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Q: Gout And Broccoli
asked by: pepsimom4ever on October 21st, 2005
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Hi there,
does anyone know why broccoli triggers gout? If you look at some diets, they actually call it a cure! But it just brings it on! I was hoping someone could tell me why. :? :!:
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JYY2
replied on December 10th, 2005
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How much you have to eat broccoli to trigger gout attacks? What else you ate with it?

Broccoli is higher than most vegetables in uric acid (ua) content. But as compared with meat and seafood, it's rather small. I haven't seen a study that shows broccoli can actually triggers gout. Uric acid (ua) content of some foods per 100 grams are: broccoli-80 mg; tuna-260, sardines in oil-480; liver (beef)-550; beef-130; chicken-120, pork-140; apple-15, banana-60, broccoli-80, spinach-60, kale-50, asparagus-25, cabbage 22, potato-16, lettuce-13, tomato-11, cherry (sweet)-7, bread-14; beer-8~13.

There are other food and drink that contains no ua but can raise the blood ua level and trigger gout, e.G., alcohol, fructose, acidic foods and drinks, etc.
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chunky_monkey
replied on November 4th, 2006
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Uric Acid Content of Foods
Hi! Where did you get the uric acid content figures? My boyfriend has elevated uric acid and i'd like to help him and get him this info. Thanks for your help!
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JYY2
replied on November 4th, 2006
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Uric acid content and ph of foods and drinks are available in section 4 of http://www.Icuredmygout.Org.
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rebekah031
replied on July 30th, 2009
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I just started a high intake of theramic vegetables trying to loose weight. I have also just recently been diagnosed with gout. I have been doing well with little or no symptoms of gout until I began eating the broccoli. My family physician said that "old fashioned" veggies would cause an attack. Can anyone tell me what veggies these are? The diet that I chose consist of okra, cauliflower, beets, all the "older foods" is this why sudden gout attack?
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