After being busy for a long time, I finally look forward to a long vacation. Whether it’s family reunion or catching up with old friends, it’s inevitable to have a sumptuous meal together, which is a difficult problem for gout patients:
Considering factors such as calorie restriction, balanced nutrition and elimination of drinking, the most ideal diet for gout patients is to choose their own ingredients and cook their own diet. However, it is inevitable to go out to eat or visit relatives and friends during the Spring Festival. Compared with their own diet at ordinary times, they have more oil and calories. Salt is abundant and tastes strong. The ingredients are miscellaneous and the purine content is uncertain.
How should gout (high uric acid) people eat healthy outside? In fact, it is not difficult, let’s take a look at the following content as soon as possible.
Control the amount of food
When eating out, the first thing we should pay attention to is the amount of food. When serving, we should compare the amount of these dishes with the amount on the table at home at ordinary times in our mind. If the amount is sufficient than usual, we should order less, or we can choose to pack the rest back without wasting it.
For gout patients who need diet therapy, there is no need to practice the old adage of “every grain is hard” or to worry about “leftovers are disrespectful”.
Pay attention to the choice of ingredients
After observing the amount of food, What needs to be paid attention to is the choice of food materials. Dr. Clove has already introduced a lot of diet-related contents before. If you pay attention to the summary at ordinary times, you can definitely classify common foods according to purine content. If you encounter [high purine foods] that are not suitable for you, you cannot move chopsticks on them for the sake of temporary appetite.
Evaluation of cooking methods
The last thing that needs to be evaluated is the cooking method. See if there is a lot of oil in the dish and if the taste of the meal is too salty. If the judgment shows that this dish is not suitable for gout patients, I hope everyone can try this dish [only a little] and don’t eat too much.
Here are some tips for gout patients to eat in restaurants:
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Enter a restaurant with a complete menu and have as many choices as possible.
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Choose a restaurant with light style and don’t dip too much in soy sauce and sauce.
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When ordering dishes, choose more low purine foods and less high purine foods such as bacon and seafood.
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When ordering, choose some dishes that can know the ingredients according to the name of the dish.
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Eat in moderation and do not eat too much.
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Last but not least: refuse to drink.