Does drinking coffee lower or higher your uric acid levels?
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Newb here.
Peat says it lowers but I've heard conflicting reports and afaik uric acid is beneficial to you so I'm unsure as to why Peat would recommend it if it does.last name gang first name drain
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@DG You're American?
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They are extremely similar substances. It would be comparable to eating foods with lots of vitamin D and noticing that your body does not produce as much afterwards, since the need for it has been fulfilled by the food. Your body will continue to produce uric acid as it needs it as it does with vitamin D during sun exposure.
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@DG I'm not concerned how high my uric acid is as much as whether the uric acid is precipitating into crystals or not, causing arthriric ain in joints and gout.
My uric acid levels are on the high end of normal range. Yet I don't feel any arthritic pain. I believe it is because my good sugar metabolism produces a lot of CO2, and this helps with keeping my body in a state of good acid balance. In this state, uric acid hardly ever precipitates into crystals.
I'm not sure whether my uric acid levels are that high but I believe it's not so much that I'm producing a lot of it as I'm retaining a lot of it. When I check my urine for uric acid, it is very much lower than normal. They means I'm retaining a lot of uric acid.
As to why I'm retaining it, it may be that my body needs it more given that as much as I try to lower conditions of oxidative stress, I am not in that sweet spot where my body deals with a minimum of oxidative but on the contrary a lot of oxidative stress is ongoing. Causes range from lead toxicity still present to a high microbial load as indicated by wbc counts that speak of a high level of low-grade (no fever) infection.
Uric acid is part of the body's primary antioxidant system. It is protective. I would pay more attention to ensuring I have an optimal acid-base balance rather than lowering my uric acid levels. I have no arthritic pains whatsoever. No hour either. But go consult a doctor and you will be advised differently.
Usually people will do take the road well traveled, and stay within the safety in numbers. The majority is always right or always wrong? Conventional wisdom has it that majority is always right.
