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Plant Purines vs Animal Purines role in Serum Uric Acid levels?

Medicine

Hey guys!

So I was reading dietary guidelines for patients with gout and high uric acid levels which showed that purines from plants did not raise uric acid levels as much as purines from animals did. Why is that?

Posted Aug 12, 2015, 4:31 PM UTC

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