Foods Bad For Gout. Ronenn Roubenoff MD Global Translational Medicine Musculoskeletal Diseases Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Basel Switzerland. Which foods should you avoid when you have gout.
Purines lead to uric acid which causes the gout to reappear. Foods that are high in vitamin C can also lower the risk of a gout flare-up. Therefore they are not as high-risk for gout.
Limiting foods with a high glycemic index such as white bread pasta and white rice may help to reduce uric acid levels and possibly prevent gout onset or flares.
From this particular purine table beans lentils and peanuts have far less purines than the other food groups mentioned previously. Unlike some of the bad foods on this list that increase uric acid levels vitamin C actually works to decrease these levels and prevent gout attacks. These therefore should be limited during episodes of a gout attack and portion size should be reduced. Some types of alcohol particularly beer contain high levels of purines which could be an indirect cause of gout.