Diet for gout

lmcgee20
lmcgee20 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone had gout.
Do you know what to eat to prevent attacks.
Thanks
Linda.

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  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    lmcgee20 wrote: »
    Has anyone had gout.
    Do you know what to eat to prevent attacks.
    Thanks
    Linda.

    I've had it, it's a awful condition to have when you deal with a flare.

    When I was diagnosed, my GP gave me a handout talking about high purine foods to avoid. That includes lots of high protein foods, certain nuts, and other things. While that seemed to help manage it, it wasn't 100%

    I did find tart cherry juice or tart cherries did help when having a flare.
    I also seemed to find limiting foods very high in sugar did seem to help avoid flares, too. (Fructose metabolism is associated with a rise in uric acid).

    But, losing weight was the most effective way to avoid the flares. When I got my weight under control, I stopped having flares almost completely.
  • brandyjones1991
    brandyjones1991 Posts: 34 Member
    My Dad has it. Avoid red meat and alcohol, it makes it worse. Cherries are good and so is pineapple I believe. They have this black cherry supplement thing at GNC which is suppose to really help.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Looked it up. Fruits, vegetables, and complex carbs are your friends. Continue to lose weight and stay hydrated.

    http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/gout-diet/art-20048524
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    lmcgee20 wrote: »
    Has anyone had gout.
    Do you know what to eat to prevent attacks.
    Thanks
    Linda.
    Ya... i don't know of there is a diet to prevent it but you are going to want a doctor's opinion which is not avaialbe here.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    It's not so much what to eat as what to avoid - purines. You can read this: http://www.webmd.com/arthritis/tc/diet-and-gout-topic-overview but the doctor really should've told you. Give them a call and tell them you have questions about what you should and shouldn't eat. It's unlikely that they'll make you come in for this and will be able to get what you need on the phone. :)
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    edited July 2015
    Everyone is different and what triggers gout is different for everyone. My husband suffers with it and for the longest time it was only shellfish that was triggering it. As long as he avoided shrimp, crab, etc. he didn't get flare ups. Suddenly, he's been dealing with it over the past few weeks. He's now trying to figure out what is causing it to flare up now.

    Medication can help and cherries are definitely helpful to managing flare ups. Losing weight and finding your trigger foods can help to prevent them entirely. Use the lists others have posted and cut out those foods entirely. If your symptoms disappear then you know it's one of them. Then only add one back in at a time so you can determine which is/are your trigger.
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    There's a lot of triggers for gout, and everyone is different. For instance, spinach and nitrates are triggers for one of my friends, but my husband doesn't have problems with them. Meds can help, but be prepared for about a month of your body adjusting to it. After that month, though, HSpoon has been attack-free for over a year now.
  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
    brandyjones1991 wrote: »
    Cherries are good and so is pineapple I believe.

    While I really don't believe any food is a "super miracle food," cherries do seem to have a real effect on gout. My mom has had multiple episodes. She now keeps a baggy of tart cherries in the house to snack on occasionally and has attested to the fact that it's helped avoid more episodes (of course there's always the possibility that snacking on the cherries are just keeping her from snacking on other unhealthy foods).

    Not sure about pineapple, but I love the stuff, so that would be awesome.
  • Cavspider
    Cavspider Posts: 327 Member
    I used to have gout flareups periodically despite cutting out known triggers. I started drinking tart cherry juice every morning in addition to watching what I eat and completely cutting out the identified triggers. The cherry juice helped a lot. I also eat dried tart Montmorency cherries as a snack, in salads, mixed with nuts in granola, etc. The combined tart cherry juice plus the dried tart cherries in addition to watching what I eat helped me.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Indomethacin and hydrocodone FTW.

    Probably a coincidence, but the episodes basically went away with my extra weight.
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