PERLMUTTER GRAIN BRAIN AND BRAIN MAKER AND DROP ACID

Uric Acid: A KEY Cause of Weight Gain, Diabetes, Heart Disease & Dementia (Dr. David Perlmutter) Levels 39.6K subscribers Subscribe 33K Share 1.8M views 8 months ago Levels Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey Means, chatted with our advisor, Dr. David Perlmutter on the discovery of how the elevation of uric acid in the body is a causative mechanism in the development of metabolic diseases, and one of the key links between obesity, diabetes, heart disease, neurologic diseases like dementia, ADHD, fatty liver disease, and … 3,466 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... ChunkySalsa ChunkySalsa 2 months ago There was a British doctor in the early 70s that said sugar was bad and he was laughed out of his field - the medical profession owes dr yudkin a huge apology, and needs to be recognized for his brilliant work 243 Reply 23 replies Cocora22 Cocora22 1 month ago My doctor recently told me that the tests I was asking for, during my annual physical, were not necessary because I don't have symptoms. I'm 70 and generally very healthy. I told him that I had been to the endocrinologist a couple of years back and he told me to watch my TSH levels. They came back very hi. I begged the doctor for some of the tests that Dr. Berry and his colleague recommend as part of a health screening and he said no. No Uric acid test recommended. So none done. I just can't wrap my head around how these doctors practice medicine. My experience has totally been that they don't want to find out what's wrong they just want to cram a pill down your throat and damn you if you challenge or question their approach! 39 Reply 7 replies William White William White 2 months ago OMG! I'm a medical professional and just hearing all this just blew my mind! To say understanding how uric acid affects these multiple pathways in the body is starting to tie up a lot of loose ends regarding the pathogenesis of these diseases is an understatement. It's huge! You guys are like the "Jedi Knights" of the medical world! Thank you for your dedication to learning how these complex pathways work. 162 Levels Reply 21 replies Ziggy3339 Ziggy3339 5 months ago This was a superb video (for me). I’ve been obese for years. I was slender all my life & when I began to feel the shift , told my family physician I thought my metabolism had changed. She said the metabolism doesn’t chance. I’ve taken ALL the shame & blame as I blew up. Now I’m 73 yrs old, a former dancer shame makes me unwilling (and unable) to walk or even stand without pain. I swim to get things moving . But I absolutely crave carbs. I drink smoothies (organic fruit). I’ve been told I just let myself go. I’m a shame. I have to “face this “, etc. I can assure yo shame or being yelled at daily has not worked. I DID, however, buy a glucose monitor when I became interested in intermittent fasting. Recently I found the two medicines I WAS ON caused weight gain (1) and the inability to lose (2) weight. So again, what I assumed was my weak character flaws & failures while water fasting were perhaps exacerbated by simply not understanding. Namely, the role of sugars as presented here. Get that monitor and starting over. Wish me luck. Need both books (gave his grain brain book to a neighbor who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ). Thank you for your guest today. Thank God for recommending I watch it. 242 Reply 50 replies C P C P 7 months ago When we took sugar out of our diets 25 years ago because we saw it affected our children's behavior, we were viewed as mean, even abusive parents. Thank God for mean (and informed) parents. 685 Reply 69 replies Bradley Hasse Bradley Hasse 1 month ago Half the doctors are clueless these days. Thank you for teaching what should already be known. 28 Reply Michael Alford Michael Alford 8 months ago I've been telling people sugar is the problem and not fat for 12 years and people called me stupid. It's nice to see science and doctors finally seeing and talking about it, it's sort of a vindication. Everyone needs to be taught this and to understand that children needed to be protected from sugar as it is highly addictive and unlike heroin its on every grocery store shelf. There is no such thing as an essential sugar...... 327 Reply 64 replies Brad Blazoff Brad Blazoff 2 months ago This podcast has filled in some of the many gaps that I have missed in other lectures regarding metabolic dysfunction. Thank you for staying with "the problem". Fascinating subject matter. 