Once again the condition benefits of coffee have been mooted. Recently there have been discussions on the inevitable effects of coffee on liver disease and female memory. Now there is some early evidence that coffee can help us avoid gout.
The lowest line is that if you drink four more cups of coffee per day then you can sell out your chances of getting gout? At least, this is what the investigate tells us. This singular study was conducted in Canada against a commonly recognised background of advice to assuredly avoid coffee in people particularly prone to gout.
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Gout is a painful joint condition brought about by the build up in the blood of a chemical called uric acid. The study looked at about 50,000 men who had no prior history of gout. Caffeinated coffee appeared to be an avoiding factor but interestingly, so did the decaffeinated variety. Drinking tea conferred no benefit whatsoever.
This is attractive work although the authors would state that such early evidence is not conclusive. More investigate is needed to determine the exact mechanisms whereby coffee interacts with the uric acid metabolic pathway.
However, the study appeared to be no fluke. The actual level of uric acid in the blood of these men was assuredly lower. And it is the uric acid levels themselves that makes a someone more prone to gout. There is no evidence that caffeine itself reduced uric acid levels (hence the connection with decaffeinated coffee) but rather some other component of the drink that affects the uric acid levels.
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