. :heart:
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