Gout Diet that sufferers should observe

Is there a specific gout diet that a gout sufferer should observe? The diet not necessarily needs to be low in purine. There is a gout theory that says that abnormal purine metabolism causes the excess uric acid, or because of the excessive purine intake through the years. This theory says that the insulin resistance, which is a diabetes condition, causes the excess uric acid.  This means that if you have diabetes, you will probably have gout too.

The condition wherein the cells are becoming resistant to allow the insulin in delivering glucose to create energy is insulin resistance. Too much insulin is the result that you will get. Studies also showed that the insulin slows down the production of uric acids by the kidneys.

These are the rules to be followed to succeed in your gout diet.

1. Everyday, you should only have 1,600 calories. 40% should come from carbohydrates, 30% should be from protein and 30% must be from mono unsaturated and poly unsaturated fats. Mathematically, this will mean that 640 calories and 160 grams are from the carbohydrate that you take, 480 and 120 grams are from protein and 480 and 53 grams are from the fats. The amount of carbohydrates of 160 grams is not considered to be the Atkins diet, because people eat more than that.

2. People who are suffering from gout should take complex carbohydrate than refined carbohydrate. There is lower amount of Glycemic Index (GI) scale in complex carbohydrates than the refined carbohydrates have. The response of the complex carbohydrates is slower but better.

3. Fats that you can find in meats, dairy products, lard and beef dripping is saturated fats, and it is substituted by mono unsaturated fats, that is present in canola and olive oil, and poly unsaturated fats, that is present in corn, soybeans and sunflower oils.

The study includes 13 male participants that were overweight and obese, with ages that range from 38 to 62, the average age of those who suffer gout. Out of 13 patients, twelve of them had an elevation on uric acid levels. They remembered having at least two gout attacks in the last four months. These patients did not take medications that lower uric acid levels. They are moderate alcohol drinkers, but no alcohol rules are followed.

The results of this study are as follows. The weight loss averages 1 lb a week, resulting in 17 lbs lost after 4 months. Only one of the patients did not lose weight. One interesting point that is issued is that a blood uric acid level that is more elevated at the start of the study will mean that the blood uric acid at the end will fall largely.

This diet will be considered to be a gout sufferer's diet. From the average of 2.1 monthly gout attacks, it fell to 0.6 monthly gout attacks, which means it lowered for about 70%. This happens to twelve of the patients who had the diet. The other did not lose the weight and the number of monthly attacks did not lessen.