A Cure for Gout - Coffee
Gout - considered one of the worst types of pain that human beings can experience but researchers may just have found that drinking large amounts of coffee can cut the risk of this illness by about half.
Gout is a form of arthritis where a compound, uric acid, accumulates and causes inflammation in joints and long thought of as the preserve of port-swigging gluttons of a by-gone age, but 1 to 2 out of 1000 men aged over 40 years are diagnosed with gout each year.
How coffee works in guarding against gout remains unclear. Researchers do not believe that caffeine has a protective effect as decaffeinated coffee was linked to a reduced risk of gout, while regular tea had no impact on risk. They suggest that another component of coffee, an antioxidant called chlorogenic acid, might somehow lower levels of uric acid in the blood.
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by Online Kitchenware My friend suffers from gout and also does not drink much coffee. This would be a good idea to sell him one of our coffee machines.
by Jez I have suffered from gout for about 10 years, although I am only 35, and have recently put it down to a high salt intake and carbonated soft drinks, I also stopped drinking coffee when i recently had a bad spell of attacks, as I had heard that caffeine could cause it, so this news that coffe helps is a surprise, I’ll try it and let you know
by mike I quite drinking coffee three years ago. In that time my uric acid levels went up and my gout attacks became more frequent (1/6wks). In January I experienced an attack that was th most painful thing I have ever endured. It lasted 10 days. Fed up, I found info on the web suggesting coffee as a cure for gout. In February I started drinking coffe again. It’s now August and I’m attack free!!!
That is really good to know, my uncle suffers from gout. He rarely drinks coffee but might consider drinking more if it could potentially give him some relief.
Thank you