23 Levels Reply David Brown David Brown 7 months ago This is one of the best discussions I've ever watched on YouTube. I have some of the health issues discussed in this video and I've been looking for answers to questions for some time, and this pretty much answered all of them. I paused the video part way through to buy Dr Perlmutter's book. I'm looking forward to reading it, to learning more, and to improving my long term health. Thank you to you both. 177 Levels Reply 6 replies Ash Ash 5 months ago I have never seen a better host and better interviewee ever than Dr.casey .Unlike the usual interviews , she actually listens to the answers and understands and modifies furthur questions based on that. Also her questions are so relevant, its always gives you that " ya exactly what i want to know " moments. Epic ! never seen on tv nor social media anything better than her . Love from India 40 Reply 1 reply At Home With Jenny At Home With Jenny 12 days ago I just had a visit to the ER last night and the NP told me to stop eating sugar salt dairy and gluten. This makes what she said make so much more sense. Thank you! 17 Reply 7 replies daniel mierop daniel mierop 2 weeks ago I’m diabetic type 2, also pretty educated about my body. This presentation is the best down to earth conversation about the current human condition, how body systems interact, and more. Thank You to both of you and all the researchers over time. Data and observations can be life changing and behavior fixing to have the best possible bodies.❤ 11 Reply Emily W. Emily W. 8 months ago (edited) This is an example of what SHOULD be taught to us in schools. None of us left school with any knowledge that was actually important to look after our bodies, our minds, our planet and each other.. if we learnt the important stuff, I'm pretty sure the world wouldn't be in such a mess 😔🕊️ 760 Levels Reply 105 replies Lisa Get Lisa Get 6 months ago This is such a fantastic podcast. The exchange between the host and guest was so educational and beneficial to your audience. Thank you, thank you! 20 Reply SkipH SkipH 7 months ago My whole line on my father's side had gout going back to my great grandfather. Gout was accepted as something that was matter of fact. My first attack caught me off guard at age 42. BTW I'm 75 now. Years went by doctors never treated me for high uric acid. I was finally put on Allopurinol 100 mg/day 12 years ago and still had a gout attack. I'm now on 300 mg/day of Allopurinol. I'm a controlled type 2 with cardiovascular disease. Looking back, my doctors never considered gout as an important disease. This discussion is so eye opening and needs super exposure to all the practicing primary care doctors. 49 Reply 5 replies arjay smithjr arjay smithjr 6 months ago Wife and I went on a binge (sweets, chips, etc) and I wound up with Gout. I took organic chemistry and biology in college, so I wasn't lost in the weeds, but this video should be spread far and wide (like our bellies). We're going back on our Atkins diet, but getting a broader picture of what is really going on, is a great help. 39 Reply 2 replies Gypsy Rose Lee Gypsy Rose Lee 7 months ago Fascinating how Uric Acid is one of the first things you are taught as a complementary therapist and yet we are treated like idiots 😂 Perhaps it’s time to listen to those that work with bodies 🤷‍♀️ 192 Reply 7 replies Suzanne Suzanne 6 months ago One of the best interviews I’ve listened to in years! I plan to re-listen, and take notes. That is how valuable this information is. Well done. 28 Reply Chas Leask Chas Leask 8 months ago I cured my gout overnight by cutting out all sugar . The disinterest shown by my doctor is almost comedic . Beware , sugar , yeast , alcohol . 1.4K Reply 312 replies Tea S Tea S 7 months ago So grateful for this I have not eaten gluten for years and very little sugar but gained weight Thought stevia was zero sugar because it said raw turns out it has dextrose Will cut that out immediately I am so grateful for this interview and information Thank you 🙏🏻 I’ve learned so much that can save my life What a gift! 60 Levels Reply 5 replies William Holten William Holten 2 months ago I'm a physician and most of this is new to me. I can't thank you enough for putting together this research and connecting the dots within the metabolic syndrome. I checked my own labs and there has been no uric acid level checked by my provider in over a decade. Thank you again. Great work! 58 Reply 11 replies Ray Kinney Ray Kinney 6 months ago Damn, yes!! This presentation effectively ties together vast amounts of research literature into an essential overview of the personal, and public, status and trends of the public 'health' paradigm. Thank you for this 'crazy' peek into biochemical pathways clarifying the metabolic (and mitochondrial) disease crisis, connecting a lot of dots in my mind about the puzzling array of observations of society and environment complexity seen through a lens of evolution throughout millennia. 