Foods To Skip When You Have Gout

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Adding fish to your daily diet has long been associated with many health benefits, including lowering your risk of heart attacks and strokes, improving your metabolism, and helping fight depression. Fish is loaded with nutrients, such as protein, iodine, various minerals and vitamins, and omega-3 fatty acids that improve your brain and body functions and reduce your risk of developing many diseases.

Unfortunately, you can’t regularly enjoy seared ahi tuna steaks or Italian pasta with anchovies if you have gout. Some fish contain high levels of purines and can increase your uric acid levels, making you susceptible to gout attacks. Fish with the highest purine content are sardines with 345 milligrams for every 100 grams, followed by trout with 297 milligrams, tuna with 257 milligrams, anchovies with 239 milligrams, and herring with 219 milligrams. Canned sardines in oil have a whopping 480 milligrams of purines. You should also limit your consumption of carp, codfish, halibut, haddock, mackerel, perch, salmon, and snapper. Don’t spend a ton of money on that fancy jar of caviar because fish roe also contains a lot of purines.