Consumption of 100% Tart Cherry Juice Reduces Serum Urate in Overweight and Obese Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gout is a frequently occurring, complex rheumatologic form of inflammatory arthritis caused by the accumulation of serum uric acid (sUA) and deposition of uric acid crystals in the joints and tissues of the body. Hyperuricemia is also a significant independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and is associated with hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and osteoarthritis. However, patient adherence to prescribed urate-lowering therapies ranges from 20% to 70%, suggesting that other additional strategies, such as dietary intervention with specific, efficacious foods or beverages, may be necessary to mitigate the risk of arthritis, as well as other comorbidities. Tart cherry juice (TCJ) has been used for decades by some for gout based largely

SUBMITTER: Martin KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6483050 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature