Meat can still appear in the diet, but eating too much, choosing inappropriate foods, or maintaining an unbalanced diet can make it more difficult to control uric acid.
One common mistake is to gather a large amount of meat into one meal, especially at parties or weekend meals. Gout sufferers should pay attention to the total amount of protein-rich food in the day instead of just paying attention to individual meals.
In particular, eating a lot of meat and alcohol can make the diet more disadvantageous for people who are controlling uric acid.
Animal organs are a group of foods that people with high uric acid should limit. In addition, dishes that use a lot of meat, thick broth or eat meat continuously for many days are also not suitable choices if the goal is to control gout for a long time.
Instead of focusing on meat in each meal, the diet should be balanced with green vegetables, cereals and other suitable food sources.
This is also a concept that easily leads to mistakes. Uric acid control not only depends on how much meat you eat but also on the overall diet, weight, water intake, alcohol and treatment.
A study from Lanzhou University showed that a strain of bacteria derived from traditional fermented food Jiangshui has the ability to break down uric acid. Ly Tien Khai, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, said that this strain of bacteria has the ability to break down uric acid. The research team also tested yogurt containing this strain of bacteria on 120 people with increased uric acid in two months and recorded the ability to break down uric acid.
However, the above results do not mean that patients can use fermented foods to replace gout treatment drugs. This is a study on a specific bacterial strain and requires more evidence before widespread application.
For people with tophi granules, dietary adjustments are only part of the disease control process. Tophi granules are formed by urate crystals accumulated over time, so patients need to monitor uric acid and treat according to doctor's instructions.
The important thing is not to absolutely eliminate meat from the diet, but to eat in appropriate amounts, limit unfavorable food groups and maintain long-term uric acid control.
