GOUT STUDY
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SCIENTISTS have for the first time scientifically confirmed that eating a diet rich in red meat causes gout. According to a study published in the USA's New England Journal of Medicine, gout is 41 per cent more likely to be suffered by consumers with the highest consumption of beef, pork and lamb, compared with those with the lowest consumption.
SCIENTISTS have for the first time scientifically confirmed that eating a diet rich in red meat causes gout. According to a study published in the USA's New England Journal of Medicine, gout is 41 per cent more likely to be suffered by consumers with the highest consumption of beef, pork and lamb, compared with those with the lowest consumption.
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