There is a direct relationship between alcohol and gout. Beer is an alcoholic drink that has purines. Purines are the ingredient in foods and beverages that causes the gout provoking uric acid to form. Alcohol consumption can affect gout also because it taxes the kidneys to process great amounts of it, while the kidneys also tries to get the uric acid out of the body.
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