The modern world is full of all kinds of food temptations. At every step we find stores with bars, chips, buns, cakes and other things, which seem tasty, but surely sooner or later will cause stomach and digestion diseases in general.
In ancient times, when such diseases occurred, the patient was unaware of the treatment methods and led a habitual lifestyle, aggravating his condition, which ultimately led to disastrous consequences, and sometimes even fatal results.
Today, there are many treatment options for gastrointestinal and gastrointestinal disorders. But for its successful treatment, you need to limit yourself and completely review your usual diet.
What do we call gout?
Gout is a disease that is directly related to a disorder in the human body. With gout, the uric acid salts are retained in the joint tissues, which has very serious consequences. Gout was mentioned for the first time during the time when Hippocrates lived, then there were many of its manifestations.
Today, fortunately, the disease is less common, with about three cases per thousand people, although outbreaks of the disease have become more frequent in recent years.
Such an increase in the percentage of morbidity with this disease is associated with the food that people eat and with its volume.
Initially, a sharp increase in the concentration of uric acid in the blood of a person leads to the disease. Derivatives of this concentration are transported through the body with the help of the blood and are deposited in joints, muscles and even organs. These deposits are dangerous because the infected tissue can be destroyed. An increase in the concentration of this acid is due to the fact that the kidneys do not have time to process and eliminate its excessively abundant production from the body. Also, the problem can arise due to diseases and poor functioning of the kidneys.
The first symptoms of the disease are joint pain, redness of the big toes and fever. It is worth noting a very important point: if you do not go to the doctor at the first symptoms and delay the disease, the affected joint will be completely destroyed, and this will entail disability, and if the organ is destroyed, then constant pain. and death is possible. That is why it is necessary to take the disease as seriously as possible.
The manifestation of gout directly depends on how and what a person eats and how he lives. It is not without reason that gout was previously called the "disease of kings", since an inactive lifestyle, the constant use of fatty and heavy foods, the excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, together cause metabolic problems and as a result , similar diseases. Therefore, in the treatment of gout, strict adherence to a proper diet and a diet to reduce acid production is considered very important and even the main point. To know the level of uric acid in the blood, you only need to donate blood for analysis.
How to eat well?
The specificity of developing a diet for gout patients aims to restore uric acid metabolism in the body. If you do not take urgent action to restore this level, excess acids (sodium urate) are cleared throughout the body, causing widespread inflammation.
In addition to establishing the necessary diet, doctors recommend undergoing drug treatment, as well as persistently participating in physiotherapy procedures, in addition, a person with gout is recommended to lead a more active lifestyle, walk and exercise outdoor.
Speaking of the diet, it should be noted that a necessary step will be the exclusion of a number of contraindicated foods from the diet. When the disease worsens, you can not eat fish and meat, it is imperative to organize fasting days at least twice a week, and ideally every other day.
The fasting days for a gout patient are:
- Fruit and vegetable. You should eat one and a half kilograms of fruits per day, which is allowed by the diet.
- Milk and kefir. In this case, the patient should drink up to two liters of this liquid a day.
- Curd and kefir. It is necessary to eat four hundred grams of cottage cheese and drink half a liter of kefir.
These days of fasting are useful because they contribute to the dissolution of uric acid in the body and its elimination. When the exacerbation of the disease subsides, the patient can continue to eat fish and meat, but strictly steamed, boiled or baked. It is worth remembering that you should eat these products a maximum of three times a week, and not more often.
It is necessary to adhere to the correct water regime. You need to drink about three liters of clean water a day. You should drink it an hour before meals during an exacerbation of the disease. If there is no exacerbation, then the water can be replaced with another liquid, the main thing is that it is natural and fresh. You can also drink alkaline mineral water.
Fasting is contraindicated in gout, in this case the acid level will rise sharply, it is better to eat little, but often.
Recommended menu for gout
With gout, you need to eat healthy, natural foods. From these products, you can make a menu for every day, but you should consult your doctor about its dosage, since each person's diet can be individual.
Acceptable Product List:
- Meat products: turkey, rabbit, chicken; chicken eggs.
- Lean fish; seafood: squid, shrimp.
- Cereals: wheat semolina, oats, millet, rice, buckwheat.
- Pasta; black and white bread.
- Vegetables: white cabbage, zucchini, aubergines, cucumbers, beets, potatoes, carrots.
- Onions, garlic, dill.
- Fruits: citrus, apples, pears, apricots, melons and watermelons, peaches.
- Berries - everything is possible, except grapes and raspberries; nuts other than raisins; walnuts.
- Sweet: no chocolates, candies, jams, jams, marshmallows, honey.
- Natural drinks: juices, fruit drinks, fruit drinks, kvass, one hour with lemon broth, rosehip or bran.
- First courses without broth, olive oil; The second courses are boiled or steamed products.
You can eat other foods, but in small amounts, such as boiled hot dogs, bacon, hot dogs. You can eat tomatoes and plums about two a day and about two times a week.
Salt must be eliminated entirely or its use must be significantly limited. It is better to cook food completely without salt and add a little salt to the prepared dishes already on the table. Of course, pickles, pickles, and most spices should be eliminated from the diet.
It is recommended to reduce the consumption of protein foods (especially red meat), since the accelerated metabolism of proteins causes an increase in the concentration of urates. If you are overweight, you should also limit carbohydrate foods (especially baked goods, cakes).
Honey and figs, plums, grapes, some types of vegetables and tubers (turnip, celery, rhubarb, cauliflower, bell pepper), as well as mushrooms should be included in your diet only during remission.
Otherwise, it is necessary to consult a doctor, who will prescribe a more detailed diet for a certain degree of the disease.