B.
My husband has gout too and all the research I have found tells you what NOT to eat but nothing tells you what would be good to eat to try to help prevent future attacks. There is one site from England that you have to pay to be a member and she swears that If you join, she will tell you recipes and things that will help, but I refuse to pay her huge fee to get very little. She has a "free" e-mail that she will send and I got on that list for a while, but it gave you NOTHING for any tips or information and every time that you click on something to learn the magic answer, it directed you to her pay pal site so you could pay her annual fee to join her club. With her being off shore, you have no recourse if you are scammed. I did not fall for it or pay for it.
I have been asking and researching all over and so far the only thing I have found that people agree on is tart cherry juice to help prevent attacks. Several say that if you start your day with a glass of tart cherry juice, that it will help to prevent attacks. If an attack happens, they say that if you drink more tart cherry juice, it will help to get rid of the attack quicker than without it. The problem is that I can't get my husband to even drink one glass of it, not even once to give it a shot. He is so stubborn!
My next door neighbor is a biology professor and he has tried to find some more information on what can be eaten and even he hasn't been able to find much on the subject.
Stay away from a lot of proteins like red meats. Pork and Beef seem to hit my husband hard.
Turkey and chicken are better. We try to have at least one night a week without meat at all. One of our favorites is spaghetti. I dice up zucchini chunks into the sauce to give it more substance and it is really pretty good. I have read on a few lists that mushrooms will trigger a flare up, so I don't add any extra to the sauce.
He likes to take ramen noodles to work for his lunch. I have not seen these on any list so I assume they are ok. We will sometimes have them for dinner too with some shredded cabbage, carrots, zucchini, and any left over chicken or turkey.
Turkey bacon is pretty good and we use ground turkey in things like spaghetti sauce and lasagna.
Gout is no laughing matter. It really is very painful. They are not just being babys when they complain about it.
Sorry Roxy, WebMD only tells you what NOT to eat. Not what you SHOULD eat. Been there, done that---however it does give you a few links to where you can purchase organic tart cherry juice so it is not worthless.
Roxanne
Hey Chris! Go to www.webmd.com. Then type in gout - I know that it's caused by too much uric acid and can be painful and debilitating! He should stay away from fatty foods - for sure! And the website will tell you what exactly those foods are to bring down the inflamation. I'd take more time - but I'm job searching & waiting for a interview phone call! Give him my best (say hi to your mom) and your a great son trying to find out what you can help with in the way of knowledge! Thinking of you all fondly!
Keith from GoutPal.com
Everyone thinks gout is all about food. Sometimes diet is to blame. Most times it isn't.
Gout is most often caused by genetic problems, but can also be: environmental (too much iron, lead and other metals in the blood); medical side-effects from surgery or diuretic drugs; and health effects of other conditions including cancer and kidney disease. Diet will have little effect on fixing these, but even if it did, you cannot simply look at lists of foods.
There is no such thing as good foods for gout, because you have to look at total food intake. Avoiding one food group, or relying on another, will only lead to a poorly balanced diet. Bad diet will usually make gout worse, and can also cause other health problems. By all means, use food lists to analyze what your father already eats, then look for improvements. But begin with Dad, not lists.
B's point about expensive forums is good, but she hasn't looked far enough. The one I run is free, it has nothing to sell you, but it has lots of gout sufferers who actually care that you get the best for your father.
To manage gout properly, you must have a good plan.
Get information first - height, weight, uric acid level in the blood, current diet, etc.
Outline objectives - what is target uric acid, is weight loss necessary?
Uric acid crystals - plan how to get rid of them (medicine, diet or a combination of both)
Tend - continue to look after uric acid levels forever.
Only when you have a plan like that, does food make sense. Fortunately, there are many people around who can help you get the plan first and then make sense of food and medication.
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