My husband has gout, can he eat bamboo shoots regularly? What should I pay attention to? (Bich Phuong, Binh Phuoc)
Reply:
Gout is a condition in which urate crystals (sodium urate) or uric acid crystals are deposited in the joints, causing arthritis. Gout often has flare-ups, recurring many times, and can then become chronic. Some typical symptoms include swelling, redness, pain, and hot joints.
People with gout should avoid or limit eating bamboo shoots, especially asparagus, because it can make the disease worse and relapse. Bamboo shoots often contain high levels of purines, which when entering the body will be converted into uric acid. Excess uric acid deposits in the joints, progressing to urate crystals, causing joint irritation, promoting the immune system's response to cause inflammation.
In addition to bamboo shoots, gout patients should limit foods high in purines such as seafood (anchovies, sardines, herring, caviar), red meat (beef, pork, smoked meat, ham), animal fat, bone broth. Food should be prepared by boiling or stewing (with lots of water), limit fried and grilled foods.
Avoid alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, and fructose-sweetened soft drinks. Limit snacking between meals. Dinner should be eaten at least three hours before bedtime to prevent the accumulation of purines in the body.
To ensure a diet that reduces purines and uric acid but still provides enough protein for the body, gout patients should supplement protein from plant sources (nuts, beans, cereals), increase green vegetables and ripe fruits, and can use low-fat milk or low-fat dairy products.
Patients should have regular check-ups as prescribed by their doctor, regularly monitor uric acid levels, sugar, and blood lipid levels. Avoid gaining too much weight, which can lead to overweight, obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, and metabolic syndrome, which can worsen gout.
Supplementing natural nutrients such as eggshell membrane extract, undenatured collagen type II and hydrolyzed collagen peptide, chondroitin sulfate (main component of the extracellular matrix structure), turmeric root extract helps improve pain, anti-inflammatory, reduce swelling, enhance cartilage and subchondral bone regeneration, limit the risk of osteoarthritis due to gout.
Doctor Tran Thi Tra Phuong
Nutrihome Nutrition Center
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