Some gout diet tips to help you drink the right amount of waterAnother gout diet tip - you can get water from many foods. Watermelon, the highest water content food, is 92% water and is low purine. Tomatoes are the second highest. They are low purine but acidic. Take note of this if your pH balance isn’t satisfactory. To check the water content of foods visit the USDA National Nutrient database.
How do you know if you’ve met your daily water requirement? Counting your daily score of water drunk is tedious and prone to memory lapses. Follow this gout diet tip. Each evening, or first thing in the morning, fill a jug with 8 x 6 fl.ozs of water (48 fl.ozs). Or the amount you have determined, for example two jugs each of 4 x 4 fl.ozs of water and 4 x 4 fl.ozs of juice; or one jug of 10 x 8 fl.ozs of water and so on. Use this source to make your other water based drinks which count. (see below). Put the jug the refridgerator. Use only this jug for your drinking water and other relevant beverages. If you travel, or drink water at a place of work, draw your drinking water supply only from this jug. When refilling the jug in the evening (or early morning) ensure the jug is empty, which means that you drank your daily gout diet requirement. Which other drinks made from water can be counted as part of your daily water intake? Other drinks which count as part of your daily water count are: tea (black tea), green tea, fruit and herbal teas, decaffeinated coffee (not regular coffee – add one glass of pure water for every cup of regular coffee you drink), and juices (preferably home made). Milk can also be counted. One study found that the proteins in milk reduced uric acid levels in healthy people. And milk is low purine so it should be included in a low purine gout diet. The best gout diet plan avoids alcohol. Alcohol does not count and should be taken in moderation, if at all, anyway. If you do drink alcohol, drink more water to compensate. Home made lemonade from fresh lemon juice, pure water which is sweetened ideally with sucralose (Splenda) or stevia (but not sugar) is an excellent choice. This is because lemons are among the most alkaline (yes alkaline, not acidic) of fruits. This helps to raise body pH. So too of course are juices made from berries, especially bilberries, strawberries, blueberries and elderberries.
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