KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Gout causes very painful swelling and pain. These are various vegetables that are effective in relieving gout.
Many people complain about uric acid in the country. Quoting from the official website of the Ministry of Health, generally gout begins to attack someone when they reach the age of 30.
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A person suffers from gout due to an increase in the production of uric acid in the body. Thus, uric acid accumulates and settles in the joints.
This causes a person to feel joint pain in certain parts. Generally, gout sufferers suffer from pain in the big toe.
Patients must feel uncomfortable and difficult to move when gout flares up.
Just so you know, gout is triggered by a number of factors, one of which is consuming foods containing high purines in excess.
Quoting from the Kompas.com site, several types of foods that contain high purines are offal, beef brain, cauliflower, and beef liver.
Generally, patients take prescription drugs to lower uric acid levels. Others, sufferers can also eat vegetables that have the benefit of lowering high uric acid.
Various uric acid-lowering vegetables
Vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber which are good for the body. There are several types of vegetables that have the property of lowering high uric acid, the following is a description.
1. Carrot
Carrots can not only improve eye health, but can also reduce high uric acid.
This is because carrots are rich in antioxidants and fiber that can help remove uric acid from the body.
2. Potato
Launching from Sajiansedap.grid.id, potatoes have anti-inflammatory pharmacological effects. In addition, potatoes contain vitamin B6 which can relieve pain and swelling due to gout.
3. Celery
Celery contains provitamin A, vitamin C, B, Calcium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Magnesium, and Potassium. Celery also has diuretic pharmacological properties.
Celery is able to lower uric acid levels through urine. Just so you know, Japanese people often consume celery juice to cure rheumatism and gout.
4. Pare
Quoting from the book The Miracle of Vegetables by Farah Rizki.S Gz, 100 grams of fresh bitter gourd contains 264 mg of calcium, 5 mg of iron, 666 mg of phosphorus, 0.05 mg of vitamin A, 170 mg of vitamin C, and 88 mg of folasan.
The content is what makes bitter melon can lower uric acid levels.
This is how to mix uric acid herbal medicine from bitter melon, which is quoted from a book called 1001 Herbal Recipes.
You provide 200 grams of bitter melon and three glasses of water. You wash the bitter gourd until clean and then cut into thin strips.
You boil the bitter gourd until it boils and leave about a cup of water. You cool and strain. You drink boiled water bitter melon twice a day each 1/2 cup.
5. Tomato
Launching from Kompas.com, tomatoes and cucumbers are rich in antioxidants that are useful for controlling uric asthma levels in the blood.
6. Broccoli
Broccoli contains vitamin C which is useful for lowering and controlling uric acid in the blood.
7. Cucumber
Launching from Tribunnews.com, cucumber can remove creatinine, uric acid and other wastes that accumulate in the kidneys.
To feel the benefits, you can eat the vegetables above alternately every day.
Not only that, you should also avoid consuming high-purine foods and drinks and exercising regularly. Good luck.
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