8 Reply 1 reply Annette Cinquemani Falbo Annette Cinquemani Falbo 7 months ago I found your conversation very enjoyable. I am a Certified Iridologist and have been in practice for 40 years and I'm also a Certified Fitness Specialist and I've spoken to countless clients over the years about the uric acid levels seen in the Iris of the eye. And many if not all had gout, and or suffered many of the dis-eases in the body you spoke of just from high uric acid levels in the body. Gotta give you medical doctors a lot of credit here for telling the truth about our biochemistry, sugar/fructose consumption in this country, poor diet, lack of exercise, and alcohol abuse, plus not exercising self control.. the amygdala VS the frontal cortex. I'll watch this one again for sure. Great information. Good job.👏👏👏 83 Levels Reply 14 replies David Roan David Roan 1 month ago Fascinating podcast, well presented. Thank you for bringing this to public attention. What astounds me is how something so logical and dare I say obvious has gone under the radar thus far. I'm based in the UK but expect similar problems exist in the USA. Go back a few generations. People generally ate to the calendar, seasonally if you prefer. Root veg in autumn/winter, blueberries in July, Apples in late summer etc. Nowadays we can buy blueberries for example all year round. I see an environmental link here. Save the unnecessary food miles, eat locally sourced seasonal foods where possible. It is what nature intended. 3 Reply Shirley Lambrecht Shirley Lambrecht 8 months ago Thank you to both for this information. As a 50-something observing the health condition I am experiencing now as played out in my 80-something mother, including stroke and heart attack, this is so helpful.This will help me to manage my own fatty liver, insulin resistance, weight gain issues. Being raised by grain farmers was my first problem! I took a ton of notes! Thank you for sharing this information. Understanding the evolutionary bio-mechanics is fascinating. 212 Levels Reply Levels · 27 replies Markus Broyles Markus Broyles 7 months ago The sweet fascination of Casey Means in her unapoligeticly girlish but professional and scholarly entheusiasm is infectious and makes the dry topic come alive with zest. I love the chemistry between these two. David Perlmutter is a classic national treasure. Thank you for this breakthrough exchange ~ SUPERB !! This should be taught in more simplistic terms at all levels of public school from early grades. EXCELLENT !! 72 Levels Reply Lynn Wark Lynn Wark 13 days ago Thank you for such a comprehensive interview from the good doctor. This information is what I have needed for many years. I developed an addiction to sugar in my thirties and now have been obese for twenty of my 76 years. Looking in the mirror has been a source of shame and frustration that I blamed on my lack of willpower and discipline. The medical community only reinforced that opinion with comments to "not eat so much". Now, after being diagnosed with pre-diabetes (my doctor suggested eating more beans) it seems logical that I need to reduce my sugar intake to almost zero and increase my protein intake as well (more beans). This video confirms that my decision is correct but also points out that reducing my sodium level is just as important. 2 Reply Eclectician Eclectician 7 months ago (edited) Great video! It really helped broaden my understanding of gout and uric acid, as well as the other problems and sources of uric acid! I could follow along but it would be helpful if Levels were to create a simplified version of what he's teaching so that the masses who aren't good at science, or who don't have enough knowledge or intelligence to follow along can get the message easily. 35 Levels Reply Levels · 6 replies Celt Glen Celt Glen 7 months ago I am so pleased to hear a medical explanation to the principles of body HEALTH for a change. You spoke of things my Yoga master taught me about 35 years ago. She didn't have the medical words for what she observed happening in the body...but her theoretical conclusions were/are spot on to what science has defined and recognized. Wondererufl! 38 Levels Reply Brian Johnson Brian Johnson 3 months ago Great interview. I suffer from Gout and have cut out eating a lot of foods containing purine.It has helped immensely but also recently abstaining from alcohol has also helped me. When I gave up I immediately felt I was getting a mild gout attack but it was the all the toxins leaving my body. I have noticed a big improvement in my workouts. Many thanks 3 Reply Breizel Breizel 8 months ago It’s easier to commit to behavioral and dietary adjustment when one sees the big picture. Brilliant presentation of the essential hazard 315 Levels Reply 13 replies Christine Hobson Christine Hobson 7 months ago What a wonderful video. Everyone needs to here about this topic. It's frustrating as one who is going thru illnesses, this helps to see the the whole picture. Researching and going to doctors, was just a band aid. I would live to hear the effects on the thyroid and kidney. 