Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 Common Signs of Gout
- Causes of gout at a young age
- What foods can increase uric acid levels?
- Soda and alcoholic drinks
- Certain green vegetables
- Animal meat
Medical Video: 5 Common Signs of Gout
Gout or gout is a condition where the symptoms are unbearable pain, swelling, and burning sensation in the joints. Although all joints in the body can get gout, the most common ones are joints of the fingers, knees, ankles, and toes.
Be careful, gout is not only attacking people who are elderly or middle-aged. Gout can also affect those around 20 years old. Young people who like to eat foods that cause an increase in uric acid (for example offal, seafood, red meat) and young people who like to consume alcoholic beverages will be at high risk of gout. In addition, this disease is also prone to people who suffer from obesity, diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), or chronic kidney disease.
Causes of gout at a young age
Gout does not only attack older people. Today, many people at a young age already have high levels of uric acid. Uric acid is the end product of food metabolism which is then discharged through urine. High levels of uric acid can be caused by too much food intake that has the potential to produce gout, inhibition of excretion through the kidneys, or an overactive body condition that exceeds normal levels of gout.
Uric acid levels can be high due to eating too much high purine food. The problem is, when digesting foods containing purines, the body will automatically produce gout. So anyone who eats foods with high purines will also have high levels of uric acid. Including those under 30 years old, even teenagers.
More and more days, more and more people do not pay attention to eating patterns and what are the ingredients of the food consumed. This is what makes the diet bad and can increase the risk of gout.
Gout at a young age can also be caused by genetic factors. This means that those who have gout-related family members are at risk of experiencing the same condition Especially if you are also not maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle.
What foods can increase uric acid levels?
Soda and alcoholic drinks
Drinks containing alcohol and soda can increase the risk of gout. What's more, sweeteners contained in soda will stimulate your body to produce a lot of purine, so that uric acid levels will also increase.
Certain green vegetables
Eating vegetables is indeed not the cause of gout. However, certain vegetables such as asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, and mushrooms, in fact have higher purine content than other vegetables. You can still consume these foods, provided they are not consumed in excessive amounts.
Animal meat
Protein contained in food, in fact can be the cause of your gout relapse. Simply consume a maximum of six ounces of meat per day, with a limit of three ounces per serving of food.
Beef, chicken, poultry, and other seafood, have high purine content. Every 100 grams of meat, the purine content can reach 150 milligrams.
