Coffee is good for a lot of health conditions, that is a fact. Now Reuter’s Health is reporting that Boston Researchers have found that it is also helpful in reducing the risk of gout in older women.
“The risk of gout was 22 percent lower with coffee intake of 1-3 cups a day and 57% lower with a coffee intake of more than 4 cups a day” compared to those with no coffee consumption, the authors wrote in the August 25 issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Coffee, consumed over a course of years, can reduce the risk of gout in post-menapausal women by up to 50%. Gout occurs in about 1 in 20 post-menapausal women. It is a painful condition caused from the buildup of uric acid in the blood which crystallizes and deposits itself in the body, usually the feet.
“The pain is described as one of the most severe pains a human being experiences, like a breaking bone. You can’t walk and even the weight of a bed sheet is not bearable,” lead author, Dr. Hyon Choi of Boston University’s School of Medicine, told Reuters Health. He had previously done studies on the effects of coffee on gout in men. Those studies showed that coffee was beneficial in the reduction of gout in men.
