Gout and carbonated drinks Posted: 02-29-08 11:16am
I was reading the Wikipedia entry on gout,
and noticed that both beer and soda
pop raised risk of gout significantly.
Although I've never been too keen on soda
pop, I've always loved beer, so here I
am...
The problem, I think, with carbonated
drinks is that they contain a significant
amount of carbonic acid. Evidently,
interaction between bicarbonate and
carbonic acid play a very important role
in body ph. So the problem with beer is
not that it has yeast, or even purines,
but the fact that it is injected with CO2
to form an acidic solution. Interestingly,
soda pop, which is more acidic than beer,
increases the risk of gout as much as
beer, even without the alcohol.
A recent study of the effects of soda pop
on gout showed that soda pop sweetened
with high fructose corn syrup does indeed
raise the risk of gout almost as much as
beer. However, soda pop sweetened with an
artificial sweetener did not raise the
risk of gout at all.
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