Gout: excess calories, purines, and alcohol intake and beyond. Response to a urate-lowering diet
Fam, A.G.
Journal of Rheumatology 32(5): 773-777
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0315-162X PMID: 15868608 Document Number: 591748
Research on the effects of diet (purine-rich foods), alcohol intake and genetic factors on the development of gout are presented. Also, the different dietary interventions that can be employed by patients with gout are discussed, including the clinical aspects of this disease and the other diseases associated with it, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipaemia and hypertension.