Beer and Gout

Beer has long been associated as a gout trigger due to its relatively high levels of purine, an organic compound that, among other functions, helps form the base of human DNA. The body metabolizes purine into uric acid, which dissolves into the bloodstream and is passed through the kidneys.

But in gout sufferers, the uric acid doesn’t dissolve and pass; it crystallizes into microscopic lancelets that crowd around the joints. “These crystals look just like needles, and they literally pierce through the walls of white blood cells, which signals for more cells to come to the rescue, and now you have this cascade of inflammation and a full-on attack.

You may not get gout by drinking too much beer, but if you have gout and drink beer, you will definitely experience attacks.

So now you can understand why alcohol nowadays is responsible for so many gout attacks right.