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• Fritz Adelsperger on August 24th, 2007

  

  What make you think it is so bad to drink coffee?

• Dona Poska on August 24th, 2007

  

  Chatting with a total stranger in grocery store, we got on the subject of gout/arthritis, etc. (of course, doesn’t everyone?) Anyway, she saidparsley is good for removing uric acid. Said she puts a bunch of washed parsley w/water in a blender and drinks some of the gawdawful stuff every day. I tried it - the taste? Ewwwwwwwwww!But I am going to have to say I believe it is of some help.Anyone ever heard of this?

• Nicholas Mckillop on August 26th, 2007

  

  The purines in tea and coffee are supposed to be bad for gout, But it depends, What effects some doesn’t effect others. I have no trouble with coffee but you may. Try decaf coffee if you have any doubts if you (like me) can’t do without the stuff

• Milford Gardocki on August 28th, 2007

  

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  You can read it everywhere. Drinking coffee is not good for ya, esp. whenyou suffer from autoimmune diseases.

• Houston Ratner on August 28th, 2007

  

  Can’t find it anywhere? Do you have an reference? Thanks!

  I’m Ok then. Gout isn’t one of those.

• Nicholas Mckillop on August 29th, 2007

  

  The reference to Coffee can be found at this site under food and beverages not allowed (1) (1.6)

  http://www.pumpa.co.uk/pages/diet.htm

• Marlyn Armstrong on August 31st, 2007

  

  Thanks for the reference. The table indicates that Coffee contains a note “methylated xanthines, which make analysis difficult in the Laboratory”.

  So I have two probable conclussions:

  1. Coffee does not cause gout directly because it does not has purines. We can drink coffee IF we drink more water in order to maintain a balance of water content in our body.

  2. Do not drink coffee before taking a lab analysis to determine your purine content. The question here is, for how long the body keeps cafeine in the system??

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