Gout patients should know: Purine content in foods

Eating a lot of foods with high purine content leads to the risk of gout. Therefore, gout patients need to know and understand the purine content in food for effective treatment.

1. What foods are high in purines?

Each food has a different purine content. In 100 grams of food, depending on the purine content, the foods are divided into 3 groups with low purine content (group A, 0 - 50mg), to moderate (group B, 50 - 150mg) and high (group A, 0 - 50mg) C, 150 - 1000mg).
Group A: Fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy products, butter, cooking oil, animal fat, caffeinated drinks such as coffee, tea, ... Group B: Poultry meat, red meat, some fish, shellfish, oysters, whole grains, legumes, some vegetables, fruits such as spinach, broccoli, kale, asparagus, mushrooms, fruit avocado, ... Group C: Wild animal meat, offal of animals, fermented foods from meat, fish roe, some fish such as anchovies, herring, sardines, mackerel, salmon, scallops, lobster, crayfish, ...

2. Table of purine content in food

Below is a detailed table of purine content in 100 grams of food, ranked from low to high:

3. Principles of building menus to ensure purine content for gout patients

Gout patients need to limit foods with moderate or higher purine content.
Do not eat animal organs. Do not drink alcohol, beer and drinks containing caffeine. Eat less fish, seafood, red meat, and poultry. Eat lots of green vegetables and sweet fruits. Drink a lot of water. The ratio of the diet should be: energy accounted for 30Kcal/kg, protein from 0.8-1g/kg, fat 20%/total energy. If you are overweight or obese, you should lose weight, but be careful to lose it slowly.

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4. Suggest a menu with purine content suitable for gout patients

Here is a suggested menu with purine content suitable for the diet of people with Gout:
Breakfast: 1 bowl of noodles includes 60g noodles and 40g beef, 1 banana. Lunch: 2 cups of rice equivalent to 100g of rice, 30g of lean pork, 200g of sauteed cabbage, 200g of watermelon. Dinner: 1 glass of low-sugar soy milk is equivalent to 250ml of milk and 10g of sugar. Dinner: 2 cups of rice equivalent to 100g of rice, 100g of braised fish, 300g of squash cooked with 10g of shrimp, 150g of oranges. Gout patients should know the purine content of food to build a suitable diet, help effective treatment, and limit disease recurrence.

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