Does a High Purine Diet Cause Gout Pain?
Yes. Gout pain can be caused by a high purine diet. Your gout pain is actually caused by uric acid crystals in your joints, but uric acid is a byproduct of the metabolism of chemical compounds in our body called purines. So although your gout pain is the direct result of uric acid crystals, the root cause could be a high purine diet. Here you’ll discover what constitutes a high purine diet and how to replace it with a low purine diet.
Purines are chemical compounds that exist in our body and most foods. They are extremely important because they are a key component of the processes that provide us with the protein and energy we need. Uric acid is a byproduct of this process. Your kidneys then help flush uric acid from your body. Sometimes though, they aren’t efficient enough and the excess uric acid is retained, which can then form crystals in your joints, causing excruciating gout pain.
So if you’re suffering with agonising pain, and your kidneys aren’t able to flush the excess uric acid out, it just doesn’t make sense to continue eating high purine foods; giving your kidneys even more work to do, and producing even more acid. You seriously need to look at your diet, especially if it’s a high purine diet.
A high purine diet consists of the following types of food: all red meat, offal, game, gravies, poultry, roe, anchovies, shellfish, sardines, herring, mackerel, peas, lentils, beans, mushrooms, cauliflower, asparagus, yeast. Avoid alcohol, especially beer.
When suffering from agonising gout pain you need to avoid these high purine foods, which can only make the pain worse and prolong your agonies. A word of warning though: don’t stop instantly, reduce your intake gradually over time, say a few days. Instant fasting will increase your gout pain at first, but will then reduce.
So what can you eat? The following foods can be part of your low purine diet: complex carbohydrates (e.g. breads, cereals, pasta, rice, etc.), foods that are high in vitamin C, essential fatty acids (e.g. tuna, salmon, seeds), vegetables (except mushrooms, cauliflower and asparagus), low-fat dairy products, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, grapes. And drink at least 2 liters of water daily.
Getting rid of, or at the very least seriously reducing, your usual high purine diet will help get rid of your gout pain and help to speed up your recovery. But, you also need to ensure that any treatment will prevent your gout returning again. This, is important because frequently recurring gout can definitely cause permanent joint damage and kidney problems. So you need to eliminate your gout pain fast, plus, prevent your gout returning ever again.
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