Does excess Fructose give you Gout symptoms?

jc4lab

Recently suffered swollen painful toe and top of foot trouble after a bike ride..Like a bad toe sprain.Sounds like goutr was one diagnosis..I tend to wolf down energy drinks, and and diet drinks.Any connection do you think?

jimmcdonnell

I don't know about fructose, but wasn't taurine (eg Red Bull etc) linked to this recently..?

dewei

Yes, fructose recently has been fingered.

You'll need to cut down on high energy drinks!

http://www.bmj.com/content/336/7639/309.full is the link for the original article in the British Medical Journal.


http://www.nhs.uk/news/2007/January08/Pages/Sugarydrinksandgout.aspx
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7219473.stm
Two articles explaining the above study.