Looking to create a delicious low purine diet gout recipe? If so, here are some easy to follow steps to creating a dish to be proud of. One that is nutritious and healthy and helps to re balance the levels of Uric Acid.
But first, it is important to understand why you need a specific diet and recipes if you suffer from Gout.
Gout in it's simplest terms forms when an imbalance of Uric Acid occurs in the blood. This is generally due to either a poor functioning Kidney or excessive Purine in the diet.
Purine is a natural substance that is in our body tissue, and in many foods at varying levels. However, when purine is broken down and processed by the body uric acid is released into the blood stream.
If the levels of uric acid is too high and not being eliminated from the body effectively, then they can collect as crystals in the joints and cause swelling, stiffness and pain.
Generally the most common place the crystals collect in the joints is in our feet, mainly the big toe, but Gout can occur in other body parts as well and sometimes it can mean the development of Kidney Stones.
Usually, the kidney is responsible for evacuating the excess uric acid from the body through our urine, but if the amounts are too high, or if the kidney functions are compromised in any way then this can lead to complications, and gout develops.
So, one of the best ways to relieve Gout is to reduce the levels of purine in the body, so that there is less opportunity for it to broken down into uric acid.
And one of the major sources of purine is within the food we eat - And some foods more than others.
Foods that have the highest concentration of Purine, among others, are fish and shellfish, offal (liver, heart kidneys), herring, gravy and meat extracts.
There is a longer list of food that you will need to be aware of to avoid.
However, it is not all bad. A gout diet does not mean 'dull and tasteless', as there is also a long list of delicious items that can be added as ingredients to any gout recipe.
These include, most vegetables, cheese, noodles, white bread, milk, and cereals. Again, there is a long list of acceptable ingredients to include in your gout diet.
For a more comprehensive list of foods that can be included in gout recipes you can check out our web site below.
So, taking into account the gout friendly foods that are available to choose from, what would a gout recipe look like? Well, here is an example of ingredients from a great tasting and easy to make recipe.
Cheesy Hash Brown Potato Casserole
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
26 oz. pkg. frozen hash brown potatoes
10 oz. can cheddar soup concentrate
1 cup milk
dash hot sauce
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
As you can see, just because the ingredients for this recipe are low in purine,it does not make it uninteresting or bland. So, enjoy creating your next low purine diet gout recipe and take a step closer to banishing those painful gout symptoms.
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