Q: Is there a link between urea and gout?
Answer: Yes!
From Wikipedia, gout...
"is caused by elevated levels of uric acid in the blood. The uric acid crystallizes, and the crystals deposit in joints, tendons, and surrounding tissues...
The crystallization of uric acid, often related to relatively high levels in the blood, is the underlying cause of gout. Uric acid is a product of the metabolic breakdown of purine nucleotides. This can occur for a number of reasons, including diet, genetic predisposition, or underexcretion of urate, the salts of uric acid.[5] Underexcretion of uric acid by the kidney is the primary cause of hyperuricemia in about 90% of cases, while overproduction is the cause in less than 10%.[9]About 10% of people with hyperuricemia develop gout at some point in their lifetimes.
Dietary causes account for about 12% of gout,[5] and include a strong association with the consumption of alcohol, fructose-sweetened drinks, meat, and seafood.[7][11] Other triggers include physical traumaand surgery.[9]
Studies in the early 2000s have found that other dietary factors once believed associated are, in fact, not.[12][13] Specifically, moderate consumption of purine-rich vegetables (e.g. beans, peas, lentils, and spinach) are not associated with the development of gout.[14] Neither is total consumption of protein.[12][14] Alcohol consumption is a factor, with wine presenting somewhat less of a risk than beer and spirits.[15]
The consumption of coffee, vitamin C, and dairy products, as well as physical fitness, appear to decrease the risk.[16][17][18] This is believed to be partly due to their effect in reducing insulin resistance.[18]"
From Wikipedia, gout...
"is caused by elevated levels of uric acid in the blood. The uric acid crystallizes, and the crystals deposit in joints, tendons, and surrounding tissues...
The crystallization of uric acid, often related to relatively high levels in the blood, is the underlying cause of gout. Uric acid is a product of the metabolic breakdown of purine nucleotides. This can occur for a number of reasons, including diet, genetic predisposition, or underexcretion of urate, the salts of uric acid.[5] Underexcretion of uric acid by the kidney is the primary cause of hyperuricemia in about 90% of cases, while overproduction is the cause in less than 10%.[9]About 10% of people with hyperuricemia develop gout at some point in their lifetimes.
Dietary causes account for about 12% of gout,[5] and include a strong association with the consumption of alcohol, fructose-sweetened drinks, meat, and seafood.[7][11] Other triggers include physical traumaand surgery.[9]
Studies in the early 2000s have found that other dietary factors once believed associated are, in fact, not.[12][13] Specifically, moderate consumption of purine-rich vegetables (e.g. beans, peas, lentils, and spinach) are not associated with the development of gout.[14] Neither is total consumption of protein.[12][14] Alcohol consumption is a factor, with wine presenting somewhat less of a risk than beer and spirits.[15]
The consumption of coffee, vitamin C, and dairy products, as well as physical fitness, appear to decrease the risk.[16][17][18] This is believed to be partly due to their effect in reducing insulin resistance.[18]"