Can people with gout eat melon seeds?

Gout patients should be more careful about any food choices, because some foods are inappropriate and may aggravate the condition. Foods like peanuts and melon seeds are actually high in purine, so they are not suitable for people with gout.

1. It is best not to eat peanuts and melon seeds if you have gout. Because peanuts, melon seeds and other hard-shelled fruits have high purine content, if you eat foods containing too much purine, the body will not be able to further metabolize purine into excreta that can be excreted from the kidneys through urine during the metabolism process. If the uric acid concentration in the blood reaches saturation, these substances will eventually form crystals and accumulate in the soft tissues. Once there is a trigger that causes the release of uric acid crystals deposited in soft tissues, it will cause the body's immune system to become allergic and cause inflammation.

2. Pay attention to the following aspects of diet:

l) Drink more water and less soup. People with high blood uric acid and gout patients should drink more boiled water and less meat broth, fish soup, chicken soup, hot pot soup, etc. The osmotic pressure of boiled water is most conducive to dissolving various harmful substances in the body. Drinking more boiled water can dilute uric acid, accelerate excretion, and lower uric acid levels. The soup contains a large amount of purine, which not only fails to dilute uric acid but instead causes an increase in uric acid.

2) Eat more alkaline foods and less acidic foods. Gout patients have purine metabolism disorders and abnormal uric acid. If they eat too much acidic food, it will aggravate the condition and be detrimental to recovery.