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Vegetables and Legumes. Animal products aren't the only foods high in purines. Quickcare.org lists peas, spinach, asparagus, cauliflower, beans, lentils and mushrooms as foods high in purines that might cause joint pain. If you have gout, avoid these foods or speak to your doctor.
Fried foods and fast food, prepackaged meals, white flour, processed grains and all forms of sugar, raw or refined, can cause muscle and joint pain.Sugar is stressful, and blood sugar spikes can promote inflammation. Most fats can also contribute to inflammatory pain. glass of beer in a pub Photo Credit Valentyn Volkov/iStock/Getty Images. Foods high in purines, or chemical compounds forming uric acid as they break down, can cause an excess of uric acid that is crystallized and deposited in joints and tissues in the body, causing joint pain in a condition known as gout.