1.
SUGAR, FRUCTOSE,
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN
SYRUP & GOUT
SUGAR: THE BIG CONTROVERSY THAT
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT

2.
Sugar, specifically high fructose corn syrup, is
single largest source of calories for Americans.
Americans consume about 134 grams of
fructose a day! We are consuming 180 pounds
of sugar a year on average! So let’s dwell into
this food and see how it links to gout.

3.
WHAT SCIENCE HAS TO SAY ABOUT
SUGAR AND GOUT
Researchers from the Boston University School
of Medicine found that as one drank more
sweetened soft drinks the more risk increased
for a gout attack.

4.
What about
drinking fruit juice?
Foods that are rich in
fructose such as fruits
like apples, oranges and
fruit juices were linked
with an increased risk of
developing gout.
Furthermore, fruit juice
contains more fructose
than the actual fresh
fruit itself!

5.
Please also keep in mind that whole
fruits also contain vitamins and
antioxidants that decrease the
hazardous effects of fructose. Fructose
alone is not entirely evil since fruits are
beneficial for our health but too much
will wreak havoc to your health.

6.
Fructose is also found in veggies,
especially root vegetables such
as carrots, but in most
vegetables there isn’t enough to
be a significant source.

7.
The culprit appears to be fructose
which increases uric acid levels and
when uric acid levels get high
enough, they harden and crystallize
which causes a gout attack to occur.

8.
An April 2016 study that appeared in the
May 2016 issue of Arthritis &
Rheumatology suggests that lowering
sugar intake or reducing your dietary
glycemic index is associated with a
reduction in uric acid levels in overweight
adults.

9.
FRUCTOSE AND GLUCOSE
Fructose is the only sugar that raises uric
acid in your body and usually does this
within minutes of ingestion. Fructose
also forms half of the molecule of white
table sugar, sucrose. The other half of the
sucrose molecule is glucose.

10.
Although glucose will not increase uric acid
levels in the blood, it will fasten the
absorption of fructose. Glucose and fructose
are connected to sugar, but fructose is
metabolized differently to glucose. So
glucose actually increases the harmful
effects of fructose.

11.
High fructose corn syrup contains
fructose and glucose in a mix
dominated by fructose.

12.
In a study conducted by Michael Goran at the
University of Southern California’s Keck School of
Medicine, in Los Angeles, they discovered that all
of the soft drinks are 58% fructose or above and
the three most popular soft drinks which are Coca-
Cola, Pepsi and Sprite contained 65% fructose!

13.
Due to its chemical form HFCS
is more metabolically risky to
you. The fructose and the
glucose are not bound
together in HFCS, as they are
in table sugar, so your body
doesn’t have to break it down.
Therefore, the fructose is
absorbed immediately, going
straight to your liver.

14.
Gout sufferers should pay attention to how much fructose they consume. Since all
processed foods contain high fructose corn syrup, it would be a good idea to also
limit consuming no more than 15 grams of fructose daily coming from fresh fruits.
Remember that if you already have gout, your uric acid is more sensitive and
responsive to fructose than if you do not have gout.

15.
DR. JOHNSON ON HOW BEING SENSITIZED TO
SUGAR IS SO DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH:
The more sugar you eat, the more effective your body is in
absorbing it; and the more you absorb, the more damage
you’ll do. You become “sensitized” to sugar as time goes
by, and more sensitive to its toxic effects as well.

16.
As of March 2014,
the World Health
Organization has
finally recommended
that we should aim
to consume no more
than 5% of our daily
calories as sugar.

17.
Dr. Francesco Branco,
Head of Nutrition for
Health and Development
for WHO says, “Five per
cent would be about six
teaspoons of sugar a day;
a can of sugar-
sweetened soda contains
about 10 teaspoons of
sugar”
5%

18.
The recommendations don’t apply to
“intrinsic sugars”, those sugars you
find in fruits and vegetables.

19.
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