Dietary changes can help control gout
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Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, journal found the dietary factors appeared to have a small effect on serum urate levels, and their impact on the long-term clinical course of gout is uncertain.
Diet is the easiest way to induce changes in treating gout. The global burden of gout has been increasing over the last three decades, yet its management remains insignificant.
The impact of various diets such as the DASH, Mediterranean, and low purine diets; weight loss; and individual foods, including alcohol, caffeine, cherry, dairy, high fructose corn syrup, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamin C on hyperuricemia and clinical gout outcomes such as flares and tophi are known to help gout.
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