In a society where the vast majority of people are letting go of their diets, it can be really uncomfortable if their appetite is suppressed. If people with high uric acid (hyperuricemia and gout) need to limit their intake of certain foods, how should they eat?
Can you still eat fish and meat with high uric acid?
In daily life, I see many people with high uric acid who are afraid to eat fish and meat. They are concerned that increased uric acid levels are not good for their condition. Unlike gout attacks, their pain is unbearable. The advice of doctors and nutritionists is that we need to pay attention to the purine content in our foods.
Most people may not understand why you should pay attention to purine content? This is because although two-thirds of the human blood uric acid comes from endogenous uric acid, the remaining one-third comes from food sources. For people with abnormal uric acid metabolism, eating high-purine foods will not only affect the rate of uric acid excretion in the body, but also aggravate the condition.
Due to the consumption of high-purine foods, for people with unreasonable daily diet, it may also lead to metabolic disorders in the body, which is not conducive to the disease.
Therefore, food is an aspect that people with high uric acid should pay attention to. In particular, how to choose fish and meat, which most people care about?
For the question of what fish and meat can you eat with high uric acid, don't worry, the following is a list of things that can and cannot be eaten, and you can choose specifically.
Fish: According to the summary of the purine content of food in relevant books, the purine content in aquatic products is super high, including sardines, anchovies, shrimp, caviar, white ribbon fish, etc., that is, the purine content of such aquatic products is more than 150mg per 100 grams, which is a food that should be completely avoided by patients with gout and hyperuricemia;
Medium and high purine foods with a purine content of 75~150mg per 100g include carp, eel, eel, sea bass, etc. For such foods, it is indicated that patients with gout and hyperuricemia should be strictly limited. If they are in a special period, that is, an acute attack, they can no longer eat.
Foods with low purine content have a purine content of between 30~75 mg per 100 grams. For example, salmon, lobster, and tuna, which people often eat in their daily lives, are relatively safe. People with high uric acid can consume it in moderation while their condition is stable.
Meat: For people who like to eat animal offal, liver, brain, kidneys, and intestines, they are all ultra-high purine foods; If it is only common livestock meat such as chicken, duck, goose, rabbit, etc., it is medium and high purine food, which can be appropriately selected according to the condition; Meat with low to medium purine foods is the fish mentioned above.
Therefore, it can be seen that meat and fish are not all inedible, but selective, and other foods can ensure a variety of foods and a balanced diet.