When the doctor tells you you have gout, you might not know exactly what that means? Will your body swell up? Will you be able to move? Will it go away? Will it affect your family? If you haven’t dealt with gout before, and don’t confuse it with goiter, which is another chronic disease, then you might have a lot of questions that need to be answered.

Gout is a disease where your body produces too much uric acid. The excess uric acid in your body leaves crystals behind in the joints, which causes them to be painful. Sore and stiff joints will be common all day long and may not improve with activity. You can improve gout with diet and you can lessen the pain with over the counter medication. There are even exercises that you can do that will process gout out of your body faster, so you can reduce the swelling and get on with your life.

Bad Gout Foods

Have you ever had a morning where you got out of bed and your feet hurt so bad, you could barely stand? You might have sat there and racked your brain as to what you did the day before that made you so sore. In actuality, it might not be what you did, but what you ate that has your feet and maybe even other parts of your body aching.

When you have gout in feet, it can be very painful and limit what you do throughout a day. For people who stand on their feet all day or have to walk around, it can be excruciatingly painful to go throughout the day and not wince. In order to prevent the gout from making your life miserable, there are a few foods you should eliminate from your diet and a few that you might want to eat more of.

Foods high in purines will digest and produce more uric acid in your system. These foods include mushrooms, spinach, cauliflower, legumes, oil, fatty foods, salad dressings and ice cream. Avoiding alcohol will also help prevent gout attacks from coming on in the future.  Foods you can eat include those high in vitamin C, such as citrus, strawberries, melons, papayas, tomatoes, broccoli and proteins like white meat. Eat whatever food you choose in moderation, so you don’t overdo it with either type of food in your diet.