Uric Acid and Gout (حمض اليورك والنقرس) (Naqris)

Natural treatment home remedy for gout and prevention. How to control (eliminate) elevated Uric acid levels and reduce severe pain and inflammation in joints? Gout is a type of Arthritis.  

How to control by Prophet Mohammed’s (صلى الله عليه وسلم) food habits

One of the best Uric acid remedies and cure. Gout-(a disease that causes painful swelling of the joints especially in the toes- Gout is caused by high levels (excess) of uric acid, the patient suffers with Arthritic pains in the back, knee joints & mostly in the heels. Excessive uric acid can form crystals in the joints, causing pain and inflammation.

Recommended foods to eat (for Uric Acid and Gout patients)

 1) Drink plenty of water (8-10 glasses /day ) as it will help to flush out
       excess of uric acid through kidney (اشرب كثير من الماء)
2) Eat potassium rich foods. Low potassium levels are related to gout. Potassium is a must in diet of Uric acid patients.The Daily Value (DV) for potassium is 3,500 mg and sodium is 2400 mg. The potassium in fruits and vegetables contains organic salts, such as citrate and malate; salts that neutralize the uric acid in the urine that could cause you kidney stones. Along with sodium, chloride, calcium, and magnesium, potassium is an electrolyte, meaning that it helps to conduct electrical charges in the body. A good sodium/potassium balance is very important for your overall health. Fruits, vegetables, and non-cheese dairy products should all contain more potassium than sodium. Potassium, like sodium, is essential for normal body function.
What is the Purpose of potassium in human body?

• Maintains the electrolyte balance in your body's cells. Healthy functioning of all of your body's cells, tissues and organs -Electrolytes are substances that help conduct electricity in your body.
• Manages your blood pressure and keeps your heart functioning properly, Maintains heartbeat
• Assists nervous system by aiding in the correct function of tissues needed for sending nerve impulses
• Promotes efficient cognitive functioning by helping to deliver oxygen to the brain
• Helps the muscles contract- Enhances muscle control, the growth and health of your cells
• Breaks down and use carbohydrates, releases energy from protein, fat and carbohydrates during the metabolic process. Your body needs potassium to build proteins.
• Aids in the waste removal process, A high potassium diet might help prevent bone loss and kidney stones
• Control the Acid-Base Balance and body’s fluid balance

Food Sources of Potassium(men and women is 4700 mg/day) is an electrolyte
Food, Amount	Potassium (mg)	% Daily Value  based on  3500mg Potassium	Calories
Wheat 300 gm  (قمح )	1179	33%
White rice 158 gm / Egg 1 large (الأرز)	55	1.3%
Sweet potato, (146 grams) / Avacado (البطاطس /أفاكادو)	694	20%	131
Beet greens, cooked, 1/2 cup  (البنجر الأخضر)	655	19%	19
Potato, baked, flesh, 1 potato (156 grams) (البطاطس)	610	17%	145
Lima/White beans, canned, 1/2 cup (الفاصوليا)	595	17%	153
Raisins 100 gm (زبيب)	749	16%
Yogurt, plain, 100 gm (زبادي)	290	8%	64
Prune juice, 3/4 cup/ Clams, canned, 3 ounces=85gm / Carrot juice, 3/4 cup (عصير البرقوق / عصير الجزر)	530	15%	136
Soybeans, green, cooked, 1/2 cup / Halibut, cooked, 3 ounces (فول الصويا)	485	14%	127
Tuna, yellowfin/rockfish cooked, 3 ounces (سمك التونة)	484	14%	118
Winter squash, cooked, 1/2 cup (السكواش الشتاء)	448	13%	40
Banana, 1 medium / water melons 400 gm (موز)	422	12%	105
Spinach/Brocolli/cantaloupe/cabbage 1/2 cup (سبانخ / بروكولي / الكرنب)	419	12%	21
Tomato sauce, 1/2 cup (صلصلة الطماطم)	405	12%	39
Tomato juice, 3/4 cup (عصير الطماطم)	417	12%	31
Orange/ lemon/ straw berries/ Pomgranate 100gm / Sesame 50 gm (برتقال / ليمون /الفراولة/ رمان/سمسم)	232	6.6%
Chicken 85 gm (دجاج)	225	4.6%
Apple100 gm (تفاح)	107	2%

3) Eat Alkaline foods to neutralize Uric Acid

(3a) Watermelon(بطيخ)-For gout & high uric acid, Watermelon juice with
    its rind (skin, crust) is such a beautiful therapy, when taken daily, gout
    pains will reduce within 10 days Insha'Allah. Water melon is alkaline
    forming electrolyte, also it contains vit C. Prophet (pbuh) loved
     Watermelons and grapes.

3b) Nabeez (soak dates or raisins in water for 4-5 hours and drink its
    water and eat dates [Nabidh-an alkalizing tonic, sunnah drink],

4) Drinks high in vitamin C (Lemon juice reduces heat of the body and improves the digestive system) Continuously taking in 500 milligrams of this vitamin will decrease your uric acid levels in a month or two.
       (4a) Lemon juice on an empty stomach-How you can add lemon to your gout diet is as simple as taking the lemon juice of 1 or 2 lemons and adding it in your glass of cool water, first thing in the morning on an empty stomach would be best.

(4b) Lemon juice and Baking Soda- (عصير اليمون وصودا الخبز)

You can also mix lemon with baking soda together which creates a perfect pH level of 7 in your body keeping it neutral. This helps restore balance almost instantaneously. Very simply add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and ½ of tablespoon of baking soda in a glass of water and mix it very well for about two minutes to make sure it doesn’t foam or fizz, it must be flat before drinking! It will have the taste of flat water.

      Although an acid itself, lemon juice, like apple cider vinegar, helps to promote the production of digestive juices including bicarbonate, helping to neutralize acidity in the body. Lemon juice stimulates the formation of calcium carbonate in the body, which also helps neutralize uric acid.

4c) Use lemon juice after Meals to neutralize uric acid in the body.

(4d) tangerines, mandarins, oranges (برتقال)

5) Complex carbohydrates (breads, cereals), Chocolate, cocoa, Celery, Figs, Fresh cherries, strawberries, blueberries red-blue berries, kiwis, mangoes, pineapple 
6) Drink organic apple cider vinegar (ACV), (خل التفاح)
        Uric acid levels increases due to certain foods listed below foods must be avoided. Diets that are high in purines (crystalline solid Nitrogen containing substance derived from uric acid) and high in protein have long been suspected of causing an increased risk of gout.

 Things to Avoid- (الأشياء لتجنب)

Uric Acid and Gout (نقرس) patients (Temporarily until you high uric acid) Restrict or greatly reduce foods high in purines -

(Avoid 1) Organ meats such as liver, kidney, heart, Meat, Chicken,
            shrimps, small silver fishes, shellfish, salty fish()
(Avoid 2)   Daal Masoor, peanut, Rajma, Arabic fool (tamiz fool),
                   mushrooms (عدس احمر)
(Avoid 3)   Yeast extracts brewers and bakers yeast (الخبازين الخميرة)
(Avoid 4)   Coffee, soft drinks(القهوة مشروب غازي)
(Avoid 5)   Sleeping after the meals, after Fajar & after Asar (it makes the
                   heart brittle)( النوم بعد الوجبات)
(Avoid 6)   Avoid sodium rich foods also. As a general rule of thumb, cheeses, breads, canned soups, and fast foods would be foods with much more sodium than potassium. ()

Mirza Ehteshamuddin Ahmed-(Indian-Hyderabadi)