Betel leaves, are often used to wrap meat, cook soup or as accompanying vegetables.
Essential oil extracted from piper lolot leaves has the ability to inhibit xanthine oxidase - an enzyme involved in the formation of uric acid.
If used as a spice vegetable, piper lolot leaves can contribute to enriching a diet rich in green vegetables. This is a suitable point for the current nutritional trend in gout control.
Betel leaves can be chopped into vegetable soup, rolled with tofu and vegetables, or used as herbs in meals. This processing method helps increase the amount of plants in the diet without making meals too dependent on meat.
It is equally important not to turn piper lolot leaves into dishes with too much beef, goat meat or viscera, because then the benefits of increasing green vegetables can hardly compensate for the effects of a diet rich in purines.
However, people who are being treated for gout should not stop taking the medicine themselves to switch to using piper lolot leaves or leafy water.
The goal of disease control is still to maintain blood uric acid at an appropriate level as directed by the doctor, while controlling weight, limiting alcohol, sugary drinks and purine-rich foods.
For gout patients, a plate of green vegetables with piper lolot leaves in a reasonable meal can be a food choice; while uric acid control still needs to be based on the entire diet, lifestyle and medical treatment when necessary.
Gout patients can prepare dishes with betel leaves such as:
Betel leaves soup with tofu and mushrooms
Young tofu + mushrooms + tomatoes + piper lolot leaves, chopped.
Cook thinly, with a little salt, do not use bones to simmer for too long to create a too thick broth.
Egg rolls with betel leaves and vegetables
Eggs + chopped betel leaves + carrots or mushrooms.
You can steam or pan-fry instead of frying a lot of oil.
Chicken shreds mixed with piper lolot leaves and green vegetables
Use a moderate amount of boiled chicken breast, shred it, mix with young betel leaves, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes.
Do not turn this dish into a plate full of meat; the vegetable portion should account for a larger proportion.
Steamed fish with ginger betel leaves
Use a moderate amount of fish, steam with ginger, betel leaves and onions.
For people with gout, they should control their fish portions and choose the right type of fish instead of eating it regularly in large quantities.
