Can gout patients eat rapeseed?

Gout patients cannot eat greasy and irritating foods, but they can eat some fresh fruits and vegetables. Rapeseed, as a green vegetable, is very suitable for gout patients. Rapeseed is a cool food. Eating rapeseed in summer can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relieve heat and promote diuresis. It can also help people's intestinal absorption and promote normal bowel movement function of the human body.

Can people with gout eat rapeseed? Generally speaking, people with gout can eat rapeseed.

Guidance: Avoid eating animal offal, fish roe, bone marrow, sardines, oysters, shrimp skin, mackerel, mussels, minced meat, liver, kidney, brain, clams, crab, fish, broth, chicken broth, peas, lentils, mushrooms, etc., various strong condiments and foods that increase nervous excitement such as alcohol, tea, coffee, spicy foods, etc.

Health experts believe that rapeseed itself is a cold food (Tip: Food can be simply divided into five properties: cold, cool, warm, hot, and neutral). Cold food: Pharmacologically speaking, it is yin, has the effects of clearing heat, purging fire, cooling blood, and detoxifying, and is mostly suitable for febrile diseases. Some gout patients have yang deficiency, qi and blood deficiency or phlegm-dampness constitution (Tip: the human body can be simply divided into six disease-prone constitutions: yin deficiency constitution, yang deficiency constitution, qi and blood deficiency constitution, phlegm-dampness constitution, blood stasis constitution, and qi stagnation constitution). People with yang deficiency, qi and blood deficiency, or phlegm-damp constitution suffer from "cold" symptoms such as fear of cold, indigestion, or obesity, and they all avoid cold food. Therefore, the cold nature of rapeseed just contributes to gout and the "cold" symptoms in the patient's body.

So what are the cold foods? Such as gluten, dandelion, butterbur, pig's tooth grass, thatch root, coptis chinensis, straw mushroom, partridge grass, rock sugar (slightly cool), selfheal, water celery, codonopsis pilosula, wild rice stem, rhubarb, taro, etc.

What are the effects of rapeseed? Lowering blood lipids: Rapeseed is a low-fat vegetable and contains dietary fiber, which can combine with bile salts and cholesterol and triglycerides in food and excrete them from the feces, thereby reducing the absorption of lipids, so it can be used to lower blood lipids. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that rapeseed can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, disperse blood and reduce swelling. It can be used to relieve abdominal pain caused by blood stasis in pregnant women after childbirth, as well as to treat carbuncle and erysipelas.

Detoxification and swelling reduction: The plant hormones contained in rapeseed can increase the formation of enzymes, and have an adsorption and repulsion effect on carcinogens that enter the human body, so it has anti-cancer function. In addition, it can promote blood circulation, enhance the liver's detoxification mechanism, and has a therapeutic effect on skin sores and mastitis.

Relax the intestines and promote bowel movements: Rapeseed contains a large amount of plant cellulose, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, increase the volume of stool, and shorten the time that stool stays in the intestinal cavity, thereby treating various constipation and preventing intestinal tumors. It is mainly used to treat wandering erysipelas, furunculosis of hands and feet, mastitis, habitual constipation, calcium deficiency in the elderly and other diseases.

Beauty and health care: The vitamin C and carotene contained in rapeseed are important nutrients for maintaining the growth of human mucous membranes and epithelial tissues. Regular consumption has a beauty effect. The calcium content in rapeseed is the highest among green leafy vegetables. An adult who eats 500 grams of rapeseed a day can meet physiological needs in terms of calcium, iron, vitamins A and C. In addition, rapeseed also helps to enhance the body's immunity.