Your
diet can account for 1/3 of the uric acid produced in your body.
Treatments for gout can include symptom-relieving medicines such as
anti-inflammatories and colchicine, preventive medicines such as allopurinol,
elimination of alcohol, and a diet of foods lower in purines. Gout is
said to be the only rheumatic disease known to be directly affected
by diet.
Changing your diet to foods with fewer purines can help
relieve the symptoms as well as address the actual problem of hyperurecemia
(elevated levels of uric acid in the blood).
With delicious recipes that are lower in purines, the
Gout Hater's Cookbook collection can help you lower uric acid
levels, as well as offer dishes that will delight the entire family!