18 Reply Michael Monaghan Michael Monaghan 4 months ago I'm extremely aware of what I put in my body and have no Doctor at all at 57 and I do not need one, but this guy is one of those rare Doctors that have not been indoctrinated and looks and sounds to me educated. 8 Reply Gigi9909 Gigi9909 5 days ago I’ve always been a joyful life long learner. This lecture/video has been fascinating to listen to! Both of you!! ✨🌟✨ Levels Reply David Maisel David Maisel 2 weeks ago Everything I have heard today makes sense to me. I've had gout attacks but before I did I was having metabolic disorders. Changing my diet, has kept my uric acid in check. Regular testing has been a huge tool in keeping my metabolism in check. 1 Reply Dr.Kuldip Pandey Dr.Kuldip Pandey 12 days ago Absolutely mind blowing to learn about these unknown pathways of metabolism.THANK YOU Dr David . 3 Reply @DogfaceSailor @DogfaceSailor 8 months ago (edited) A decade bout with Uric Acid due to high calorie high carbohydrate diet, eat-out lifestyle. Passed over twenty Uric acid based kidney stones, one 7mm. Weighed 263 at 72". Type 2 diagnosis. A1C hit 8.0, got it to 5.7 with running 35 miles a week. 16 years later...A1C Changed my diet big time, increased pH and Hydrate hydrate hydrate. Started a serious lifechanging physical fitness program, dropped to 219 (fit, doing 50 pushups thru age 49 Active duty Army). Now 209 lbs and a 6.2 A1C . NUTRITION is key. 128 Reply Levels · 21 replies Smiles2U4Ever Smiles2U4Ever 2 months ago This lady doctor does an excellent job summarizing what her guest says. She interviews very well in my opinion, asks great questions and summarizes the answers for her viewers. She doesn't interrupt her guest at inappropriate moments. The first interview I saw of hers was with Dr. Robert Lustig. Excellent. 14 Levels Reply 1 reply Debrah Manchego Debrah Manchego 7 months ago Wow. Thank you both SO Much! Im a young 67 year old w a slow metabolism depression and some arthritis. I have learned SO Much tonight and am very Grateful that I somehow happened into this video. I was aware of fructose and sugar and inflammation- I believe that your explanation of Uric Acid has been a real missing link for me! Im actually Excited about All of this! 💗 24 Levels Reply Levels · 3 replies Tom Atoe Tom Atoe 5 months ago Thank you doctor ,truly a hero to humanity’s health imprisonment 7 Reply JUNO JUNO 7 months ago Wow! It makes so much sense! I work with folks in an assisted living with a memory care building, where I have worked for 12 years. I’m 68 and intermittently worry about myself. I love sugary things and carry a lot of weight, and I know it’s put in things to trap us to keep eating it. I have given up my favorite ice cream that HFC. I have a Dr appointment next week, can’t wait to asked for my uric acid! 16 Reply Owen McCafferty Owen McCafferty 5 months ago I am so grateful! I have had the gout since I was 14 years old. I am 70 now. All of your informal interrogatory lecture issues are on point. I just ordered 3 copies of your book. One copy is going to my Mayo physician. Prior to a move to Florida, I had similar discussions with physicians at the Cleveland Clinic on uric acid and its relationship to fat and hypertension. At the annual physical last month, I mentioned Alexander Haig's name as well as your name. No recognition of both names occurred. I will make sure that does not continue. Thank you. 10 Reply 3 replies Janean Janean 8 months ago Gout was misdiagnosed for years, then were told purines were the enemy, but we discovered on our own that high fructose corn syrup & salt intake were real gout triggers. This video has taken it farther & we're going to look broader. Thank you! 334 Levels Reply 54 replies Maureen McGregor Maureen McGregor 7 months ago Thank you so much for enlightening us as to the cause of gout. I had no idea as sugar shows up in so many of our condiments but I have made a concerted effort to reduce the intake of same and I am now gout free. 33 Levels Reply Charles Partrick Charles Partrick 6 months ago Absolutely fascinating. I knew about the issues with glucose and fructose but I never heard about the critical role uric acid plays in the system. 7 Reply Stephen Tizzard Stephen Tizzard 4 months ago Amazing, I basically had to work it out for myself that sugar was the problem and not red meat and alcohol. The doctors were asking how much alcohol I consumed and when I said I rarely drank and could have beers in the fridge for months on end or wine just sitting there, they look dumbfounded and didn't believe me! Thank you for this interview stating the facts. 15 Levels Reply 3 replies Cameron Olsen Cameron Olsen 6 months ago A study from 2021 shows a correlation between uric acid and TSH, could we add Hashimoto's disease to the list? Or even the majority of hypothyroidism cases? 