Gout Diet: Are You Fooled By Purines & Other Gout Food Myths
Gout Diet often rules the gout sufferers life. It shouldn’t, but it does.
If you want food to rule your life, I will help you choose the foods to help your gout, and which gout foods to avoid.
If you do not want food to rule your life, I will expose a few gout food myths, and teach you food management techniques that allow you to eat whatever you want (in moderation,of course).
Everyone seems to think that gout is a disease caused by food. It is not!
Your diet may affect different parts of the gout pain pathway, but it is only part of the story.
Before you can start to look at changing your diet, you must collect some important information about yourself, and you must know some important targets. The very first thing you must do before browsing through this section is to Prepare Your Gout Plan.
There is a lot of information about gout diet here, so I have divided it into subsections:
- How food affects gout
- Food as gout treatment
- Medical Food Issues
- Good Gout Food
- Bad Gout Food
- Other Gout Diet Pages
Please note that many pages are still being transferred from the old style (October 2009), and I include these in the “other” subsection until I reformat them.
How Food Affects Gout
What are sensible gout diet restrictions, and what are ludicrous limitations. The articles in this part of the Gout Diet section deal with how food affects gout.
- Sensible Gout Diet Restrictions
- An overview of the way food affects gout. How gout diet restrictions are only sensible in the right context.
Food As Gout Treatment
Given that food can play a part in a good gout treatment plan, this subsection looks at the way you need to incorporate diet and lifestyle changes in you recovery and maintenance plans.
- Gout Treatment Diet
- An overview of the right approach to food as a gout treatment.
Medical Food Issues
Medical aspects of foods for gout sufferers.
- Diet For Gout Patients
- An overview of how some gout diet and lifestyle issues directly affect gout treatments.
Good Gout Food
Some foods are more beneficial than others. This subsection highlights food and associated lifestyle changes that can help gout, including recipes.
- Good Diet For Gout
- An overview of foods that are beneficial to gout sufferers.
Bad Gout Food
With good planning, you can enjoy most food, but some foods need careful handling and there are hidden dangers in many common food items. This subsection deals with food that can be bad for gout.
- Gout Foods To Avoid
- An overview of foods that should be restricted or avoided.
Other Gout Diet Articles
These are pages that relate to gout diet, but do not fit neatly into any of the other three categories. Most are general nutrition guides and food composition tables. They are listed separately on the Diet To Help Gout & Other Gouty Lifestyle Issues page.
- The foods that cause gout are not simply high purine foods
- Learn the foods that cause gout and you can manage your diet to avoid attacks. But don’t believe everything you are told – it’s not just about avoiding purines.
- Diet for Gout Patients Planning Is As Simple As You Like
- All you need to know about planning a diet for gout patients, from simple tips to diet planning tools and recipes.
- Delicious Recipes For Gout Help You Eat Yourself Better
- Do not think that only low purine recipes are good for gout. These recipes for gout explode the myths and bring you tasty meals and snacks for a winning gout diet (or even a weight losing one).
- What Is Uric Acid Food?
- Do you want to know more about uric acid food. Remember that it is important to manage your whole diet, but here are some gout foods that every gout sufferer asks about.
There are also many gout articles that refer to gout diet. These are not complete enough to be included in this Gout Diet Reference section. I am tagging these, and I will add links here soon.
Next Gout Diet Steps
As you can see, there are many gout diet issues, but I urge you not to become obsessed by food.
Especially avoid connecting specific foods to gout – it is your whole diet that matters, not just one or two food and drink items.
You need to assess your current diet, in the context of your height, weight, lifestyle, and health. Then develop a plan to gradually improve any weaknesses.
If you are not sure how to assess your diet, or how to improve your weaknesses, you can get more help in the gout forum.