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<blockquote data-quote="trotskyite" data-source="post: 842057" data-attributes="member: 67262"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><a href="http://gouteducation.org/patient/gout-treatment/diet/" target="_blank">http://gouteducation.org/patient/gout-treatment/diet/</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Follow a Low-Fructose Diet</strong></span></p><p>Gout sufferers are also encouraged to maintain a <strong>low-fructose diet,</strong> since there is a correlation between a diet high in fructose content and gout. Fructose is a naturally occurring simple sugar found in fruit, vegetables and honey. In the typical American diet, high-fructose corn syrup is added to many foods and drinks.</p><p></p><p>The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society recommends limiting table sugar, table salt and any products with high-fructose corn syrup, including:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Soft drinks and juices</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cereals, store-bought baked goods, ice cream and candy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Processed foods at fast food restaurants</li> </ul><p>Many fruits have naturally occurring high fructose levels, so they should also be limited to one or two cups per day.</p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Research</p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Soft drinks, fructose consumption, and the risk of gout in men: prospective cohort study</strong></span></p><p>BMJ2008; 336doi: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39449.819271.BE(Published" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39449.819271.BE(Published</a> 07 February 2008)Cite this as: BMJ 2008;336:309</p><p></p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong> Prospective data suggest that consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose is strongly associated with an increased risk of gout in men. Furthermore, fructose rich fruits and fruit juices may also increase the risk. Diet soft drinks were not associated with the risk of gout.</p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><a href="http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/all-about-gout" target="_blank">http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/all-about-gout</a></p><p>Soft drink fanciers might be in the same gouty boat. High fructose intake was linked to gout in a Choi-led study published in 2008. Uric acid is one of the products of fructose metabolism, and there’s good evidence from controlled feeding studies that fructose increases uric acid levels in the blood. Much of the fructose in today’s American diet comes from the high-fructose corn syrup (which is about half fructose and half glucose) that’s used to sweeten soft drinks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trotskyite, post: 842057, member: 67262"] [SIZE=5][B][URL]http://gouteducation.org/patient/gout-treatment/diet/[/URL][/B] [B]Follow a Low-Fructose Diet[/B][/SIZE] Gout sufferers are also encouraged to maintain a [B]low-fructose diet,[/B] since there is a correlation between a diet high in fructose content and gout. Fructose is a naturally occurring simple sugar found in fruit, vegetables and honey. In the typical American diet, high-fructose corn syrup is added to many foods and drinks. The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society recommends limiting table sugar, table salt and any products with high-fructose corn syrup, including: [LIST] [*]Soft drinks and juices [*]Cereals, store-bought baked goods, ice cream and candy [*]Processed foods at fast food restaurants [/LIST] Many fruits have naturally occurring high fructose levels, so they should also be limited to one or two cups per day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Research [SIZE=6][B]Soft drinks, fructose consumption, and the risk of gout in men: prospective cohort study[/B][/SIZE] BMJ2008; 336doi: [URL]http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39449.819271.BE(Published[/URL] 07 February 2008)Cite this as: BMJ 2008;336:309 [B]Conclusions[/B] Prospective data suggest that consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose is strongly associated with an increased risk of gout in men. Furthermore, fructose rich fruits and fruit juices may also increase the risk. Diet soft drinks were not associated with the risk of gout. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [URL]http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/all-about-gout[/URL] Soft drink fanciers might be in the same gouty boat. High fructose intake was linked to gout in a Choi-led study published in 2008. Uric acid is one of the products of fructose metabolism, and there’s good evidence from controlled feeding studies that fructose increases uric acid levels in the blood. Much of the fructose in today’s American diet comes from the high-fructose corn syrup (which is about half fructose and half glucose) that’s used to sweeten soft drinks. [/QUOTE]
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