19 Reply 1 reply Margarita Toronto Margarita Toronto 7 months ago What a blessing to find such a great Doctor! Awesome interview!♥️😍👍 9 Reply Jackie Brooks Jackie Brooks 8 months ago 😊 Thank you so much Dr. David Purlmutter. Your detailed analysis of the body's metabolism and the role of Uric acid is literally a life saver, especially for those of us whose GP's and Specialists are without this knowledge. 88 Reply drbendaroo drbendaroo 7 months ago It never ceases to amaze me how we continue to survive as a species with all of the chemicals we are exposed to on a daily basis 17 Reply 2 replies Suzan iovieno Suzan iovieno 7 months ago Thank you so much I have been preaching nutrition to all my family and friends! But you can bring a horse to water but can’t make them drink it! I appreciate all you are doing I believe you and praise you! 18 Levels Reply Levels · 2 replies Scriptank Scriptank 7 months ago Wow! I was on the edge of my seat as well. I saved this post to listen to it several times. I found myself going into a dementia type problem over the last couple of weeks and have developed a lot of belly fat, even though I only weigh 165 pounds. I feel like crap. I basically eat well, but I am always very dehydrated. 15 Reply 3 replies Elena Yu Elena Yu 5 months ago This is an eye-opening podcast. The conversion of glucose to fructose is a new discovery to me. I read DROP ACID and learned a lot from that book. I have a few questions. 1) Should we fast OR not fast before taking a uric acid test? 2) Is the home rest for Uric Acid as good as the blood test for uric acid taken at the factors office. 2) How long does it take for the salt in a high-salt dinner to get diluted from the body if you normally drink 8 glasses if water? 3) will a high-salt dinner at 8:30pm the night before affect the uric acid test result taken at 10:30am the next day. Thank you! 15 Reply 3 replies Hadassah Akusani Hadassah Akusani 7 months ago This is awesome information. I was first put on allopurinol for gout which hardly touched the pain. But never heard this. Thanks for this awesome podcast. 12 Levels Reply SpearChuckUngawa SpearChuckUngawa 7 months ago (edited) I quit sugar for new year's along with HFCS, wheat, corn and rice products. I feel great, 45lbs. lighter. I reduced comorbidities and save money on food as I no longer feel the need to eat every few hours. This is important with the food shortage coming down the road. Please use that in your lectures. Harden ourselves by going sugarless, grass and oatless. 42 Reply 15 replies Osteopathic & Homeopathic King Osteopathic & Homeopathic King 7 months ago Thanks so much for bringing this talk to our attention. I suffered from high uric acid early onset of gout. My doctors were absolutely fucking useless in treating it. Only reason I found out I had it was I looked at my own blood work were it was indicated for 1 year straight, high uric acid. What I did was removed the unnecessary drug, a diuretic, and problem solved. 18 Reply 2 replies Ted Dekker Ted Dekker 7 months ago Amazing results of all the research !! Thank you all so much. We live in amazing times, in so many ways 🙂 Ted 6 Reply Carolyn Couch Carolyn Couch 13 days ago I could listen to this doctor talk all day too! That was a great interview. I learned so much and now I will change my diet. Thank you so much. 1 Reply Australian Functional Ingredients Australian Functional Ingredients 5 months ago I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation. Thank you both. My research to cure/deal with my own congenital gout has yielded some interesting findings. It might also be the missing link you mentioned. I have been working on the nutritional value of wild foods of the world's longest living culture - the Indigenous Australians. A few of the findings have lead me to classify sugars as good and bad sugars in a general sense. Good sugars are typically components of antioxidants, anti-inflammatories and anti-carcinogens. They are highly functional. You mentioned quercetin as an important anti-inflammatory. It forms the glycosides quercitrin and rutin together with rhamnose and rutinose, respectively. Good sugars are easier to define if I explain that what I deem bad sugars are generally the added dietary sweeteners; sucrose and fructose or these sugars bred into super-sweet cultivars of fruits and vegetables. Mangoes and pineapples are so high in bad sugars that their content can be up to 3% higher than those famous cola drinks. A sweet corn variant has been bred with 45% sugars, mostly bad and it is so sweet the common name is candy corn. Tomatoes are are also targets for similar selection. In contrast, not only are most wild fruits not as sweet but they are high in organic acids (anti-cancer and antioxidant), dietary fibre (unlike modern equivalents) and low in water which makes them nutritionally