Gout patients can eat crayfish, but try to eat as little as possible. If you have had a previous gout attack after eating crayfish, you should avoid crawfish.
Crayfish is a food with high purine content, and the purine content in every 100g of crayfish (calculated according to the edible part) exceeds 150mg; moreover, various crayfish dishes often contain a lot of fat, Large and frequent consumption may increase blood uric acid levels and induce gout attacks, so it is not advisable to eat more.
There are individual differences in the intake limit. It is recommended that you grasp it based on your past experience. For example, if you have eaten a pound in the past and induced gout, it is best to avoid eating so much next time.
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However, restricting a high-purine diet is not the most important way to reduce the risk of gout attacks. Avoiding excess weight and limiting alcohol intake are. Completely avoiding high-purine foods will not significantly reduce blood uric acid levels, but will significantly reduce the quality of life, so it is not recommended. On the premise of stable uric acid control, eating crayfish occasionally is not a sin.
For patients with gout and hyperuricemia, the daily diet should pay more attention to the following points:
1. Those who are overweight should lose weight, and those who are normal weight should keep it. Eat more whole grains, low-fat dairy products, fresh vegetables, eat less added sugar, reduce the intake of red meat and seafood, reduce the intake of saturated fatty acids, and exercise regularly to help control weight and reduce the risk of gout.
2. It is recommended to abstain from drinking alcohol, especially beer. No matter white wine, red wine, rice wine or beer, the main ingredient is ethanol (alcohol), and ethanol will delay the excretion of uric acid, lead to the accumulation of uric acid, and induce gout. Beer also contains a lot of substances that can be converted into uric acid. Simply put, drinking alcohol will lead to more uric acid in and less out, which will induce or aggravate gout attacks.
3. Reduce intake of fructose-rich beverages. Studies have linked fructose to elevated uric acid.
4. Keep a certain amount of water, more than 2000 mL per day.
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