Do white mushrooms have high purine content?
Disease description:
A friend brought me some porcini mushrooms they had picked themselves and strongly urged me to try them. However, I have gout and am especially concerned about triggering a gout flare-up. Could you please tell me whether porcini mushrooms are high in purines?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Yuan Qiaoying
Oyster mushrooms are high-purine foods; in fact, most fungi fall into the high-purine category, so their intake must be strictly controlled in daily diets. Patients with gout should minimize consumption of soy products and fungi, avoid organ meats and seafood entirely, increase intake of alkaline foods, and engage in appropriate physical activity—all of which help control purine levels.
