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Sunday, June 03, 2007
Gout Pain - Does Coffee Help Gout Pain?
Can Coffee Drinking Help Gout?
Gout is triggered by high uric acid levels in the blood. Gout is the commonest inflammatory arthritis in adult men and is becoming more common in women.
Scientists have long thought that high intake of coffee and tea can reduce uric acid levels in the blood and thus reduce the risk of a gout attack and a new study published in the June 2007 issue of Arthritis Care & Research seems to support this - for coffee drinkers at least. Even decaffeinated coffee might help if you are a gout pain sufferer.
The researchers found that coffee consumption is associated with lower uric acid levels but this appears to be due to components in coffee other than caffeine.
The results of the research showed that levels of uric acid in the blood significantly decreased with increasing coffee intake, but not with tea intake.
Interestingly, there was an association between decaffeinated coffee consumption and uric acid levels. These findings back up the idea that components of coffee other than caffeine contribute to the observed association between coffee intake and uric acid levels.
The scientists emphasise that they do not really know how the connection between coffee, gout and uric acid works but they believe that the chemicals in coffee are affecting insulin levels and also producing powerful antioxidant chemicals within our body.
Gout is triggered by high uric acid levels in the blood. Gout is the commonest inflammatory arthritis in adult men and is becoming more common in women.
Scientists have long thought that high intake of coffee and tea can reduce uric acid levels in the blood and thus reduce the risk of a gout attack and a new study published in the June 2007 issue of Arthritis Care & Research seems to support this - for coffee drinkers at least. Even decaffeinated coffee might help if you are a gout pain sufferer.
The researchers found that coffee consumption is associated with lower uric acid levels but this appears to be due to components in coffee other than caffeine.
The results of the research showed that levels of uric acid in the blood significantly decreased with increasing coffee intake, but not with tea intake.
Interestingly, there was an association between decaffeinated coffee consumption and uric acid levels. These findings back up the idea that components of coffee other than caffeine contribute to the observed association between coffee intake and uric acid levels.
The scientists emphasise that they do not really know how the connection between coffee, gout and uric acid works but they believe that the chemicals in coffee are affecting insulin levels and also producing powerful antioxidant chemicals within our body.
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