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Uric acid and metabolic health with Dr David Perlmutter MD
Dr Rupy Aujla is an NHS medical doctor who reversed his heart condition using a food and lifestyle approach after diving deep into the literature and learning more about nutritional medicine. He started the Doctor’s Kitchen in 2015, as a way to teach others how they can cook their way to health and showcase that food is medicine.
2023
Abstract
A unique deep dive into uric acid levels and their impact on metabolic health. Rupy and David discuss how we now have less uricase to break down uric acid compared to our ancestors and what this means living in our current environment with an abundance of calorie dense food and home comforts. Downstream effects of elevated uric acid levels are considered related to metabolic dysfunction as they have been shown to correlate with hypertension, insulin resistance and inflammation due to both the inhibition of nitric oxide and enhancing gut permeability. They look at how to mitigate the effects of high uric acid levels by reducing fructose consumption, and increasing dietary bioflavanoids and hormetic stress.