Can people with gout eat beef?

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When suffering from gout, the patient needs to reduce the amount of uric acid and increase the excretion of uric acid through the kidneys. A healthy diet can help treat acute and chronic gout and help relieve pain effectively.

1. Should people with Gout eat meat?

Although red meat such as beef or pork contains many essential nutrients, people with gout should not consume too much of these foods. This is because red meat contains a high amount of protein. This will increase the level of uric acid in the blood - the main cause of gout.
Although red meat is the causative agent of gout, it does not mean that the patient must abstain absolutely. To ensure energy and health needs, patients can still eat beef and pork but maintain it in moderate amounts. Or the diet can replace red meat with white meat to prevent the disease from getting worse.

2. Scientific diet for gout patients

For patients should use foods low in purines (0-5 mg / 100g) such as cereals, nuts, butter, fat, sugar, eggs, milk, cheese, vegetables.
Should only eat 2-3 times a week for foods containing a lot of uric acid (50-150 mg / 100g) such as: meat, fish, seafood, poultry, beans, mushrooms, white radish , cauliflower.. In addition, should not eat foods with a lot of purines (over 150 mg / 100g) such as: brain, liver, oval, herring, meat broth, mushrooms, asparagus, lettuce, oysters . Especially absolutely do not drink alcohol, beer, coffee, tea because it causes uric acid in the blood to increase.
Patients need to maintain a reasonable weight, if overweight and obese people should not lose weight too quickly but should lose weight slowly.

In the menu, it is necessary to eat more green vegetables, non-sour fruits because it does not increase blood uric acid, drink enough water daily from 2 to 2.5 liters / day, should drink mineral water, vegetable juice.
Patients need to reduce the amount of protein in the diet: total amount of meat or fish, ... and should eat a variety of foods to supplement the necessary nutrients.
Some foods have the same amount of protein as:
100g meat = 180g tofu = 70g peanuts = 100g fish = 100g shrimp. The patient's protein needs should not exceed 1g/kg/day, animal protein and beans should not exceed 100g/day.
In the diet of people with gout, it is not necessary to abstain from beef or pork absolutely, but it is important to maintain weight and ensure a healthy and scientific diet.

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