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How can you care for yourself with a purine-restricted diet?
- Plan your meals and snacks around foods that are low in purines and are safe for you to eat. These foods include:
- Green vegetables and tomatoes.
- Fruits.
- Whole-grain breads, rice, and cereals.
- Eggs, peanut butter, and nuts.
- Low-fat milk, cheese, and other milk products.
- Popcorn.
- Gelatin desserts, chocolate, cocoa, and cakes and sweets, in small amounts.
- You can eat certain foods that are medium-high in purines, but eat them only once in a while. These foods include:
- Legumes, such as dried beans and dried peas. You can have 1 cup cooked legumes each day.
- Asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, mushrooms, and green peas.
- Fish and seafood (other than very high-purine seafood).
- Oatmeal, wheat bran, and wheat germ.
- Limit very high-purine foods, including:
- Organ meats, such as liver, kidneys, sweetbreads, and brains.
- Meats, including bacon, beef, pork, and lamb.
- Game meats and any other meats in large amounts.
- Anchovies, sardines, herring, mackerel, and scallops.
- Gravy.
- Beer.
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