15 Simple Health Tips
Reduce your High Level of Uric Acid
High uric acid level can be reduced with a change in
diet. Doctors strongly recommend making simple changes in diet like eliminating
beef rolls and choosing green leafy vegetables, cabbage and high fiber foods
instead for regulating uric acid levels.
Choose complex
carbohydrates
Eat more whole grains, fruits and vegetables and
fewer refined carbohydrates such as white bread, cakes and candy. Because foods
rich in complex carbohydrates promote feelings of fullness, and prevent
overeating and are useful in maintaining a healthy weight.
Avoid bakery
products
Avoid cakes, pastries, cookies and other sugary
delights which are rich in saturated fats and trans fats.
Cold-pressed
olive oil
Use cold-pressed olive oil in cooking instead of
shortening, butter or vegetable oils. Oils that have been subjected to heat or
processing turn rancid quickly. Rancid fats destroy vitamin E in your body -
this vitamin is necessary for controlling uric acid levels. Olive oil helps you
avoid the production of excess uric acid, which is associated with the
consumption of rancid fats.
Take in a healthy
dose of vitamin C
To help reduce the amount of uric acid in your
system, regularly taking 500 mg of vitamin C will decrease your uric acid
levels in a month or two.
Drink plenty of
fluids to help flush uric acid from your body
Drink a minimum of 3 and 1/2 liters of water daily.
Water is a medium that aids the kidney to 'strain' the impurities from your
body.
Also avoid
high-protein weight-loss diets which can cause you to produce too much uric
acid (hyperuricemia).
High-fibre foods
Foods high in dietary fibre may help lower uric acid
levels in your blood. Dietary fibre may help absorb uric acid in your
bloodstream, allowing it to be eliminated from your body through your kidneys.
Increase the consumption of dietary soluble fibres such as Isabgol, Oats,
Spinach, Broccoli to name few.
Celery seed
extract
The seeds of the celery plant have long been used to
treat gout, rheumatism and arthritis. Celery possesses sedative, antioxidant
and mild diuretic action and is considered a urinary antiseptic. In rare cases,
this herb is also used to treat sleeplessness, anxiety and nervous breakdown.
Although the seeds of this plant are often used in herbal supplements, the
roots may also be used.
Antioxidant-rich
foods
Fruits and vegetables such as red bell peppers,
tomatoes, blueberries, broccoli and grapes are rich sources of antioxidant
vitamins. Antioxidants which are vitamins that prevent free radical molecules
from attacking your organ and muscle tissue cells may help lower uric acid
levels.
Cherries
Cherries contain chemical compounds that may help neutralize
uric acid allowing your body to eliminate this acid as waste. Some researchers
recommend consuming 30 to 40 cherries every four hours during an attack.
Apple cider
vinegar
It is believed that raw, apple cider vinegar can
help alleviate high uric acid levels by changing the pH values of your blood.
But it has to be raw, un-distilled, un-pasteurized apple cider vinegar; the
kind you get from your local health food store.
Saturated fat,
trans fat, sugar and alcohol
All above affect your triglycerides, a type of fat
that can clog your arteries and increase your risk for heart attacks and
strokes.
High-fructose
corn syrup
This is a type of sweetener in soft drinks and other
processed foods that can elevate your levels of triglyceride and uric acid - a
chemical associated with diabetes, gout, alcoholism, kidney disease and other
health problems.
Limit meat,
poultry and fish
Animal proteins are high in purine and this will
result in high uric acid levels in the body
Limit or avoid
alcohol
Alcohol interferes with the elimination of uric acid
from your body. Drinking beer in particular has been linked to gout attacks. If
you are prone to uric acid attacks, limit alcohol consumption to one drink
three times a week.