HOW I BEAT MY GOUT - AND YOU CAN TOO
  • How I Beat My Gout - And How You Can Too
  • Moving foot muscles to beat gout
  • Why Go On A Diet - And How
  • Who Is Wisterian Watertree?
  • Disclaimer - Not Medical Information
  • Alternative Medicines For Gout
  • Where does uric acid come from?
  • What are purines
  • Forbidden Gout Foods
  • Food for gout sufferers - tasting better than your old diet
  • The inflammation is causing the pain
  • The Danger Of Being Fat
  • What to do when the diet gets boring
  • Great foods for gout-beaters
  • Why Drinking Lots Of Water Works
  • The Goutbeater Program
  • What To Do When You Have A Gout Attack
  • Why Milk Flushes Out Uric Acid
  • The Signup Page
  • The Goutbeater Blog
  • Do Cherries Work Against Gout?
  • Why gout happens in your big toe
  • How much uric acid does your body contain?
  • Unboxing the UASure uric acid meter
  • Can you change the pH of your urine - and does it matter?
  • Why you should avoid sugar
  • Two weeks of measuring my uric acid
  • Your Heart And Gout
  • The Daily UA Variation
  • Low Uric Acid Recipes
  • Gout-Friendly Weight Loss Recipes
  • Why Fish Oil Has No Effect On Gout, And How I Know
  • Trying Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Gout-Friendly Recipes
  • Three months of measuring my uric acid
  • How Did The Apple Cider Vinegar Test Go?
  • The Purine-Free Beers Of Japan

How Purines Become Uric Acid

You are supposed to eat a purine-poor diet when you have gout, because purines are turned into uric acid in your body. Your body also produces purines on its own, when cells break down.
Purines are recycled DNA, so the more DNA a food contains, the more purines it will become. This is why eggs are safe (since they contain only one cell), and milk is even safer - it contains no genetic material at all.
The purines are used to create enzymes, which are part of the energy production cycle of your body. The enzymes interact with the energy-rich molecules to break them down further, into sugars and energy transportation molecules (called ATP). When ATP is broken down in the body by the enzymes created from the purines, the energy it contains is released and one of the end products is uric acid. Your body releases some of it through the lower intestine, but the rest is released through the urine.
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  • How I Beat My Gout - And How You Can Too
  • Moving foot muscles to beat gout
  • Why Go On A Diet - And How
  • Who Is Wisterian Watertree?
  • Disclaimer - Not Medical Information
  • Alternative Medicines For Gout
  • Where does uric acid come from?
  • What are purines
  • Forbidden Gout Foods
  • Food for gout sufferers - tasting better than your old diet
  • The inflammation is causing the pain
  • The Danger Of Being Fat
  • What to do when the diet gets boring
  • Great foods for gout-beaters
  • Why Drinking Lots Of Water Works
  • The Goutbeater Program
  • What To Do When You Have A Gout Attack
  • Why Milk Flushes Out Uric Acid
  • The Signup Page
  • The Goutbeater Blog
  • Do Cherries Work Against Gout?
  • Why gout happens in your big toe
  • How much uric acid does your body contain?
  • Unboxing the UASure uric acid meter
  • Can you change the pH of your urine - and does it matter?
  • Why you should avoid sugar
  • Two weeks of measuring my uric acid
  • Your Heart And Gout
  • The Daily UA Variation
  • Low Uric Acid Recipes
  • Gout-Friendly Weight Loss Recipes
  • Why Fish Oil Has No Effect On Gout, And How I Know
  • Trying Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Gout-Friendly Recipes
  • Three months of measuring my uric acid
  • How Did The Apple Cider Vinegar Test Go?
  • The Purine-Free Beers Of Japan