concentrated. They are particularly high n phytonutrients. See this blog post for a short video on the nine main classes of phytonutrients https://cherikoff.net/phytonutrients-for-us-defense-compounds-for-plants/ The comments made in the presentation on fruits being good sources of fibre and vitamin C are incorrect. Agronomists have long been focused on species selections to improve post harvest cold storage life; durability in distribution chains; resistance to fungal and insect attack; root rot resilience; adaptations to geography; and ever-increasing yields and all these have been at the expense of the nutritional value of the edible portion. Vitamin C is often quoted as a component and a reason to consume modern produce. Unfortunately, this vitamin falls victim to fertilizers, irrigation and chemical yield boosters as well as food preparation. Peeled and cut fruit mixtures are generally devoid of vitamin C and microbial contaminants consume much of the remnant nutritional value that has not been oxidized through exposure to ambient conditions. Remaining phytonutrients would be fully utilized in countering the negative effects of the excess bad sugars rather than addressing our metabolic needs in cellular free radical quenching and mitochondrial support during ATP production. Incidentally, an excellent diagram for fructose metabolism in the liver and the uric acid, nitric oxide and other reaction product implications is well presented on page 17 of this useful slide compilation: https://old.diabetes.or.kr/new_workshop/201301/file/pdf/S13_%b1%e8%c1%be%c8%ad.pdf Not to go on too long here but my solution to my congenital gout, easy weight management through addressing Hidden Hunger (phytonutrient deficiency) and the process to address our rising CAC scores from way too much calcium and being magnesium deficient while also tackling most of the diseases of nutrition developed into 3 base products. I do have one extra anti-inflammatory to take aim at metaflammation and it does this incredibly well. All are wild food enhanced, phytonutrient rich and heavily science based since I always wanted to market them as functional foods with strong food:health relationships that pass the regulators here in Australia. The results have been astounding. 13 terminal cancer patients living in remission. Indigenous and non-Indigenous Type 2 diabetics free of any symptoms and biochemistry markers of T@D within 6 weeks. Hypertension normalized in 2 weeks. Coronary artery stent insertion made redundant in 4 weeks or less Kidney stones, gall bladder stones, calcified tendons all gone or greatly reduced (DeQuevain's Syndrome as a long term condition is taking a while to beat but I am winning) Weight loss without any will power needed and so far, no weight gain for 5 years and counting Gout-free and enjoying beer, red meat and seafood Daily intermittent fasting and only 2 meals with total satiety proving that Hidden Hunger for us and our gut bugs is all about phytonutrients Anecdotal feedback on improvements in MS, ADHD, depression and anxiety symptoms on-going and a whole lot more. I am convinced that the nutritional quality of the food supply in Western nations, particularly needs wild foods introduced to counteract the decay of the last 50 years. Calcium is key and probably underscores most of the diseases of nutrition in their early predisposition, development over time and final expression after 40 years of age. Whole food sources of magnesium and critical nutritional considerations (or I offer an exceptional whole food/wild food blend that works. I would love to collaborate/communicate directly to explore my solutions and yours. Kindest regards. 2 Reply 1 reply solice8844 solice8844 8 months ago A couple of years ago I summarized my ailments to include gout, rising blood sugar levels, high cholesterol, weight gain, elevated BMI index, and realized all were related to dietary habits. After all, if one were to stop eating none of these poor readings would be present. So the key to fixing these threats would be to modify food consumption to mainstream recommendations (sugar removal and low carbohydrates) and implementing periods of fasting. I’m still working on it. 97 Reply 6 replies E S E S 6 months ago Thank you for this invaluable information. I have a love/ hate relationship with sweets, and this puts things in perspective! We here it all the time, but hearing the numbers is truly an eye opener. I’m sharing this to my Facebook page. 🙏🏻🕉 6 Reply nemo227 nemo227 6 months ago This is the kind of information that can be useful to everybody. But we have to seek it out by our own initiative. We're not taught this as part of our "education" or upbringing. This video is worth listening to more than twice. 