Managing gout means making lifestyle changes, such as eating fewer foods high in purines. Limiting those with the highest and high amounts may help control gout attacks. Here’s a list – from highest to lowest – of foods and their purine content.
GROUP A
Foods with a high purine concentration, about 150 to 1,000 milligrams of purine per 100 grams of food. Your doctor may recommend not eating these foods.
• Liver
• Sweetbreads
• Brains
• Fish roe/eggs
• Beer
• Kidney
• Sardines
• Gravies
• Broths
• Mussels
• Wine
• Anchovies
• Heart
• Herring
Group B
Foods with moderate amounts of purine, 50 to 150 milligrams per 100 grams of food. Your doctor may recommend that you not eat more than one serving of any of these foods each day.
• Meats
• Peas
• Cauliflower
• Lentils
• Yeast
• Beans
• Asparagus
• Mushrooms
• Spinach
• Whole grain cereals
• Fowl (for example: chicken or duck)
• Fish (except for those listed above)
• Other seafood
Group C
Foods with very few purines. You do not need to limit these foods to avoid purines.
• Vegetables (except for those listed above)
• Fruits
• Milk
• Eggs
• Spices and condiments, including salt and vinegar
• Refined cereals and cereal products
• Butter and fats (in moderation)
• Sugar and sweets (in moderation)
• Vegetable soups (clear broth)
• Nuts
Introducing a more alkaline diet has helped my suspected incipient arthritis. Have not been to doctor as have not found them terribly helpful in the past.
Alkalising my diet has also kept recurring cystitis at bay. There must be a connection with uric acid and the uric crystals that can form in kidneys and irritate bladders. It's hard. One has to do so much homework oneself as doctors just don't seem to have any answers except antibiotics or steroids. Fine tuning of the metabolism through what we eat just doesn't seem to occur to them, yet everyone knows our modern western diet is toxic with too much meat and processed foods - all acid forming. There is a lot on line. I know there are contradictions but there are a few pointers which can help and then it's trial and error. Good luck and good health to everyone looking for answers.
The primary dietary modification traditionally recommended is a low-purine diet. Avoiding purines completely is impossible, but strive to limit them. People with gout should learn by trial and error what their personal limit is and which foods cause problems.
Foods considered high in purine content include:
* Alcoholic beverages (all types).
* Some fish, seafood and shellfish, including anchovies, sardines, herring, mussels, codfish, scallops, trout and haddock.
* Some meats, such as bacon, turkey, veal, venison and organ meats like liver.
Foods considered moderate in purine content include:
* Meats such as beef, chicken, duck, pork and ham.
* Crab, lobster, oysters and shrimp.
* Vegetables and beans such as asparagus, kidney beans, lentils, lima beans, mushrooms and spinach.
We eat a lot of salads, greens, chicken, little red meat. At a lost of what to make according to list.
Thank you,
Alice Yeager
What can I eat to help without drugs?
I want to try my diet first without drugs.
What is the length of time to try diet over drugs before having to try drugs.
Thanks!!!
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