Science and Technology Daily, Beijing, April 7 (Reporter Li Yang) According to a recent report by the "Nihon Keizai Shimbun", a joint team from Japan's Defense Medical University and Osaka University found in a genome-wide association analysis study that maintaining the habit of drinking coffee will help Reduce the risk of developing gout.
The research team conducted an association study on the coffee drinking habits of more than 150,000 people and the risk of gout, and found that drinking coffee for a long time can help alleviate the onset of gout. They believe that the analysis of coffee components in the future may be able to uncover the mechanism of gout. Causes and prevention methods.
As we all know, the increase of uric acid in the blood, a large amount of uric acid reaches the various joints of the human body with the blood circulation, and the direct consequence is gout.
The caffeine contained in coffee is converted into purines, leading to an increase in uric acid.
Therefore, in theory, gout patients should not drink coffee.
However, it is surprising that many studies at home and abroad have proved that coffee is beneficial to the prevention of gout, but there is a lack of relevant statistical analysis and data support.
This time, through genome-wide association analysis, the research team conducted research on three values of more than 150,000 subjects, including the number of times of coffee drinking per week, the urea index and the risk of gout, and the number of times of drinking coffee per week from 0 to Seven times were listed as eight, and it was found that every additional day of coffee consumption within a week could reduce the risk of gout by about 25%.
As for how many times a day, how much coffee is not taken into account.
Professor Yotaka Matsuo of the National Defense Medical University said: "The behavior of drinking coffee did not affect the level of uric acid, but the risk of gout showed a downward trend."
Studies have shown that coffee, as a natural alkaline drink, is not only conducive to maintaining the acid-base balance in the body, but also plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of gout.