June 25, 2018.
If you are prone to recurring gout attacks, be aware that your diet may be to blame. Some adjustments could limit the occurrence of these rheumatisms.
Men are more affected by gout
In France, between 2% and 3% of the population suffer from gout attacks. This rheumatic disease, which mainly affects men, is caused by the deposit of uric acid crystals in the joints, which often causes very painful inflammation. If these crises can strike each individual, it would seem, however, that food has a role to play in this phenomenon.
In any case, this is what Professor Pascal Richette, rheumatologist at the Lariboisière hospital in Paris, who, questioned by Le Figaro, states that there is ” an environmental part, including a food contribution »In the onset of the disease.
Red meat, seafood and sodas promote gout attacks
Numerous studies have examined this question and it would seem, for example, that overconsumption of red meat, fatty fish and seafood increases the amount of uric acid in the blood, which causes the deposit of crystals. Fructose, found mainly in sodas, would have the same effect.
To those who would consider a draconian diet to avoid gout attacks, the specialist suggests, however, to prefer a good balanced diet. Because if these foods can promote rheumatism, they will be of little consequence if they are consumed in a reasonable way.. ” We know that diets have little impact on gout “, Notes Pascal Richette who suggests” do not fall into the opposite excess by depriving yourself of everything because this will have little effect on uric acid “.
Gaelle Latour
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