The disease that is associated with a violation of metabolic processes is called gout . With this disease in the body, a large amount of uric acid is formed. Its deposition occurs in all joints, in connection with which a person experiences severe pains in them. First of all, the fingers of the lower and upper extremities are affected. Medicine is not able to cope with this ailment. To date, there are no drugs that could save a person from this disease. However, if you do not fight it, then the disease can go into a chronic form. In order to eliminate the symptoms of this disease and create conditions that are unfavorable for the postponement of salts, a diet for patients with gout was developed. Its main task is to normalize the purine exchange and reduce the formation of uric acid.
Diet with gout during an exacerbation
At the first signs of the disease a person is recommended to follow a diet. This disease is accompanied by the following symptoms: there are pains in the damaged joint, there are swelling. As a rule, this symptomatology persists for two weeks, after which the disease recedes. During this period, in order to alleviate the pain, one should not only adhere to the foundations of the proposed diet, but also observe every rule of the diet for gout:
- take food 4 times, through equal intervals of time;
- hunger strikes or overeating are not allowed;
- The patient should consume at least 3 liters of fluid when the disease is exacerbated.
Now consider the principles of diet for gout, as well as what is useful to eat and what not.
Let's start with forbidden food. It includes broths of meat, mushrooms, as well as fish, smoked products, meat and all by-products. When the disease worsens, it is absolutely necessary to abandon canned products, spices, legumes, cheeses. From drinks it is necessary to exclude alcohol-containing drinks, strong teas and natural coffee. From sweets - cakes, cakes, sweets , chocolate.
In case of exacerbation of gout on the legs, a diet is recommended, suggesting the use of liquid food: vegetable soups, compotes, cottage cheese, cereals.
Purine diet for gout is based on a vegetarian diet, according to which you can include in your diet soups, fruits, salads of fruits and vegetables . Necessarily need to eat bread, berries and nuts.
When the disease recedes, you can diversify the menu with lean fish, eggs, lean meat. From sweets it is allowed marmalade, pastila, marshmallow.