General Dietary Guidelines for Gout prevention:

• Avoid purine-rich foods. The higher the purine content, the more uric acid
  will be produced in the body.  
• If you are overweight, try and achieve your ideal weight through slow, controlled weight loss (maximum 500 g per week).  
• Rapid / sudden fasting is not recommended as this can raise uric acid levels
  and aggravate gout.  
• Avoid heavy, rich meals with high fat and protein content.  
• Alcohol should be avoided, particularly wine since it interferes with uric
  acid excretion.

Foods that are extremely beneficial for gout prevention:

• Purified water (dissolves toxins).  
• Celery (renews joints, bones, arteries, all connective tissue; clears digestive.  
• fermentation, which causes dampness and acidic blood, (according to Chinese
  medicine).  
• Tomato: After digestion, it alkalizes the blood and is good for treating acid
  blood condition of gout.  
• Seaweed.  
• Cherries, strawberries, blueberries and other red-blue berries.  
• Lots of vegetables, especially kale, cabbage, parsley, and other green, leafy vegetables. 
• Bananas.

Foods to Avoid:

• Rich foods.  
• Greasy, oily foods.  
• Red meat and meat extracts such as bouillon and gravies.  
• Organ meats such as liver, kidney.  
• Coffee, sugar and white-flour products.  
• Refined sugar and other concentrated sweeteners.  
• Alcohol, coffee, tea, cola drinks.  
• Sweetbreads.  
• Refined carbohydrates.  
• Yeast products.  
• Spices.  
• Shell fish, poultry, preserved fish such as sardines, herring and anchovies.  
• Dried beans and peas.  
• Foods that contain additives such as MSG (found even in Worcestershire sauce).

Foods moderately high in purine levels, to be eaten sparingly (no more than 4 times per week):

•  fish, poultry, turkey and beans. Spinach, mushrooms, asparagus  
•  bran and wheat breads are also on this list.

 
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Michael Lam, M.D., M.P.H., A.B.A.A.M. is a specialist in Preventive and Anti-Aging Medicine. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, California. He also holds a Masters of Public Health degree and is Board Certified in Anti-aging Medicine by the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine. He has authored numerous articles and the following books: The Five Proven Secrets to Longevity, How to Stay Young and Live Longer, Estrogen Dominance - Hormonal Imbalance of the 21st Century, and Beating Cancer with Natural Medicine.

 
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