Gout, in fact, is considered a disease of the joints. The cause of the disease is a violation of the metabolism of uric acid, salts of which accumulate in the joints and cause attacks of acute pain. Uric acid is also called a brain stimulator and is placed on a par with caffeine. Many well-known and brilliant people were subject to this disease - kings, military leaders, artists, writers. It is safe to say that gout is also a payment for genius.
In the chronic form of the disease an important role in alleviating the fate of the patient is played by proper nutrition. Today we will talk about what should be a diet for gout on the legs and discuss the menu.
Diet for gout on the legs
Proper nutrition for a gout patient should become a way of life. After all, the use of products that are not included in the diet for patients provokes the aggravation of the disease.
Let's start with the general rules of the diet for gout on the legs:
- Diet should be distinguished during the period of paroxysm and without exacerbation. All permitted products are recorded in the table below and are divided by periods of illness.
- Fasting days are required, with a frequency of once every three days. These days should be only dairy or fruit and vegetable dishes.
- Drink should be plentiful: up to 3 liters of fluid per day.
- Nutrition - fractional, up to 5 times per day. Remember: do not overeat.
- It is necessary to exclude alcohol.
Product table
| Gout Allowed Products | Products that can be consumed in the absence of exacerbation | Products permitted in the acute phase of the disease |
| Fruits (except grapes and its derivatives) and vegetables (except prohibited), as well as fruit and vegetable juices | Boiled lean meat three times a week | Semi-liquid cereals |
| Low Fat Dairy | Green tea and cocoa, as well as weak coffee (rare) | Vegetable puree |
| Porridges (except legumes), pasta | Fish Stew | Fruit (except grapes and its derivatives) |
| Vegetable oils, sauces from sour cream or tomatoes without spices | Salt and sugar (limit to minimum) | Low fat cottage cheese |
| Honey | Egg (only 1 per day), milk (3 times a week) | Kefir |
| Wheat bread white and gray, vegetarian soups without mushrooms | Butter and boiled sausage (occasionally) | Fruit dishes |
Prohibited Products:
- rich broths (fish and meat);
- veal, beef, goose, and any fatty meat;
- spices, seasonings, any spicy sauces;
- spinach leaves, as well as sorrel;
- chocolate;
- mushrooms;
- legumes;
- smoked products;
- fish (both dried and salted);
- caviar;
- salty and sharp cheeses;
- canned meat and fish;
- alcohol;
- pastry, puff pastry;
- bread and buns from high-grade flour.
Recommended menu
| Day | Mealtime | The name of the dish |
| Monday | 08-09 | Milk porridge, fresh cucumbers, wild rose drink |
| 13-14
| Potato soup, fried zucchini, strawberries with sour cream | |
| 17.00 | Cottage cheese and sour cream, fruit jelly | |
| 19.00 | Fritters, cabbage patties, tomato juice | |
| 21.00 | Baked apple | |
| Tuesday | 08-09 | Vegetable salad with vegetable oil, green tea |
| 13-14
| Mashed potatoes, cauliflower (cooked in batter), tomato juice | |
| 17.00 | Baked apple (can be stuffed with cottage cheese) | |
| 19.00 | Rice porridge on milk, oatmeal cookies, green tea | |
| 21.00 | Sandwich from rye bread with zucchini caviar | |
| Wednesday | 08-09 | Fresh cabbage, macaroni with grated cheese, green tea |
| 13-14
| Lean borscht, lean boiled meat, fruit jelly | |
| 17.00 | Pancakes, sour cream, juice | |
| 19.00 | Syrniki, sour cream, vegetable stew, milk jelly | |
| 21.00 | Fresh apple | |
| Thursday | 08-09 | Pancakes with jam, compote |
| 13-14
| Biscuit, jelly | |
| 17.00 | Cabbage rolls with vegetables, zucchini fried, green tea | |
| 19.00 | Pumpkin porridge, milk | |
| 21.00 | Boiled egg | |
| Friday | 08-09 | Vegetable salad, cottage cheese, milk kissel |
| 13-14
| Milk noodles, Greek, cherries | |
| 17.00 | Cabbage cutlets, rosehip decoction | |
| 19.00 | Cottage cheese casserole, carrot and cocoa burgers | |
| 21.00 | Baked apple | |
| Saturday | 08-09 | Grated cheese noodles |
| 13-14
| Braised cabbage, baked potatoes with greens, tea | |
| 17.00 | Dried fruits with nuts, compote | |
| 19.00 | Pumpkin, baked with honey; nonfat kefir | |
| 21.00 | Fruit Yogurt Salad | |
| Sunday | 08-09 | Vegetable salad, low fat cottage cheese, dried fruit compote |
| 13-14
| Beetroot soup, boiled chicken with rice, tomato juice | |
| 17.00 | Braised cabbage, kissel | |
| 19.00 | Vegetable stew, meatballs from rice with cottage cheese, tea | |
| 21.00 | Kefir |
Diet for gout during exacerbation
During the period of exacerbation, all meat dishes are excluded from the diet. The first two days, preference is given to liquid porridge and vegetable puree. From the third day you can add low-fat cottage cheese, kefir and fruit dishes. Drink better mineral water
on an empty stomach
Here is an approximate menu:
- liquid oatmeal with milk;
- carrot juice;
- vegetable soup, kissel;
- the juice;
- oatmeal porridge with milk, compote;
- before going to bed - kefir.
As you can see, if you do not take into account the menu in the period of exacerbation of the disease, then, in fact, the diet for gout is absolutely good nutrition. Of course, something delicious will have to sacrifice, but then health is more expensive. It is important to diversify the diet and replenish the body with vitamins, that is, more lean on fruits and vegetables.
