what is uric acid and Low purine diet?

What are uric acid and Low purine diet?

Low purine diet – Purines are chemical compounds, found in various food items, fruits, vegetables, and drinks, which are part of our routine life.

Purines are broken down into uric acid. Uric acid is the cause of various problems like gout, arthritis, severe pain in bone joints such as ankle, fingers, elbow, shoulders, etc. and diabetes too.

Hence, people suffering in the trouble of metabolizing purines are advised to intake less amount of purines such as people with diabetes, gout, and arthritis.

People suffering from gout, arthritis, and diabetes must be careful about the exact purine compound in various fruits, vegetables, drinks, and other food items.

The chart given below contains the purine compound per 100 grams of food items. For instance, Apple is a good fruit of low purines compound.

On average, an Apple has 14 milligrams of purine compounds per 100 grams of fruit.

A chart is given to control the purine compound diet.

 

Low purine diet Chart

The list of fruits with corresponding purines compounds per 100 grams of fruits is as below:

Serial No.	Fruit Name	Purines compound per 100 grams of fruit	Image of fruit
1	Apple	14
2	Almond, sweet	37
3	Apricot	73
4	Artichoke	78
5	Asparagus	23
6	Aubergine	21
7	Avocado	19
8	Bamboo Shoots	29
9	Banana	57
10	Barley without husk, whole grain	96
11	Bean sprouts, Soya	80
12	Beans, French (string beans, haricot)	37
13	Beans, French, dried	45
14	Beet root	19
15	Bilberry, blueberry, huckleberry	22
16	Bread, wheat (flour) or (white bread)	14
17	Broccoli	81
18	Brussel sprouts	69
19	Cabbage, red	32
20	Cabbage, savoy	37
21	Cabbage, white	22
22	Carrot	17
23	Cauliflower	51
24	Celeriac	30
25	Cheese, Brie	7.1
26	Cherry, Morello	17
27	Cherry, sweet	7.1
28	Chicory	12
29	Chinese leaves	21
30	Chives	67
31	Corn, sweet	52
32	Currant, red	17
33	Date, dried	35
34	Fennel leaves	14
35	Fig (dried)	64
36	Gooseberry	16
37	Grape	27
38	Kiwi fruit (Chinese gooseberry, strawberry peach	19
39	Mushroom	58
40	Nuts, peanut	79
41	Oats, without husk, whole grain	94
42	Onion	13
43	Orange	19
44	Pasta made with egg (noodles, macaroni, spagh	40
45	Peach	21
46	Pineapple	19
47	Plum	24
48	Plum, dried	64
49	Potato	16
50	Pumpkin	44
51	Quince	30
52	Radish	15
53	Spinach	57
54	Squash, summer	24
55	Strawberry	21
56	Tomato	11
57	Nuts, Walnut	25

 

Low purine diet

Diet plays a crucial role in getting relief in the disease like gout, arthritis, diabetes, or any other disease.

 

Diabetes type 2

In diabetes type 2, body efforts to control blood sugar. Rich purine food items produce uric acid.

Increased Uric acid gives rise to insulin resistance which is a condition wherein the body does not respond to the function of insulin.

This can further increase the blood sugar levels of a person, leading to diabetic problems.

Gout and Arthritis

In gout, the body feels difficulty in metabolizing purines. Breakdown of purines produces uric acid, which crystallizes in the joints of a person and creates severe pain.

Both the person with gout and diabetes avoid the foods of high purines as they create more uric acids; Chart will be helpful in avoiding the food items of more purines compound.

According to doctor-prescribed diet low purine diet, 3.5 ounces, or 99. 99.2233 grams purine should be consumed by the person per day to maintain optimum uric acid in the body.

Sometimes in the case of a severe gout problem person is advised no purine compound to control gout in addition to a proper exercise schedule.

The exact quantity of purine compounds suitable for a person depends on the physical need of the body or the severity of the diseases. Hence, a proper doctor’s advice should be necessary before consuming the purine compound.