People with high uric acid should eat less tofu.

Tofu contains more purine, purine metabolism derangement of gout patients and patients with increased blood uric acid concentration, eat more tofu prone to gout attacks.

Soybean products are extremely rich in methionine, methionine can be converted to cysteine under the action of enzymes. It will damage the endothelial cells of the arterial wall, causing cholesterol and triglycerides to be deposited on the arterial wall, leading to the formation of atherosclerosis.

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Sugar-containing beverages and fruit juices, whose risk of gout onset is even comparable to white wine, beer comparable. The reason for this is related to the fructose in the high fructose syrup component of them. High-fructose corn syrup, often used as a nutritive sweetener, is widely used in carbonated beverages, fruit juices, sports drinks, syrups, jellies and other sugary products.

Fructose is not only metabolized in the body to produce adenosine monophosphate, a substrate of the uric acid synthesis bypass pathway, which promotes an increase in uric acid synthesis, but also increases insulin resistance and circulating insulin levels, which reduces uric acid excretion. Therefore, gout patients should avoid the intake of high fructose syrup sweetened beverages and foods.

In addition, gout patients should eat less fruits with high fructose content such as apples, figs, oranges, lychees, persimmons, cinnamon, bananas, prunes and pomegranates.

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