Abstinence and Recommendation for Uric Acid Patients

Definitely sad to feel if there is one family member who suffered from gout, or maybe disease suffered by your own? To maintain the health of people who have gout, it takes special attention to lifestyle and food intake. But first, if foodlovers actually know what is gout?

According to the explanation of medicine, disease uratadalah acid very painful type of arthritis 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 are caused by the inability of the kidneys remove uric acid from the body completely through the urine. Some other minor 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 gout sufferers are overweight. If allowed, gout can develop into kidney stones and lead to kidney failure.

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

This is the abstinence of food and drinks for patients with gout:
- Alcohol and soft drinks
- Melinjo and chips
- Nuts
- Mushrooms, cooked spinach, and mustard greens
- Mutton
- Offal and lard (fat)
- Shellfish
- Duck and turkey
- Salmon, mackerel, sardines, crab, shrimp, and some other fish
- Cream and Ice Cream

Some of the following is recommended to reduce uric acid:
- Do not take aspirin (if you need a pain-reducing medication, select the type of ibuprofen and others)
- Drink plenty of water are white, especially for patients who suffer from kidney stones to remove uric acid crystals in the body.
- Eating foods high in potassium such as:

* Vegetables and fruits
* Potatoes
* Avocados
* Milk and yogurt
* Bananas

- Eat fruits rich in vitamin C, especially citrus and strawberry
- Sexually active, it turns out that sex can facilitate the production of urine loh!
- Consumption of one of the natural products that can cure gout like sidaguri, Black Seed, brotowali, green tea, etc.