Recommended Foods for Uric Acid Patients

High-purine seafood, processed foods and animal products have been associated to a high uric acid level and also more frequent flares.

In essence, plant-based purines seem not to raise one’s uric acid levels. This article is on a food for uric acid patients and it is important to pay attention to how different foods you eat affect you.

In my last post, I wrote about uric acid foods we should avoid and I gave a simple explanation about gout or uric acid levels. The effects and purposes of foods listed down below are to help manage this disease.

Let's give a hint on gout and some foods recommended for those individuals suffering from gout.

Gout is a type of arthritis as mentioned in my last post which has to do with inflammation and severe sharp joint pain because of crystalized uric acid deposits. Uric acid can be formed in the body through two mechanisms. They are:

1. Formed from the body's own cells
2. Formed from foods, as a waste product of certain proteins metabolism called nucleo-proteins.

Therefore, food for uric acid patients must the following conditions.

1. They must facilitate in aiding the elimination of uric. It is noteworthy that alkalizing foods increase uric acid elimination in the urine while acidifying foods do the opposite.
2. A food for uric acid patients must contain little purine which result in uric acid..List of foods here