6 Reply gillian corkhill gillian corkhill 6 months ago Thank you for this information. For someone who has just found out that my uric acid level is at a dangerous level, even though a health provider tells me it is a bit high and to have bloods rechecked in 8 weeks, I am motivated to eliminate this down. 3 Reply Stewart & Di. Qld. Stewart & Di. Qld. 7 months ago I am female age 62 and have each 10 yrs gone up a size - I am 2 sizes higher than I should be. It’s steady at that size but cannot lose it. I realise that after this video that dehydration is likely my enemy. I eat OMAD one meal a day - I am not hungry before I eat. I don’t add salt and avoid salty food. Not a fruit or sugar eater. I eat healthy foods but I don’t lose weight. My doctor in passing said we will keep an eye on your uric acid as you get older. So why not do something NOW ? I will get Quercetin ? and take 500 mg of Vit C and drink water lots more water ! Let’s see if that helps. Thank you - great video. 30 Levels Reply 4 replies OldsXCool OldsXCool 6 months ago I really really wish there had been a discussion about artificial sweeteners. People use them to avoid all of the sugar and empty calories, but from what I've been reading, you don't escape the effects that sugar has on your body given that it tastes sweet and therefore your brain reacts the same way as if has received sugar and sends out insulin in the same way and can make you insulin resistant just like sugar can only faster since people are likely to take in more artificial sweeteners due to their zero calorie nature. I'd like an expert take on this because I do suffer with gout attacks and normally I know exactly what I did to trigger the attack, but my latest one seemed to happen completely unprovoked. Not only that it was clearly the worst gout attack I've had to date and I've had gout for about 10 years now. The possible differences I saw between my last gout attack earlier this year and the one in May were that I had a major uptick in the consumption of diet soda (Coke Zero) and because I workout I had consumed numerous protein bars and shakes which both claimed to have almost no sugar. I have immediately stopped consuming any diet soda and protein supplements cold turkey in light of this theory. 11 Reply 2 replies Laurie Jerome Laurie Jerome 8 months ago So wonderful that these 2 physicians have maintained their professional curiosity. 143 Levels Reply 5 replies Tom Jones Tom Jones 7 months ago (edited) Brilliant interview! "Grain Brain" changed our lives. Then "Brain Maker" helped even more. Every household should own these two books, read them and refer to them often. 16 Reply R Moojet R Moojet 6 months ago (edited) I'm curious to know how vegetable oils fit into this story. Canola oil especially. Aside from sugars detriment to our health, these manufactured oils of all kinds have been proven to be a major contributor to major health issues. 17 Levels Reply Levels · 4 replies Ky Burke Ky Burke 5 months ago This information is fascinating and so helpful. It gives us direction into how to improve our health with simple diet and drinking water changes. Thank you so much for sharing this content. 6 Levels Reply Monique Jackson Monique Jackson 3 months ago Amazing interview, and thank you Dr. Means for regularly summarizing for we Lay Peeps. Just blows me away. 4 Reply Joseph Scalia Joseph Scalia 1 month ago Amazing interview/info I’ve read his book twice and I recommend it to people in my Metabolic Health group. Fascinating! Great work 1 Levels Reply Della Foxglove Della Foxglove 8 months ago I found this a very enlightening podcast - and great to have an 'evolutionary context' to help unravel some of the bio-chemical mechanisms which lay people like myself have a limited grip on. But this all made great rational and 'well-researched 'sense to me - especially as I have often wondered why my 'uric acid' levels were often elevated in general blood tests - although medicos never commented and thought it 'not an issue'. 103 Levels Reply 3 replies Lotusrk123 Lotusrk123 3 months ago I've had an indwelling catheter for the last 10 years and several urologists have ridiculed me for changing the catheters too often. (supposed to last 16 days but I had to change weekly because they started burning my bladder). A few months ago I eliminated excessive sugar from my diet and started drinking black tea (Earl Grey). Problem solved! These urologists were taking urine samples, but not checking uric acid? 3 Reply ELIAKIM Joseph Sophia ELIAKIM Joseph Sophia 1 month ago (edited) Fascinating. Thank you for sharing your discussion. I've had appetite loss since the menopause, yet the doc is concerned about my uric acid level, it doesn't appear to have driven up my appetite. Although I have put on some more pounds than I usually do for this time of year. Reply Michael Pugh Michael Pugh 1 month ago I've been battling gout for about a year now, I was eating a lot of bacon and meat in general while running between 35 to 