What Foods to Avoid

The main cause for gout are high levels of uric acid. We need to avoid high purine foods since those can increase uric acid levels in the body. A good gout diet is therefore limiting the intake of foods high in purine.

What foods to avoid if you suffer from Gout:

• Choose meat low in fat and avoid oily and fatty foods.
• Alcohol consumption should be avoided or at least limited to a very few drinks per week.
• Meat, fish and poultry should be limited to 4 – 6 oz per day.

Those are the High-Purine foods to avoid:

Eat only small amounts of:

It is furthermore important to keep a healthy body weight since obesity will cause more uric acid production by the body.  But it is important to not follow a high-protein/low carb diet as this can have the opposite effect and worsen the condition!

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