Foods That Reduce Uric Acid

NUTS!!!

Nuts, are often alkaline, and to the extent that uric acid is more soluble in an alkaline solution, they might well be classed as foods that reduce uric acid. They are also a good source of anti-oxidants, but for now, let's concentrate on pH balancing.

Nuts show quite a wide range in alkaline and acid producing values. The alkalizing ones make a good addition to what would otherwise be an acid meal.

TOP NUTS:

1. BEECHNUTS
2, CHESTNUTS
3. PINE NUTS
4. BREADFRUIT SEEDS
5. PUMPKIN SEED. Mmmm Happy Halloween.
6. PISTACHIO
7. COCONUT MEAT
8. ACORNS
9. GINKO NUTS
10. SESAME SEEDS

Thanks. Interesting info. I notice you have specifically listed "COCONUT MEAT". Is coconut oil just as good?

Nuts are not that good at reducing uric acid, as I understand it.

Fruits like apples and black cherries would be better. If you need to reduce uric acid for gout, losing weight is good, as is avoiding any foods which are high in purines ( e.g. Liver, some oily fish and certain vegetables).

http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Gout/default.asp

Nuts are not that good at reducing uric acid, as I understand it.

Fruits like apples and black cherries would be better. If you need to reduce uric acid for gout, losing weight is good, as is avoiding any foods which are high in purines ( e.g. Liver, some oily fish and certain vegetables).

http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Gout/default.asp

That is why I specified the nuts to eat. These nuts are alkaline. The rest of them can be acid based. If you noticed that I did not include the yummy nuts......peanuts, cashews, almonds and macadamian. These are acid based. I'm just trying to add variaty to good eats. Got it.....Gooooood.

Uric acid is the final oxidation of purine metabolism. If you eat foods which are high in purines, your uric acid levels will increase and vice versa.

Co-incidentally all the nuts you list as alakaline are relatively low in purines, as are the ones you claim are acid based.

"You should not believe that it matters whether foods are acidic or alkaline, because no foods change the acidity of anything in your body except your urine. Your stomach is so acidic that no food can change its acidity. Citrus fruits, vinegar, and vitamins such as ascorbic acid or folic acid do not change the acidity of your stomach or your bloodstream. An entire bottle of calcium pills or antacids would not change the acidity of your stomach for more than a few minutes.

All foods that leave your stomach are acidic. Then they enter your intestines where secretions from your pancreas neutralize the stomach acids. So no matter what you eat, the food in stomach is acidic and the food in the intestines is alkaline.

Dietary modification cannot change the acidity of any part of your body except your urine. Your bloodstream and organs control acidity in a very narrow range. Anything that changed acidity in your body would make you very sick and could even kill you."

The author of the above quote is Dr Gabe Mirkin. Dr. Mirkin, who practices medicine in Kensington, Maryland, is board-certified in four specialties: allergy and immunology; sports medicine; pediatrics; and pediatric immunology. He has served as a teaching fellow at Johns Hopkins Medical School, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, and Associate Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.

And your last sentence (Got it......Goooooood) looks really sarcastic and patronising. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way.