Low-Purine Diet

A low-purine diet limits the amount of purines to 120 to 150 mg/dayas compared to the usual intake of 600 to 1000 mg per day.
-The diet is relatively high in carbohydrate (at least 50 percent of calories) content and low in fat (should not exceed 30% of calories) with fluid intake of at least 2 quarts per day or more.

When is it used?
Low-purine diet is suggested when the uric acid level in the body is high, unless the patient is on medication that helps eliminate excess uric acid.
- Gout
- Hyperurucemia
- Uric acid stones

PURINE- a compound that is mainly found in animal protein and is metabolized to uric acid in the body.

How adequate is the diet?

The diet provides all the essential nutrients when planned based on the principles of balance diet.

Suggested Meal Plan

Same as the regular diet but choose only from those foods that are planned.