8 Dietary Strategies for Reducing Gout Attacks

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Meat

If meat is your main protein, try beans, nuts, and seeds. However, knowing which meats have more purine helps. Pork, chicken, duck, and beef have moderate purine. 

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Shellfish and seafood

Fish health helps many. If seafood doesn't aggravate your gout, rotate a few types. Crab, lobster, oysters, and shrimp have moderate purine. 

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Processed and sugary foods

All healthy eating lists exclude processed and sugary foods. Still hard to avoid. Sweetened corn syrup induces gout. High fructose hinders purine digestion. It elevates uric acid.

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Alcohol

Most people expect alcohol to be on this list. Alcohol is like meat—some sorts are worse than others. Beer causes the most gout flares.

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Vegetables and fungi high in purines

Gout patients should limit their intake of asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, and mushrooms, which are high in purines.

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Supplemental baking powder and brewer's yeast;

The fungus Saccharomyces Cerevisiae is used to produce brewer's yeast, which is then pasteurized and rendered inactive before being sold.

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Fish like anchovies, herring, mackerel, and sardines

Fresh anchovies. Seafood European anchovy pile. Engraulidae black sea anchovies. 

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Sodas, juice blends, and powder drinks contain fructose.

Avoid confectionery, sodas, and juice with high fructose corn syrup. Avoid packaged baked products.

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