Vitamin C helps prevent gout

According to the results of a new study published in the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine, people with gout should eat a variety of fruits rich in vitamin C to prevent the development of the disease. this.

University of British Columbia researchers in Vancouver, Canada, found that men who took vitamin C supplements, or ate these high-quality foods, such as oranges, tangerines, kiwi, dragon fruit . will likely reduce the risk of developing gout.

Gout is a form of arthritis that causes painful joints when uric acid accumulates in those areas. This acid can form small crystals in and around joints, causing intense pain and swelling.

Gout usually occurs in men 40 years of age or older, but sometimes women get it too. Common causes are high alcohol intake, a wide variety of foods that are easy to produce uric acid in the blood, such as meat, fish, seafood, cheese, animal organs.

The researchers said that their results showed that vitamin C works to reduce the amount of uric acid in the blood, so it can be used to prevent this painful disease.

A group of researchers, led by Dr. Hyon Choi, surveyed data on 46,994 men who participated in a Canadian study called "Health Professionals Follow-up Study", from 1986 to year. 2006.

Each 4-year period, these men have to answer a questionnaire, which lists the amount of vitamin C they consumed through food or taking additional vitamin supplements. Every two years, those men report whether they have symptoms of gout.

The researchers found that when compared with men consuming less than 250 milligrams of vitamin C daily, the risk of gout appears to be different, as follows:

The risk of disease is 17% lower in people who consume between 500 and 999mg of vitamin C daily.

The risk of disease is 34% lower in people who consume 1,000 to 1,499mg of vitamin C daily.

The risk is 45% lower in people who consume 1,500mg or more of vitamin C each day.

Most people who consume over 500mg of vitamin C every day have taken vitamin C supplements. Researchers found that if daily consumption of about 500mg of vitamin C would reduce the risk of gout by 15%.

The researchers found that vitamin C appears to be effective in reducing the amount of uric acid in the blood, perhaps by making it easier for the kidney to reabsorb this acid to excrete in the urine, instead of accumulating in the joints and induced inflammation.

Dr. Choi said that gout is a common type of arthritis, especially for men, and the results of recent surveys show that the rate of people suffering from this disease is increasing.

According to researchers, while the safe level to consume vitamin C is no more than 2000mg per day.