Veggies Make Great Gout Foods

When you are looking for gout foods to lower uric acid, vegetables are the best starting point. Most have an alkalizing effect on the body, giving the gout sufferer real benefits.

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2011 Update

Updates to gout foods information is moving to the Gout Diet Section. If you are looking for purine information, please see the Purine Rich Foods Chart, but before consulting that table of food purine content, you should understand How Purines Affect Gout.

I have moved the table of PRAL values for vegetables, referred to below, to a new food diary project.

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Only spices offer more alkaline foods, but these are really concentrated vegetable products. For alkalizing food in bulk, a good selection of vegetables from the table below is your best option. Don't forget, you still need some acid foods to maintain a healthy variety of nutrients.

As with all my acid/alkali food tables, please make sure you have read the PRAL food table introduction first.

Do you have a recipe using the gout foods on this list? Do you have any questions about gout foods? Please discuss gout foods on the Gout Pal Forum.