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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food. ...Hippocrates
Purines are also found in alcohol drinks such as beer, liquor, seasonings, and supplements. Find out the purine content in your favorite alcoholic drink.
Purine content in fish varies depending on the type and processing. Japanese researchers measured purine content in fish and seafood common in their diet. Depending on the purine level in 100g of edible portion of the food, they classified them into six classes (from very low to very high purine sources). Here is a list of fish and seafood with their purine content.
The ways to control blood uric acid level and consequently the risk of gout are to limit its synthesis and to help the body get rid of it. Diet being responsible for one-third of the purine supply to the body, evidently, avoiding or restricting high purine diet or eating low purine diet helps. Diet could also help reduce risk of gout by improving the rate of removal of uric acid from the body.
Purine content in fish varies depending on the type and processing. Japanese researchers measured purine content in fish and seafood common in their diet. Depending on the purine level in 100g of edible portion of the food, they classified them into six classes (from very low to very high purine sources). Here is a list of fish and seafood with their purine content.
Purines and uric acid content in beef, pork, chicken, and processed meat.
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