If you have ever experienced the pain of a gout attack then you will be open to any ideas that will help reduce that terrible pain. Changing your diet is the first thing that you should be doing to help reduce the build up of uric acid crystals in your body.

While it isn't terrible to eat foods that are rich in purines once in a while, it is when people eat them to excess that the pain of gout can start to appear.

Switching to a diet that is designed to help reduce the levels of uric acid in your body may not be the instant fix that people hope for when they go to their Dr. It is however a easy to implement and cheaper option and that alone should be enough to make you at least try your new gout friendly diet before rushing off to see your Dr.

You can control the amount of purines that enter your body, just give more thought to what you eat. If you eat foods that are low in purines then your body won't create so much uric acid and your kidneys won't have to work so hard to remove it from your system.

Most of us enjoy a beer or a glass of wine once in a while, but that enjoyable hour could be part of what is causing the incredibly painful gout attacks that you are experienceing. Alcohol is generally high in purines and your kidneys have to work overtime to deal with all the resulting uric acid.

Working out your own gout diet can be complicated, you can start off by cutting out all alcohol from your diet and also remove red meat all together. At the least you should reduce your intake of red meat to once a week if possible.

Gout diets are not all about stopping eating things to reduce purine entering your system, there are foods that you can eat to actually help your body deal with uric acid. Cherries are one food that has been shown to lower levels of uric acid in your body. You should be eating dark red cherries daily as this will help your body deal with the uric acid and that will reduce your gout attacks.