During a gout attack, patients often experience severe pain in one or more joints, accompanied by redness, swelling, elevated skin temperature, red, purple, tense, and shiny skin on the joint surface.
Research shows that drinking coffee every day
Reduced risk of gout
Friends who have experienced it must know very well that gout is very painful when it attacks. Although hyperuricemia does not necessarily develop into gout, once it occurs, it is still very painful. Friends with hyperuricemia problems, or friends who have experienced gout attacks, will be warned to stay away from certain foods to prevent blood uric acid levels from soaring. Such as shellfish, beer, animal offal and so on. evenjuiceand other small sweetened waters that contain added sugars will also be restricted. Feeling that there is no joy in life… If there is any food or drink that is both good and reduces the risk of gout, it should be cured! Coffee is the clear stream of the water world for lifelong happiness.
In fact, before this study by the Japanese team, some European and American scholars have proposed that coffee can reduce the risk of gout. This conclusion provides statistical support and confirms the friendly relationship between the two. The study by the Japanese team, using genome-wide association statistics from 150,000 Japanese, analyzed the correlation between three things: number of days per week coffee drinking, risk of developing gout, blood uric acid Level.
The conclusion is that compared with people who do not drink coffee: drinking 1-3 cups of coffee (237ml/cup) per day reduces the risk of gout by 22%; drinking four or more cups a day reduces the risk of gout by 57%; One day of coffee reduces the risk of gout by 25%.
Why does coffee reduce the risk of gout? The principle is: the caffeine contained in coffee is a methylxanthine, which can inhibit the enzyme (ie: xanthine oxidase) required for the production of uric acid, thereby reducing the production of uric acid.
Coffee is good, but don’t be greedy
Adult Caffeine Intake
no more than 400 mg
In addition to the fact that coffee can help reduce the risk of gout in this study, for many friends, coffee has become an indispensable “soul mate” in life. Coffee, a magical little fruit, is really worthy of everyone’s infatuation and love. love. In addition to refreshing the mind and banishing bad emotions, it has many health benefits. It has been proven to include: when consumed in moderation, it can help control serum cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, prevent liver fibrosis and hardening, reduce the risk of gallstones and kidney stones, and reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease, It can even help with weight loss (provided, of course, that you don’t drink high-calorie coffee with a lot of cream and sugar), and coffee can also reduce the incidence and mortality of certain cancers. In addition, many office workers and people who often need to drive use coffee to refresh their minds, and they can feel refreshed when they are drowsy.
So, is the happiness that goes both ways, the more the better?
Everything must be done in moderation. Although the Japanese study did not emphasize the dose relationship between coffee intake and gout risk, many previous studies have warned coffee lovers: excessive caffeine intake can increase insomnia and anxiety. , the occurrence of elevated blood pressure. When caffeine intake ≥ 1.2 grams (equivalent to 8 cups of 355 ml coffee shop American style), it can also cause anxiety, agitation, nervousness, irritability, nervousness, insomnia, hyperexcitability, psychomotor agitation and thinking or Confusion of language / poor expression… and other adverse reactions.
Therefore, adults should not consume more than 400 mg of caffeine regardless of the risk of gout. According to the data from the official website of “New England” magazine, you can compare and understand how much caffeine in your favorite coffee:
Americano in a coffee shop (about 355ml): 150 mg of caffeine;
Espresso (about 30ml): 63 mg of caffeine;
Instant coffee (about 237ml): 63 mg of caffeine;
Freshly brewed green tea (about 237ml): 28 mg of caffeine.
In these four cases
Drinking coffee poses health risks
1. The intake of added sugar will increase the blood uric acid level and the risk of gout. A lot of sweet coffee is added with a lot of syrup, even if it is a semi-sugar flavor, the syrup content is not low. So if you drink coffee with added sugar, don’t expect too much to effectively reduce the risk of gout.
2. Too much caffeine intake, in addition to the adverse reactions mentioned above, is also likely to increase the loss of urinary calcium. Of course, you can choose to drink coffee with milk, so that you can make up for the lost calcium.
3. Coffee with sugar, cream and coconut meat is a liquid calorie bomb. If you have two or three cups, it is a proper meat-growing artifact. After all, the contribution of gaining weight to gout cannot be ignored.
4. For those who have trouble falling asleep or sleep disorders, if you happen to be a physique with a slow metabolism of caffeine, knock on the blackboard again to remind: too much coffee intake will affect your sleep! If you drink coffee hard to reduce your risk of gout, it may not be worth the money! After all, sleeping too badly increases the risk of obesity, and obesity increases the risk of gout.
Text / Liu Suiqian
(Science popularization worker, clinical nutritionist, member of Chinese Nutrition Society)
