Diet for Gout Patients

A diet for gout patients will most likely be prescribed by your doctor (if he is a good one) when first diagnosed, to help limit future flare ups.

Your typical diet should be one that is low in meat and alcohol.

Dark meats and beer in particular should be avoided due to them being rich in a substance called purines.

Purines get metabolized by your body in to uric acid… and uric acid is what causes the the pain and symptoms of gout!

Therefore, as the theory goes… if you limit the amount of purines in your diet, less uric acid is produced, resulting in less pain and suffering, and less gouty arthritis!

So what are the main offenders you may be asking? Here's a list of foods to follow on a typical diet for gout patients.

Foods High in Purine Content

Dark Meat and Gout

- Anchovies: 411 mg of purines per 100g
- Sardines: (canned) 399 mg of purines per 100g
- Salmon: 250 mg of purines per 100g
- Shrimp: 234 mg of purines per 100g
- Mackerel: 194 mg of purines per 100g
- Tuna: 142 mg of purines per 100g
- Clams: 136 mg of purines per 100g
- Squid: 135 mg of purines per 100g
- Chicken: 130 mg of purines per 100g
- Lamb: 127 mg of purines per 100g
- Pork: 119 mg of purines per 100g
- Fish (white): 115 mg of purines per 100g
- Oysters: 107 mg of purines per 100g
- Steak: 105 mg of purines per 100g

Organ Meats and Gout

- Pork liver: 289 mg of purines per 100g
- Chicken liver: 243 mg of purines per 100g
- Chicken heart: 223 mg of purines per 100g
- Beef kidney: 213 mg of purines per 100g
- Beef liver: 197 mg of purines per 100g
- Beef heart: 171 mg of purines per 100g
- Lamb heart: 171 mg of purines per 100g
- Beef brain: 162 mg of purines per 100g
- Lamb liver: 147 mg of purines per 100g
- Chicken gizzard: 130 mg of purines per 100g

Vegetables and Gout

- Black eye peas: 230 mg of purines per 100g
- Lentils: 222 mg of purines per 100g
- Great northern beans: 213 mg of purines per 100g
- Small white beans: 202 mg of purines per 100g
- Split peas: 195 mg of purines per 100g
- Pinto beans: 171 mg of purines per 100g
- Red beans: 162 mg of purines per 100g
- Large lima beans: 149 mg of purines per 100g
- Baby lima beans: 144 mg of purines per 100g
- Cran berry beans: 75 mg of purines per 100g

Alcohol and Gout

- Traditional beers: 20 – 28 mg of purines per 1000ml
- Stouts (Guinness): 24 mg of purines per 1000ml
- Lager beers: 18 mg of purines per 1000ml
- Home brewed beer: 4 mg of purines per 1000ml

Other vegetables, grains, and fruits pose little risk of inducing gout symptoms. If you stick to avoiding the above diet for gout patients list, you should notice significant reductions in pain and inflammation.

Your daily load of purines is highly individual. The total amount of purines you can tolerate per day is best figured out on a trial and error basis.

Return from Diet for Gout Patients to Gout Remedies

Return from Diet for Gout Patients to Male Menopause