Nutritionist's Recommendations: Diet for High Uric Acid

Uric acid is produced by the body itself – Normally, it is in the blood of every person. The acid is a breakdown product of purines. However, in some diseases, its content in the blood increases significantly, which leads to negative health consequences. This is also due to the large amount of protein in the diet, excessive physical activity, alcohol abuse. What diet for high uric acid will help reduce its levels in the blood?

The editors of estet-portal.com will tell you about what foods should be avoided and what should be included in the diet. 

• Uric Acid Diet: Which Foods to Avoid
• Uric acid diet: how to eat right

Diet for high uric acid: what foods to avoid

There are medicines that lower the level of uric acid in the blood. However, the most efficient way – it's a diet. After all, no medicine will help if you abuse products that provoke an increased content of this component in the blood. And these include those that have purine bases in large quantities. If there is excess weight along with increased uric acid, then the diet should be low-calorie. 

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The diet for high uric acid is based on several principles:

• exclude foods high in purine – e.g. fish and meat;
  
  
• use of healthy products – cereals and milk;
  
  
• enough liquid in the diet.
  
  

All this helps to reduce the amount of uric acid in the blood and improve a person's condition.

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• broths boiled over meat;
  
  
• meat and entrails of animals;
  
  
• shrimp;
  
  
• sea and river fish;
  
  
• legumes (possible in small quantities);
  
  
• canned vegetables;
  
  
• cereals (excluding wheat and hulled rice);
  
  
• smoked meats;
  
  
• alcohol;
  
  
• dried fruits (except prunes);
  
  
• spicy spices and sauces;
  
  
• salt;
  
  
• confectionery;
  
  
• olives.
  
  

As far as cooking is concerned, steaming or boiling is suitable. Fried and baked foods should be taboo. 

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Diet for high uric acid: how to eat right

Diet for elevated uric acid is designed to enrich the diet with vitamin B1 and ascorbic acid. It limits the intake of fats and proteins. Also, food must not be chopped for cooking. 

An important issue of the diet is the drinking regimen. A sufficient amount of liquid helps to remove purine bases. To do this, you need to drink up to 2.5 liters of water – this does not include other drinks. In this case, there should be no contraindications from the side of the cardiovascular system.

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What foods must be included in the diet:

• vegetable proteins in small quantities; 
  
  
• citrus;
  
  
• fresh fruits and vegetables;
  
  
• natural juices;
  
  
• unsweetened tea; 
  
  
• bread products of yesterday's baking;
  
  
• biscuits;
  
  
• soups with vegetable broths;
  
  
• chicken meat in a small amount – boiled, you can’t eat the broth; 
  
  
• porridge;
  
  
• durum wheat pasta;
  
  
• vegetable and butter. 

Don't drink water immediately after eating – wait about forty minutes. The same rule applies to tea and other drinks. You need to eat in small portions and often – at least five times a day. 

A diet for elevated uric acid should be agreed with your doctor, because there are individual characteristics of the body and the course of a certain disease. It is impossible to break the diet – especially during an exacerbation of the disease.

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