Gout is a very painful type of arthritis.
You can prevent gout attacks by making lifestyle changes and doing some dietary planning.
There are certain medications also that help in relieving the pain for sometime, but there is no medical treatment to this problem permanently.
The better understanding you have will enhance your ability to deal with the condition in a much better way.
As we all know that uric acid naturally exists in our body, but when we eat food high in purine content it creates an imbalance when the kidney fails to eliminate the uric acid from the body.
People suffering from gout or having a high risk for gout should avoid food high in purine chemical.
Gout and food you eat should be kept in check as one leads to other problems with time.
Foods that are high in fat and cholesterol are also high in purine which means that you should avoid foods like meat, scallops, oyster, fish etc.
Even dairy products like egg, whole milk, ice-cream, butter, cheese also have possibly high chances of causing gout.
Having a low-fat and cholesterol diet will help you to reduce the chances of having gout problems.
But it will not be wise to completely cut down on the proteins and the calories as it will have other health effects, so have a practical approach and a restricted diet.
Few doctors even believe that yeast increases the chances of gout and hence they strictly restrict the drinking of beer which is basically derived from yeast and grains which can increase the level of uric acid.
Not only gout and food are interrelated but there could be other reasons as well like the kidney not filtering uric acid or genetic problems of retaining the uric acid in the body etc.
Seek advice of a medical practitioner and he will help you make a diet chart plan which will keep your uric acid level under control.