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Grains and Starches. Grains are another staple food while following a low-purine diet. You can have most bread, pasta, cereal and rice while sticking to your diet. Starchy vegetables, such as potatoes and winter squash provide another way to get in low-purine, complex carbohydrates.
The most abundant source of purines are the full range of meats: beef, pork, poultry, fish and other seafood. Organ meats are especially high in purines and should be avoided completely on a gout diet. Meat does not need to be avoided completely.