Top 10 Uric Acid Foods to Avoid (WORST for Gout)

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Today, we’re going to look at what happens to your body when your uric acid levels are too high, and how you can reduce it by avoiding certain foods.

Uric acid is a byproduct that forms when chemicals called purines are broken down by your body.

Purines are building blocks of DNA and RNA and are super important for cell energy production. They are produced by your body and are also absorbed through the foods you eat.

Most of the uric acid dissolves in the blood, passes through the kidneys and leaves the body through urine. The rest is eliminated in the stool.

However, if you eat foods high in purines, and your kidneys are having problems excreting uric acid, you end up with elevated levels of uric acid in the blood or hyperuricemia.

What happens in hyperuricemia is that crystals of uric acid or urate can form. These needle-like crystals can settle in the joints and tissues and cause gout, a form of arthritis that can be very painful.

Gout attacks come and go and usually occur in the lower legs, like the ball of the foot or ‘big toe’.

Uric acid crystals can also settle in the kidneys and form kidney stones.

Hyperuricemia and gout can cause chronic inflammation over many years, and lead to permanent bone, joint and tissue damage, kidney disease and heart disease if untreated.

Research has also shown that hyperuricemia and gout are linked to high blood pressure and metabolic problems like weight gain, type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease.

Timestamps:

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00:00 Intro - how to reduce uric acid level

00:50 What are high uric acid levels?

01:19 What are the effects of hyperuricemia?

02:02 Why is elevated uric acid such a big deal?

03:04 Red Meat

03:24 Fish

03:43 Wild Game

04:07 Scallops

04:25 Organ Meats

04:42 Beer

05:30 High-Fructose Corn Syrup

06:06 Certain Vegetables

06:40 Certain Fruits

07:20 Whole and Refined Grains

07:59 Should you avoid dairy?

08:34 How to test uric acid levels at home