PurinesResearch
Sugary drinks have no purines — and raise gout risk
A cola measures essentially zero purines and is linked to substantially higher gout risk. The clearest case that a purine number is not a risk score.
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Blog
Guides on uric acid, purines and living with gout
Written for people managing their own condition: what the numbers mean, where the data comes from, and what a chart can and cannot tell you.
ResearchFood data
Cherries and gout: what the research actually found
One of the few foods studied for lowering gout attack risk rather than raising it. The numbers from the case-crossover study, and their limits.
3 min read
PurinesFood data
Does cooking change the purine content of food?
Boiling, grilling and drying move purine numbers by hundreds of milligrams. Worked examples from 830 measured foods, and what it means for reading any purine chart.
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PurinesAlcohol
Beer is low in purines — so why is it linked to gout?
Beer measures under 15 mg of purines per 100 ml, yet is repeatedly linked with flares. The gap between the number and the risk.
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Uric acidTesting
Why uric acid can look normal during a gout attack
A blood test taken mid-flare often comes back in the normal range. Why that happens, why it does not rule gout out, and what to measure instead.
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Food dataSources
Where purine numbers come from
The handful of real purine databases, what each contains, and the name-matching shortcut that makes apps show the wrong food's value.
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