Can gout patients drink wine?

Gout patients are very uncomfortable when they have an attack. They will feel severe pain in their legs and may even be unable to walk normally. So for this disease, it is best to control the number of attacks. However, there are many foods that can induce this disease, so patients must remember not to drink alcohol after suffering from this disease, not even wine.

1. Encourage the intake of soy products.

Soy foods are rich in protein, soy isoflavones and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Six epidemiological surveys showed that the intake of soy foods was not related to blood uric acid levels, hyperuricemia and gout. Five intervention trials found that although soy protein increased blood uric acid levels, the degree of increase in blood uric acid levels on clinical impact was negligible compared with the intake of Asians. A recent domestic study found that giving patients with hyperuricemia a high-protein diet containing beans for three months significantly reduced their blood uric acid levels.

2. Encourage the intake of low-fat milk and yogurt

A study has confirmed that both short-term and long-term intake of dairy products, especially skim milk and low-calorie yogurt, can reduce uric acid levels. In addition, glycomacropeptide and G600 in milk have anti-inflammatory effects, which may alleviate acute attacks of gout by reducing the inflammatory response of monosodium urate in the joints.

3. Encourage the consumption of vegetables and fruits

Dietary surveys in China and South Korea both found that eating vegetables and fruits rich in purine did not increase blood uric acid levels. A vegetable-based diet can reduce uric acid levels, and the same effect is observed even when consuming spinach. The vitamins contained in cherries can lower uric acid, have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, and can prevent the onset of gout.

4. Limit sugary drinks

Emphasize to gout patients not to drink or drink less sugary drinks, not to eat or eat less packaged foods such as cakes, desserts, cold drinks, etc., pay attention to adding as little sugar as possible when cooking, and reduce the intake of fructose-rich fruits; at the same time, vigorously publicize the health hazards of excessive intake of sugar products to the society.

5. Drinking more coffee can help prevent gout

A recent large-scale survey by researchers from the United States and Canada found that drinking coffee can help lower uric acid levels in the human blood and achieve the effect of preventing gout.

Elevated levels of uric acid in the blood are a precursor to gout. Gout, a disease characterized by painful and inflamed joints, is most common in adult men. Researchers from the University of British Columbia in Canada, Harvard Medical School in the United States and other institutions found in their investigation that increasing daily coffee intake can significantly reduce uric acid levels in the blood.