Changing my diet has been a big part of my new lifestyle change since being diagnosed with Gout. My starting weight was approximately 210lbs and I\u2019m currently down to about 195lbs in just 2 months. The 2 biggest foods I cut out of my diet were red meat and seafood.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve also cut out all sugary drinks and focus on drinking water, iced herbal teas and coffees.<\/p>\n
The biggest challenge to my new diet was portion control and writing up the new balanced diet plan.\u00a0Now just to be clear I dislike dieting; it\u2019s boring, it sucks, and there\u2019s nothing fun about it.\u00a0However, I had to do something because this was the first time I felt that the foods I was ingesting and digesting were killing me. My big toe, joints, and my hearts pulse were sending me messages to shape up or feel the burning pain and discomfort.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had many Gout attacks over a period of 2 1\/2 years, but never knew what exactly it was until being diagnosed with high levels of uric acid by the Arizona Arthritis Clinic. There are 3 times I remember distinctly on how my gout attacks got triggered. The 1st time was a juicy slab of Steak,\u00a0 The 2nd<\/sup> time was a weekend of partying which included alcoholic drinks and fatty bar food, and the 3rd<\/sup> attack was quitting all caffeine products cold turkey. From then on I knew it was time to change my lifestyle and incorporate a regiment of healthy eating, exercise, and HealthyMale products. Below are some items to buy when you visit your local grocery store.<\/p>\n Below I listed some of my dietary meal plans. Feel free to read them and incorporate them into your meal preparations to lower your uric acid levels and stop the acute gout attack fast. \u00a0We might not share the same tastes in food; so remember to eat clean, fresh, and most important portion out your meals. Just because you eat well it doesn\u2019t mean you can eat all that you want.<\/p>\n Breakfast Lunch Afternoon snack<\/strong><\/p>\n Dinner<\/strong> Dessert<\/strong> Changing my diet has been a big part of my new lifestyle change since being diagnosed with Gout. My starting weight was approximately 210lbs and I\u2019m currently down to about 195lbs in just 2 months. The 2 biggest foods I cut out of my diet were red meat and seafood. I\u2019ve also cut out all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[711],"tags":[712,720],"class_list":["post-12647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gout","tag-gout","tag-gout-and-diet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n<\/strong>Whole-grain unsweetened cereal with your choice of milk and added strawberry or dried cranberry. \u00a0Or 3-4 Scramble eggs whites with dry whole wheat toast.\u00a0 Or Yogurt loaded with your favorite fruits and a tablespoon of oats or nuts.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Roasted chicken breast (2-3 ounces) on a whole-grain roll with mustard and cucumber. Or a mixed green salad with vegetables, dried cranberries, a tablespoon of nuts with balsamic vinegar and light olive oil. \u00a0Or a piece of fresh or canned salmon (2- 3 ounces) \u00a0on a lettuce wrap topped with garlic sauce or ginger.<\/p>\n\n
\nRoasted salmon (3 ounces) with a handful of steamed green beans and a large side of lemon or lime.\u00a0 Add 1\/2 to 1 cup whole-grain pasta with olive oil and basil to top. Or ground turkey lettuce wraps topped with saut\u00e9ed bell pepper, onions, \u00a0mushrooms mustard seed and cayenne pepper with a large side of lemon or lime.<\/p>\n
\n1 cup of Low-fat yogurt with cinnamon or 1 cup fresh melon and \u00bd cup of blackberries or blueberries.\u00a0\u00a0 Consider adding caffeine-free herbal tea or iced decaffeinated coffee for a beverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"