Low-fat milk
Low-fat milk and dairy products are food groups often mentioned in the diet for people with high uric acid.
The mechanism is believed to be related to some proteins in milk that can promote uric acid secretion through the kidneys.
Patients should choose unsweetened or low-sugar milk, avoiding milks with a lot of added sugar.
Vegetables
Vegetables are a group of foods that are beneficial for people who need to control uric acid.
Notably, you should not worry too much about vegetables with relatively high purine content such as beans, peas, or some other vegetables.
Plant purines do not seem to have the same effect on the risk of gout as purines from some animal foods, and vegetables also provide fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
Cherry
Cherries, especially cherries, are of interest in gout research because they contain anthocyanins and many antioxidant compounds.
Therefore, you can eat fresh cherries as part of your fruit portion, but you should not abuse cherries juice with added sugar.
Fresh fruit instead of sugary soda
If you want to supplement with fruit, you should prioritize eating whole fruits instead of drinking bottled juice or juice with added sugar. Filtered water is still the main choice to maintain enough water.
Coffee
Coffee is an interesting case. Some observational studies show that regular coffee drinkers are at a lower risk of gout.
You can continue to use it at an appropriate level, but you should limit sugar, condensed milk and sugar syrups. You should not start drinking a lot of coffee just for the purpose of lowering uric acid.
More importantly: reduce alcohol, red meat and sugar
Beneficial foods only make sense when they simultaneously limit factors that increase uric acid.
A healthy diet should be based on four principles: adequate, balanced, moderate and diverse; prioritizing low-processed foods, limiting free sugar, unhealthy fats and sodium.
