Gout foods that are good for you

"No more seafood or animal products? What do you expect me to eat? Grass?"
The gentleman in the gout support group was quite clear about his preferences. But there are many more vegetables than grass to choose from, all of them a lot tastier.

BEYOND SALADS

The first thing that comes into mind when it comes to eating vegetables is probably salads. And while a salad is a relatively quick and simple way of preparing vegetables - that does not require cooking - and the variations are endless.

Salads are easily prepared with ingredients readily available in most grocery stores around the world. Tomato, lettuce, cucumber, a few other vegetables, some boiled grains, a few cubes of cheese and tofu, a few nuts like walnuts or cashews, and a dressing made from oil and vinegar with a pinch of salt and a dusting of black pepper. That is a recipe that can be varied infinitely.

ALL GOOD THINGS ARE BAD FOR YOU

When people who have just had their first gout attack ask what they can eat in the future, the answer is often "everything good is bad for you". Which is not true - but now is the time to discover what is beyond the quick fixes and rapid stomach-fillers. There just is not that much support to make healthy and tasty dishes, perhaps because so many diets are created to provide a certain level of nutrients and calories first, and tasty later. But the good news is that the increased interest in paleo and other vegetable-rich diets has led to more focus on how vegetable dishes taste, rather than just how nutritious they are.