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Gout diet, should these fruits be avoided?

I know most of the recommended diet for Gout as my husband has suffered from Gout pretty bad the past few years. I am trying to find out if he should avoid grapefruit, mandarin orange and lemon juices? I know the more water he drinks the better and he is using black cherry juice.

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    Found some stuff which might be of use to you, especially the table of food high & low in purine level.

    Orange is a low purine food, so he needn't avoid that.

  • 5 years ago

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    5 years ago

    Gout is a condition where uric acid crystals build up in the body.

    This can happen in the area of the big toe and cause a lot of pain.

    Our foods contain purines; some foods are higher in this than others.

    The doctor may place you on a lower purine diet (of which they will usually provide you a list of foods to avoid. There is also medications that can lower the uric acid in the blood

    Here an alternative way to cure gout?

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    A gout diet emphasizes dairy products, vegetable protein and lots of water. It used to be that a purine-free diet was advised but this has largely been abandoned. It involved avoiding altogether those foods high in purines. Examples of these foods are all organ meats, sweetbreads, wild game, mackerel, meat gravies & sauces, scallops, herring, anchovies and sardines. Nowadays, a purine-modified diet is usually recommended. This involves limiting to one serving a day of such purine foods as dried beans & peas, asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, mushrooms, poultry, meat & fish. It's okay to have some protein foods that don't exceed 100 grams of protein per day. Before starting a purine-modified diet, or special diet of any kind, check with a doctor

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