{"id":225481,"date":"2010-01-25T07:41:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T12:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diabetesforums.com\/forum\/dieting-and-nutrition-diabetes\/48002-gout-surge-blamed-sweet.html"},"modified":"2010-01-25T07:41:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T12:41:51","slug":"gout-surge-blamed-on-sweet-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/225481","title":{"rendered":"Gout surge blamed on sweet drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"
BBC NEWS | Health | Gout surge blamed on sweet drinks<\/a><\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tSugary drinks have been blamed for a surge in cases of the painful joint disease gout.<\/p>\n

Men who consume two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85% higher risk of gout compared with those who drink less than one a month, a study suggests.<\/p>\n

Cases in the US have doubled in recent decades and it seems fructose, a type of sugar, may be to blame, the British Medical Journal study reports.<\/p>\n

UK experts said those with gout would be advised to cut out sugary drinks.<\/p>\n

About 1.5% of the UK population currently suffers from gout and there has been an increase in numbers over the last 30 years – although the condition is more associated with Victorian times.<\/p>\n

The symptoms of painful, swollen joints, mainly in the lower limbs, are caused when uric acid crystallises out of the blood into the joints.<\/p>\n

US and Canadian researchers said the increase in cases had coincided with a substantial rise in the consumption of soft drinks.<\/p>\n

Previous research had also shown that fructose increases levels of uric acid in the bloodstream.<\/p>\n

To look in more detail, the team carried out a 12-year study of 46,000 men aged 40 years and over with no history of gout, asking them regular questionnaires about their diet.<\/p>\n

Over the period, 755 newly diagnosed cases of gout were reported.<\/p>\n

The risk of developing the condition was significantly increased with an intake level of five to six servings of sugary soft drink per week.<\/p>\n

This link was independent of other risk factors for gout such as body mass index, age, high blood pressure and alcohol intake.<\/p>\n

Diet soft drinks did not increase the risk of gout but fruit juice and fructose rich fruits (apples and oranges) were associated with a higher risk, the researchers said.<\/p>\n

But this finding needs to be balanced against the benefit of fruit and vegetables in preventing other chronic disorders like heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n

Dr Hyon Choi, from the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver said dietary advice for gout had focused on restricting purine-rich foods, such as red meat and beer.<\/p>\n

He said practitioners should advise patients with gout to reduce their fructose intake.<\/p>\n

"I can think of some situations, for example in severe treatment failure gout, where reducing sweet fruits, such as oranges and apples could help," he added.<\/p>\n

Dr Andrew Bamji, president of the British Society for Rheumatology, said anecdotally cases of gout appeared to be rising.<\/p>\n

"When you think about it, it makes a lot of sense in that fructose inhibits the excretion of uric acid.<\/p>\n

"I will certainly change my advice to patients and I suspect the number drinking fructose is quite large."<\/p>\n

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