Gout - disease Of Kings !!!

Gout is an inflammation of one or more joints, which is caused by increased volume and deposition of uric acid crystals in the joints. The symptoms of gout are sudden attacks of severe pain in the joints ,primarily big toe and knee, with joint swelling and redness.

Since the cause of gout is the accumulation of uric acid in the body, it is necessary to consider that food leads to a slightly higher uric acid formation and reduced to the same diet. It can take three to five days and it is recommended to consume the liquid in large quantities and it is primarily plain water, lemonade or fruit juice but no fruit nectar that contains additional sugars.

Did you know that gout is often called the disease of kings? It is precisely because the gout usually develops as a consequence of obesity, over-consumption of meat and alcohol. This is actually food that is rich in purines. Some foods are particularly rich in purines, and the food that we want to leave out of the diet of gout. Purines are components of the metabolism occurs uric acid that causes problems, gout.

Foods containing high percent of purines are primarily offal, oily fish ,  canned fish, meat products, meat extracts, bouillons, alcohol, yeast, wholemeal bread and cereals, yeast and fried dough , fresh pastries , bread, beans, cauliflower, spinach and chard, canned vegetables, nuts, using, high dairy products. This is the food that we need at the time of an acute attack of gout completely omitted.

After an acute attack of gout, it is allowed to consume all food categories, with a focus on reduced amounts of alcohol.

It is necessary to reduce food intake by about 500 calories of normal energy intake, a food spread in at least three meals a day.