In winter, Goplin's hot pot has once again become a project that doctors and nutritionists constantly call for eating less. But in fact, food intake only accounts for 1/3 of purine sources in the body, including human metabolism, strenuous exercise and other reasons, which will cause excessive purine production and gout; Therefore, although some people are taboo, they often suffer from joint pain for no reason.

What is printing?

Purine, also known as purine, is a metabolite after metabolism. Purine will be further metabolized into uric acid and excreted through the kidney to form urine. If uric acid flows into joints, tendons and other tissues through blood and forms uric acid crystals, the immune system will overreact and cause inflammation, which is called gout.

Some foods are particularly high in purine content, and gout patients should eat less; Including red meat, seafood, viscera, tofu, mushrooms and other foods.

Strenuous exercise can also cause uric acid accumulation.

During strenuous exercise, a large amount of purine will be released in the body, which will cause uric acid to be produced, exceeding the burden of the kidneys and eventually accumulating in joints and other tissues.

Alcohol can also cause gout

Wine will affect the excretion of uric acid, so people who love drinking are particularly prone to gout. Some wines contain a lot of purine, such as Shaoxing wine and beer.

Obese people should be especially careful.

Because obese people have a lot of subcutaneous fat, when they are hungry, many ketone bodies produced by fat decomposition will accumulate in the body, which will prevent the kidneys from excreting uric acid; In addition, obese people are prone to sweating, which makes urine volume relatively reduced, uric acid thickens, and uric acid is more difficult to excrete and eventually accumulates in the body.

Men are prone to gout.

Men are 20 times more likely to suffer from gout than women. This is because women can excrete uric acid through the regulation of hormones in the body. In addition, some people are naturally prone to gout, and the cause of the disease has little to do with living habits.

Some drugs can also affect

Some drugs such as anticancer drugs, asthma drugs and antifungal drugs will accelerate the formation of uric acid. In addition, salicylic acid preparations such as aspirin and diuretics will hinder the excretion of uric acid. If you take these drugs for a long time, the risk of gout will increase.

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