Gout diet

[hedgehog]

This isn't for me. My friend went to the doctor today and it was confirmed that his foot pain is gout. I often make food for him. This is the hiking friend, so picnic lunches when we hike, dinners with our trivia team, and I usually bring breakfast if I sleep over at their house (which I will do next week). So I am looking for ideas if anyone is familiar with what foods are allowed and what should be limited.

[hedgehog]

No help from SOAK? Well, I did figure out a breakfast.  I saw from a few reliable sources that cherries are supposed to be good for gout, so I am making Julia Child's clafouti, and thinking of increasing the cherries in the recipe.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/food/2012/08/11/julia-childs-cherry-clafouti-recipe/13367/

[GoingNuts]

I think you're supposed to avoid meat and shellfish, particularly shrimp?  I think prurines are the culprit?

[hedgehog]

Yeah.  And his favorite food is bacon.  In fact, at a brunch buffet over the weekend he indulged in bacon, sausage, shrimp, various other foods, and then had a flare up. 

[Macabre]

So I could just post what we eat at home. No meat and especially no shrimp!  Lol.

It's not hard to avoid meat.

[hedgehog]

Yeah, I could do some meatless stuff.  But I am a committed carnivore, and loves his meat, though for years he has been saying people in general, and himself in particular, should eat less meat. So yes, some meatless, but sometimes I need to include meat, definitely.

[becca]

My personal thoughts are that his day to day eating habits are up to him.  That said, I understand you wish to try to accommodate the healthiest options for your friend. I'd say try your best to concoct recipes with the limitations in mind.  I think if it's an occasional meal, and you use small amounts of offending  foods, you'll be fine.  Gout is more about a cumulative issue of foods, predisposition, and, if known, medication that controls it.