Gout is a serious medical condition and it is the single most frequently recorded disease in the history of the medical world. This is the metabolic arthritis and it is caused by the congenital disorder of the uric acid metabolism. So, the main cause of the disease is the accumulation of the uric acid in the body. The uric acid starts to form the uric acid crystals and soon they begin to get deposited in the joins, tendons and the surrounding tissues. The crystals accumulation in the body causes the Gout attack and sometimes they even grow large in size and bursts through the skin to discharge the whitish chalky substances.
The main cause of the uric acid production is the food we ingest. Some foods contain high purines and uric acid is the natural breakdown of the purines. Our body produces the uric acid but the body also eliminates the uric acid through the body system. However, any problem in the kidney or the accumulation of the high level of uric acid in the blood resists the elimination and the uric acid starts to be deposited in the body causing the Gout. Acute pain, redness, inflammation, warmness and swellings are the main symptoms of the Gout.
Since foods are the main source of the uric acid in our body, proper food diet and special foods can help in reducing and eliminating the uric acid from the body. Some special foods can be suggested for the Gout patients. Gout patients can try these dishes out for staying healthy. These foods can help them in driving away the Gout problem.
Lasagna can be one of the healthy Gout foods that can help the Gout patient in staying healthy.
For preparing the food, you will need 2 kilograms of lasagna noodles, no fat cheese or the ricotta cheese of one and half cups, spaghetti sauce of about 740 grams but you will have to make sure this is free from mushrooms or meat. Also include mozzarella cheese of 1/4 kilogram and provolone cheese of 1/4 kilogram. For preparing the dish, first the noodles will have to be drained and rinsed. You will need to grate the cheese and mix them. You will need to take olive oil and then need to spread the noodles with the spaghetti sauce. Then you will have to sprinkle the cheese over them and repeat the same process once again. Now you can set the oven at 350 degree and can bake the noodles until they are turning brown. It will take almost 45 minutes.
Sweet Potato Pie can be another healthy recipe to avoid Gout symptoms. For this, you will need 1 unbaked piecrust, egg whites of 3 eggs, sugar of ¾ cup, 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon, 1/2 tablespoon of salt and ginger, 1/4 tablespoon of ground cloves, 1/8 tablespoon of allspice mix, sweet potatoes of 2 cups, and 1 cup milk preferably skimmed. For preparing the dish, you can preheat the oven at 425 degrees. You need to put all the ingredients except the piecrust and mix them on the grinder. Now put them all in the piecrust and bake the pie for 15 minutes at 425 degrees. Then lower the temperature to 350 degrees and then again bake for another 45 minutes. Test it with a toothpick to see whether it is perfectly cooked. Then remove the pie and let it cool for at least four hours in refrigerator. These simple to make home remedies can help avoid Gout symptoms.
