How Much Do You Know About Gout And Diet Prevention?
Recently, a gout and diet prevention study was published in by Dr. Hyon K. Choi and Gary Curhan in Arthritis Care & Research’s June 2007 issue which examined the fact that, contrary to popular belief, coffee may not be bad for gout sufferers after all. Although gout patients have been told to stay away from coffee, there may be an ingredient in the beverage that can actually help to lower the uric acid levels in the body. Though it is not yet known what part of coffee is responsible for lowering the uric acid levels in the body, it is known that it is not just the caffeine content, as the same results were not found from drinking caffeinated tea. Whatever the cause, when participants drank one to two cups of coffee every day, the levels of uric acid in the blood reduced dramatically. Furthermore, as coffee consumption increased, uric acid levels decreased. A similar study in Japan looked into the same concept, but used decaffeinated coffee. Similar, though not equal, results were witne
