My husband is now diabetic, but he also has gout?

My husband is now diabetic, but he also has gout?With gout, proteins are bad, with diabetes carbs are bad. I have no idea what he is going to eat?

Meg
His best option would be seeing a nutritionist. One of his doctors can set him up with a few around your area.

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A lot of fruit and vegetables.

You have to be careful with vegetables though. Spinach, mushrooms, Asparagus and a few others are packed with purines which cause gout attacks.

odzookers
His gastroenterologist or rheumatologist should have a list of gout-forbidden foods, and they're not all that restrictive. For example, I can't eat bivalves like clams or oysters, but shrimp are OK. Liver is out, but most others are fine.Besides, allopurinol is a good preventative, and colchicine will handle most attacks. Cranberries and particularly cherries and their juices are very good treatments. And diet CONTROL, not mere dumb prohibition, is the cornerstone to treating both of them.

Joe R
The diet for gout is awkward to say the least, but he must eat. There is no ideal diet. The key is to avoid foods known to be high in "Purines", esp. beer, and to eat other foods with purines only occasionally or in moderation. There are lists that tell you which foods are high and low. If you don't have a copy of it, ask your doctor for one. Other than that, exercise for both diabetes and gout are very helpful.

Perhaps you can make an appointment with a medical dietician or nutritionist through your hospital or clinic to give you meal planning ideas.

Good luck.

Fred S
I've had gout for twenty years. Haven't had an attack in well over five years. I had to learn the hard way (many times) to take the @#$ % medicine EVERY day. If you don't you'll be getting someone to literally carry you to ER for the colchicine IV. I take 300mg allopurinol/day; it's really cheap and has no side effects for me. I make no diet modifications at all, of course, I don't have diabetes; that's a far more "hands-on" and serious disease. There are two types of gout attack PREVENTION medicines that have been used for years:

Allopurinol (brand name - Zyloprim) is prescribed for chronic gout or gouty arthritis and works by affecting the system that manufactures uric acid in the body. It is used to prevent gout attacks, not to treat them once they occur.

Probenecid (brand names - Benemid, Probalan) is prescribed for chronic gout and gouty arthritis. It is used to prevent attacks related to gout, not treat them once they occur. It acts on the kidneys to help the body eliminate uric acid. Probenecid is known as a uricosuric agent.

Good luck to him; both of my parents had diabetes; mom type I and dad type II. The gout is a non-issue once under control.

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