Stay on a diet
The most important thing to control the intake of high purine food is fish, shrimp, crab and other aquatic products.
Polymyositis
More uric acid is excreted; Can effectively prevent urinary calculi and renal insufficiency. That little friend with gout/high uric acid should learn to drink water scientifically, correctly and effectively.
Drink plenty of water
Normal people's daily urine volume is about 1 000 ~ 2 000 ml, with an average of about 1 500 ml. For gout patients, due to the rich uric acid "inventory" in the body, under the same renal function conditions, if you want to excrete more uric acid than normal people, you must excrete more urine than normal people. Generally speaking, the urine volume of gout patients should reach more than 2 liters per day.
Drink soda water
Drinking water seems simple, but it is actually "hidden mystery." For example, drinking drinks regularly will increase the level of uric acid in the body, which is not good for gout patients.
The most suitable water for gout patients has two characteristics:
Alkalinity: Helps to alkalize urine. When the pH value of the patient's urine increases, the solubility of uric acid also increases, which is helpful to the excretion of uric acid in the body. Low calorie: If you drink a lot of high-sugar drinks, it will ruin the whole day's diet plan.
Soda water is an essential product for gout patients to travel at home. Soda water contains sodium bicarbonate, which is alkaline because it contains free bicarbonate ions, which helps gout patients alkalize urine and excrete uric acid. Drinking soda is very popular in western countries. In recent years, more and more people in China have tasted the sweetness of soda water, and there are more and more sodas on the market. If friends with gout don't like soda, then plain water and light tea are good choices.
A survey shows that 65.9% people only drink water when they are thirsty, and only 5% people have the good habit of drinking water regularly and quantitatively. But in fact, thirst means that the human body is already in a state of water shortage. Drinking water only when thirsty is not good for patients with high uric acid. When you are thirsty, the concentrated uric acid in your body begins to secretly deteriorate. At this time, the effect of drinking water to promote uric acid excretion is not ideal. Therefore, gout patients may wish to bring a kettle with them and have nothing to drink.