Gout

     Gout is a very painful type of arthritis that is caused by the accumulation of crystals in the joints, due to high levels of uric acid in the body. Joints are attacked especially the toes, knees, ankles, wrists, fingers and elbows. In addition to pain, gout can also make the joints swollen, inflamed, hot and stiff.

      Approximately 90% of gout is caused by the inability of the kidneys remove uric acid from the body completely through the urine. Other small part because the body produces excess uric acid. Gout disease mostly affects men over 40 years and post-menopausal women. Patients with gout usually also have other complaints such as high blood pressure, kidney disease, diabetes and atherosclerosis. Half of patients with gout are people who are overweight. If allowed, gout can develop into kidney stones and lead to kidney failure.
    

   

List of Foods that contain high PurineUric Acid (mg / 100g)

 

Theobromine (caffeine chocolate): 2300

Spleen Sheep / Goat: 773

Beef Liver: 554

Sardine:   480

Ear Mushrooms:   448

Cow Spleen:   444

leaves Melinjo: 366

Lung Cow:   339

Kale, Spinach:   290

Kidney Cattle:   269

Beef Heart:   256

Chicken liver:   243

Heart Sheep / Goat:   241

Anchovy:   239

Shrimp:   234

Seeds Melinjo:   222

Horseflesh:   200

Soy & Nuts:   190

Chicken Breast with Skin:   175

Chicken Meat:   169

Meat Geese:   165

Neat's Tongue:   160

Snapper:   160

Tempe:   141

Meat Duck:   138

Shell:   136

Lobster Shrimp:   118

Tofu:   108

Abstinence Uric Acid

      Changes in lifestyle, consumption of certain drugs and avoid foods high in purines can control the levels of uric acid. Here is a high-purine foods that become taboo for gout sufferers. (Remember that each person has a different sensitivity to the food. The food was very quickly lead to gout attack on one person is not necessarily the same effect on others).

1.  Alcohol and soft drinks

2.  Melinjo and chips

3.  Nuts

4.  Mushrooms, cooked spinach, and cabbage

5.  Lamb

6.  Offal and lard (fat)

7.  Shellfish

8.  Ducks and turkeys

9.  Salmon, mackerel, sardines, crabs, shrimp, and a few other fish

10.Cream and Ice Cream

Recommendation

Some of the following is recommended to reduce uric acid:

1. Do not take aspirin (if you need medication to reduce pain, select the type of ibuprofen and others).
2. Drink plenty of water, especially for patients who suffer from kidney stones to remove uric acid crystals in the body.     
3. Eating fruits rich in vitamin C, especially oranges and strawberries
4. Sexually active (Good news! Sex turns facilitate urine production resulting in lower levels of uric acid).
5. Consumption is one of the natural products that can cure gout sepertisidaguri, Seed, brotowali, green tea, etc.
6. Eating foods high in potassium such as: 

                 a.  Vegetables and fruits

                 b.  Potato

                 c.  Avocado

                 d.  Milk and yogurt

                 e.  Bananas.

 Menu Foods For Gout Sufferers

     For patients with uric acids is the recommend to maintain your diet, because if you eat any food that is not appropriate, gout will recur. Therefore you need to know the food is allowed in feed and food that touched avoided.

Food That May In Consumption For Gout Sufferers

1. Consumption of foods containing high potassium such as potatoes, yogurt, and bananas.
2. Consumption of fruits that contain lots of vitamin C, such as citrus, papaya and strawberries. Examples of fruit and vegetables to treat gout: dragon fruit, starfruit, ginger, pumpkin, mustard greens, chicory, lemon grass and tomato.
3. Increase consumption of complex carbohydrates such as rice, cassava, bread and potatoes.
4. Reduce consumption of simple carbohydrates such as fructose types of sugar, candy, cotton candy, cotton candy and syrup.
5. Do not take aspirin.
6. Do not work too hard / fatigue.
7. In people who are overweight (obesity), usually uric acid levels quickly rose but spending a little, then you should lose weight with exercise.
8. Adjust energy intake with the body's needs, based on height and weight.

Mandatory Avoid Gout Patients Eat Here

1. Foods that are canned (example: corned beef, sardines).
2. Vegetables: cauliflower, spinach, asparagus, beans, mushroom, cassava leaves, papaya, kale.
3. Foods rich in protein and fat.
4. Extracts such as shredded meat and jerky.
5. Legumes: soybeans (including processed products such as tempe, tauco, oncom, soy milk), peanuts, green beans, bean sprouts, melinjo, chips.
6. Fried foods or bersantan or cooked by using margarine / butter.
7. Seafood: shrimp, squid, cuttlefish, clams, mussels, oysters, crabs, anchovies, sardines.
8. Ducks, geese and turkeys.
9. Certain fruits such as durian, pineapple and coconut water.
10. Offal: kidney, spleen, tripe, intestines, liver, lung and brain.
11. Mutton, beef, horse meat.
12. Cheese, eggs, cream, ice cream, broth or gravy is thick.