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What is uric acid and what is normal range for male what food is reason to increase this?
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Purine metabolite: The breakdown product of adenine and guanine from your nucleic acids ; those you eat. Reference range for a man is around 3.4-7.0 mg/dl; low is never a problem, and high is concerning only if gout, uric acid stones or urate nephropathy are considerations. Don't treat a lab if you're not sick.
Answered 11/8/2013
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See details: Uric acid is the end result of purine metabolism. The normal uric acid is really 6.0 mg/dl or less. Foods other than alcohol have very little effect on uric acid levels no matter what other doctors may tell you.
Answered 11/9/2013
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Uric acid and diet: Uric acid is end product of DNA/RNA metabolism. Normal is 2-6; avoid organ meats; fatty meats and alcohol will elevate uric acid. Avoid these. Also, drink at least 3 liters fluid per day - this may enhance uric acid excretion - and if you incline diet successfully to mostly whole grain, fruit, and veggies, and nuts, using white fish and egg white for protein, then uric acid levels will come do
Answered 9/10/2014
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