The modern world is full of all kinds of temptations in food. At every step we are met by shops with bars, chips, buns, pies and other things, which seems delicious, but will surely sooner or later lead to stomach diseases and digestion in general.
In ancient times, when such diseases occurred, the patient did not know about the methods of treatment and led a normal lifestyle, worsening his condition, which ultimately resulted in catastrophic consequences and sometimes death.
There are now many treatment options for gastrointestinal and gastrointestinal disorders. But for their successful treatment, you need to limit yourself and completely revise your usual diet.
What do we call gout?
Gout is a disease that is directly related to a disorder in the human body. In gout, uric acid salts are retained in the tissues of the joints, which leads to very serious consequences. Gout is first mentioned at the time of Hippocrates, and there were many of its manifestations then.
Today, fortunately, the disease is less common, with about three cases per thousand people, although outbreaks have become more frequent in recent years.
This increase in the percentage of people suffering from this disease is related to the food that people eat and its amount.
Initially, an acute increase in the concentration of uric acid in a person's blood leads to the disease. Derivatives of this concentration are distributed throughout the body with the help of blood and are deposited in the joints, muscles, and even organs. Such deposits are dangerous because infected tissue can be destroyed. The increase in the concentration of this acid is caused by the fact that the kidneys do not have time to process and remove from the body its excessively abundant production. Also, the problem may be due to disease and kidney dysfunction.
The first symptoms of the disease are pain in the joints, redness of the toes and fever. It is worth noting a very important point that if you do not go to the doctor at the first symptoms and delay the disease, the affected joint will be completely destroyed, resulting in 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 used to be called "the disease of kings", because an inactive lifestyle, constant use of fatty, heavy foods, 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 diet to reduce acid production is considered very important and even the main point. To find out the level of uric acid in the blood, you just need to give the blood for analysis.
How to eat properly?
The specificity of diet development for patients with gout is aimed at restoring uric acid metabolism in the body. If you do not take urgent measures to restore this level, then the excess acid (sodium urate) is removed throughout the body, causing widespread inflammation.
In addition to setting the necessary diet, doctors advise to undergo drug treatment, as well as to persistently engage in physiotherapy procedures, in addition, a person with gout is advised to a more active lifestyle, walking and exercising in the fresh air.
Speaking of diet, it should be noted that a necessary step will be to exclude a number of contraindicated foods from the diet. When the disease worsens, you cannot eat fish and meat, it is necessary to organize fasting days at least twice a week, and ideally every other day.
Fasting days for gout patients are:
- Fruits and vegetables. You must eat one and a half kilograms of fruit a day, which is allowed by the diet.
- Milk and kefir. In that case, the patient must drink up to two liters of this fluid a day.
- Cottage cheese and kefir. It is necessary to eat four hundred grams of fresh cheese and drink half a liter of kefir.
Such fasting days are useful in that they contribute to the dissolution of uric acid in the body and its removal. When the worsening 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 no more than three times a week, not more often.
It is necessary to adhere to the proper water regime. It is necessary to drink about three liters of clean water a day. You must drink it an hour before meals during the worsening 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 a little, but often.
Recommended menu for gout
With gout, you need to eat natural and healthy foods. From these products, you can compile a menu for each day, but their dose should be consulted with a doctor, because the diet for each can be individual.
List of eligible products:
- Meat products: turkey, rabbit, chicken; chicken eggs.
- Lean fish; seafood: squid, shrimp.
- Cereals: wheat semolina, oatmeal, millet, rice, buckwheat.
- So what; black and white bread.
- Vegetables: white cabbage, zucchini, eggplant, cucumbers, beets, potatoes, carrots.
- Garlic, garlic, dill.
- Fruits: citrus fruits, apples, pears, apricots, melons and watermelons, peaches.
- Berries: everything is possible, except grapes and raspberries; Dried fruits other than raisins; walnuts.
- Sweet: no chocolate, candy, jam, jam, marshmallow, honey.
- Natural drinks: juices, fruit drinks, fruit drinks, yeast, lemon clock, pomegranate or bran soup.
- First dishes without soup, olive oil; other dishes are cooked or steamed products.
You can eat other foods, but in small quantities, such as cooked sausages, bacon, sausages. You can eat tomatoes and plums about two a day and about twice a week.
Salt should be completely eliminated or its use significantly limited. It is better to cook food completely without salt and add a little salt to prepared dishes that are 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), because accelerated protein metabolism causes an increase in urate concentration. If you are overweight, you should also limit foods that contain carbohydrates (especially pastries, pastries).
Honey and figs, plums, grapes, some types of vegetables and root crops (beets, celery, rhubarb, cauliflower, pepper), as well as mushrooms should be included in the 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.