Here's How You Can Reduce Uric Acid Build-Up Naturally

Uric acid is made from the natural breakdown of your body’s cells. It’s also made from the foods you eat. Your kidneys take uric acid out of your blood and put it into urine so that it can leave your body.

But if your body is making too much uric acid, the level in the urine can get too high. And if your kidneys aren’t working the way they should, the level of uric acid in the urine can get too low.

High levels of uric acid can cause crystals to form in joints. This causes a painful problem called gout. If gout isn’t treated, the crystals can build up and form hard lumpy deposits called tophi.

High uric acid levels can also cause kidney stones.

Can An Alkaline Diet Help with Uric Acid Crystals?
To counteract the high uric acid levels in the blood, alkalinization therapy is often part of the medical management of gout. ^[3] But can an alkaline diet work just as well? It has long been debated whether or not alkaline diets have health benefits or is just a passing fad, with counterarguments stating that the body’s pH is maintained at a very constant level despite the acidity of the food being consumed. However, it goes deeper than this: A recent study in 2010 published in the Nutrition Journal by Kanbara, A., et. al. revealed that analkaline diet can cause an increase in uric acid excretion through the urine. On the other hand, acidic diets suppress uric acid excretion in the urine. ^[4]
This study strongly suggests that by adjusting the diet to include alkaline food, it can promote the removal of uric acid in the blood ^[5], which implies hope for the removal of formed uric acid crystals in the joints. However, recent research on the favorable effects of dietary modification that specifically targets uric acid crystals in gouty arthritis has yet to be published (the most recent study was in 1959! ^[6])
Eating More Alkaline Food
An alkaline diet is typically high in vegetable and legume intake – food that has high pH or low acid content. An alkali diet can include the following food products ^[4]:
• Rye bread
• Tofu
• Okra
• Green soybeans
• Carrots
• Green, leafy vegetables
• Tomato
• Red and yellow pepper
• Pumpkin
• Green onion
• Cucumber
• Cabbage
• Lettuce
• Garlic
• Dried seaweed
• Olive oil
Cutting out acid forming foods such as sugar, bread, alcohol, drinks with fructose sugars, sea food and steak will help to cut down on uric acid.

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