High uric acid is a common metabolic disease in modern people, and many people find that their uric acid is high during physical examination.
At this point, you may ask a series of questions: What is uric acid?Why is the value of uric acid high?What are the links between high uric acid and gout?What should I do if my uric acid is high?
Don't be anxious when you encounter a problem, and patiently read this article with your own answer!
Uric acid is the end product of amino acid metabolism in the body, which is mainly produced by cellular metabolism and purine metabolism in food.
Normally, uric acid is excreted from the body through the kidneys to maintain the concentration of uric acid in the blood within the normal range. If too much uric acid is produced in the body, or if the kidneys are dysfunctional, resulting in poor uric acid excretion, the concentration of uric acid in the blood will increase, resulting in hyperuricemia.
Blood uric acid levels are affected by many factors
Internal factors: age, gender, genetics, purine metabolism, weight, etc.
External factors: diet, alcohol consumption, environment, temperature, etc.
Hyperuricemia is the main cause of gout**
When the concentration of uric acid in the blood exceeds the normal range, uric acid can be deposited in joints, soft tissues and other parts, triggering an inflammatory response, resulting in joint pain, swelling, stiffness and other symptoms. In addition, hyperuricemia may also cause diseases such as kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
Promote a low-purine diet
A low-purine diet refers to avoiding high-purine foods in your daily diet, choosing low-purine foods as much as possible, and reducing your purine intake from food.
The principles of a low-purine diet are: provide enough fat and carbohydrates, and limit the amount of protein and salt. Drink plenty of water and increase urine output to promote uric acid excretion. Try to use cooking methods that make food digestible. Increase the intake of foods rich in vitamin B1 and vitamin C.
Low-purine diet
Effect on controlling uric acid levels
Dietary modification is the basis, and a low-purine diet can reduce blood uric acid by 10% to 18%, reduce the number of gout exacerbations, and patients with renal insufficiency and high-purine diet will benefit more obviously.
"Avoid", "Restrict", "Encourage".
Depending on the diet of purines**, it is recommended to characterize the various diets into three categories, namely "avoid", "limit", and "encourage", so as to carry out targeted interventions.
Animal offal: such as liver, kidney, pancreas, etc., these foods contain a large amount of purines, and eating too much will lead to an increase in the purine content in the body, thereby aggravating the condition.
Seafood: such as fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish, etc., these foods also contain high purines, which is not conducive to disease control.
Legumes with high purine content: such as soybeans, mung beans, broad beans, peanuts, etc., these beans also contain high purines, so you need to avoid them as much as possible.
Alcohol: Alcohol can significantly increase gout attacks and increase uric acid levels, which has been known as early as the 70s of the 20th century. Of course, different types of alcohol have different relationships with the onset of diseases, and beer, highly distilled spirits (high liquor, whiskey, etc.) have more significant harm, and patients should try to avoid themLow-alcohol wines have little effect on uric acid levels, but they still need to be strictly limited.
The American College of Rheumatology recommends that patients with acute gout attacks, poorly controlled medications, and chronic tophi arthritis should abstain from alcohol altogether.
Dairy products: Dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and cheese are important for high-quality protein**, and the metabolism produces very little uric acid. At the same time, the whey protein and casein contained in dairy products can promote the decrease of uric acid levels, which is an important nutritional replacement for patients to limit animal foods.
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Fresh vegetables: Eating plenty of vegetables (250 500 grams per day) is beneficial for controlling uric acid levels. Studies have found that even so-called high-purine vegetables (such as spinach, mushrooms, broccoli, etc.) do not raise uric acid levels in the body. This may be related to the fact that the degree of hydrolysis and absorption of purines in the gastrointestinal tract of plants is much smaller than that of purines in animals. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the purine content in different vegetables, and the most important thing is to ensure the total intake of vegetables!
Coffee: The caffeine and chlorogenic acid in coffee are strong antioxidants that reduce uric acid levels. Therefore, drinking more coffee can promote a decrease in uric acid levels.
Water: Promote uric acid excretion, drinking more water can increase urine output, thereby promoting uric acid excretion, helping to reduce blood uric acid levels;Diluting the urine and drinking plenty of water can dilute the uric acid concentration in the urine, reduce the formation of uric acid crystals, and thus reduce the risk of gout attacks.