Gout – Confessions of an Eater

Let’s start by going to the source of uric acid, the liver, to look at the production process of uric acid. To explain this process, you have to start with purines. Purines, like amino acids, are an organic substance. Purine is the main component of the synthesis of DNA DNA, we are familiar with it? Is to do paternity testing of that thing, it copies all of our genes, the human body every day metabolism, cell life and death, new cells inside the DNA synthesis will be less purine. And purine is also the main raw material of ATP, ATP’s Chinese name is called: “adenosine triphosphate”. Still do not understand? Simply put, ATP is the energy needed by human cells. Wait a minute, the energy needed by cells is not glucose? In fact, this question is very good to answer, let’s say, glucose is like just mined crude oil, and the cell is like the engine, the cell is unable to directly utilize glucose, must be converted into ATP through the mitochondria, that is, the process of extracting gasoline from crude oil, so that the cell can utilize ATP in the energy to maintain a normal metabolism. Purine is the main raw material of ATP, then, purine and uric acid is what relationship? Where do all the purines in the body come from? Just said that new cells will be produced every day, the old cells will die. Produce new cells, you need DNA replication and ATP to provide energy, and the dead cells will release the waste purine and other substances to reabsorb and utilize. Normal cells metabolize and consume energy all the time, and they utilize and excrete purines. Purines excreted into the bloodstream are processed by the liver to become uric acid. In addition to the body’s own production, purines have an important source, that is – eat! The vast majority of food contains purines, including animal offal, seafood, that eat into the purine is not ordinary. According to the source of purines, it is not difficult to analyze how purines increase. When the human body strenuous exercise, the cells need more ATP decomposition for energy, purine is like, car exhaust in general, a steady stream of release into the blood. Socialism is good, eat meat, drink beer, beer with fried chicken, eat very fashionable, but purines are tons of eat into the body. With the surge of purines, the liver is constantly working overtime, and uric acid is constantly released into the bloodstream, which creates hyperuricemia.