55 miles a week. I was training for a faster 5k time and have dealt with the toe nail issues over the years. I ate a large plate of liver one night and woke up with the most severe big toe pain. I've cut out most things that contain purines and have switched from running to bike riding and lifting weights. Things are getting better, learning about the dangers of uric acid is a big wake up call. Thanks! Reply 1 reply Kate Kuhn Kate Kuhn 4 months ago Dr. Perlmutter-- I bought your book "Drop Acid" and also a uric acid home test kit. I was unable to reduce my uric acid with diet alone, but after monitoring my uric acid and my blood pressure I was able to demonstrate a direct correlation between my uric acid level and my blood pressure. Now on Allopurinol, my blood pressure has come down from 149/82 to 128/72 or even on occasion, 109/68. (I should include I am type 1 diabetic for 56 years.) The proof is in the pudding as they say. You are 100% correct! Thank you! 2 Reply Debbie Stallard Debbie Stallard 5 months ago This is great information that would benefit most of us. It could benefit more people if it would be phrased in such a way that made your message easier to understand. 1 Reply Toras Isroel Toras Isroel 8 months ago This is an example of what SHOULD be taught to us in schools. None of us left school with any knowledge that was actually important to look after our bodies, our minds, our planet and each other.. if we learnt the important stuff, I'm pretty sure the world wouldn't be in such a mess 100 Reply 5 replies Luisito from DM Luisito from DM 6 months ago Incredibly informative! Expanding information about uric acid health effects beyond gout is most enlightening. Thank you. 2 Reply Michael Palm Michael Palm 7 months ago Uric acid &Gout , what hasnt been discussed is the relation of Uric Acid and Kidney stones. I have suffered from both and my doctor and urologist are constantly trying to figure it out. My uric acid levels are constantly elevated and it seems hereditary in my case as my father has kidney stones, although no gout. Interesting video. Liked 13 Reply 2 replies mike wilcox mike wilcox 1 month ago had a documented heart attack 11/12 august, stint n agioplasty morning of the 12th. triple bypass 14th november, i listened intently to your podcast. two years ago i went to a dr because i had a gout attack. he proscribed some drugs, but also told me what foods to avoid. i did the food route. as a truck driver i drink almost nothing but caffienated coffee when driving. it's a diruretic. that activity is what caused my blood vessel blockage. i've been reading the labels of my food purchases and fructose corn syrup went out long time ago, beer went out after my gout issue, coffee will go down to one cup a day. do i have to cut back on dried fruit? Reply Sparkle by Monica Sparkle by Monica 7 months ago I happened upon this video by mistake, however, I'm now certain it was 100% meant to be. I've shared it with a little group of ladies where we've been trying to motivate each other to hydrate and walk more...on a simple level...even if we can't do low carb and militant workouts just yet. These 2 notions, though simple sounding, have proven to be rather difficult for me and a few others. It's so odd, isn't it? I appreciate the info here and this further inspires me to not give up on my hydration and walking goals. All the research I've done always seems to come down to more water, move more...and then all the other "fancy stuff" like watching your sugars/ carbs, etc. So, if I could tackle the simple stuff first...I'm already helping my body and mind in leaps and bounds. So, thanks for this kick in the tail. Sparkle on! ✨ 4 Reply Amanita Woodrose Amanita Woodrose 6 months ago Inspiring talk, thank you! Could you perhaps point me to some resources to explore the relationship between low sodium levels and mitochondriogenesis? This sounds v intriguing! 3 Reply Colorado True Colorado True 8 months ago Neurologist and a nutritionist, this is rare valuable advise. Thank you. 153 Reply Taylor Brown Taylor Brown 7 months ago I would love to hear your interpretation of what happened in the rice experiment decades ago, where people ate just rice, sugar, and fruit and lost a lot of weight and reversed their high blood pressure. 4 Reply 6 replies David Ryan David Ryan 6 months ago Thank you for this video.Very enlightening. Certainly the issue of sugar was carefully addressed. What about salt? It was mentioned several times. What did I miss? I believe in traditional Chinese medicine we are asked which we prefer salty or sweet? I am a 'salt person and not proud. It too is like an addiction to add more flavor. 2 Reply Robert Robinson Robert Robinson 6 months ago Outstanding interview. There is the rate of knowledge and it's spread, and that of special interest and the their evil marketing departments to keep new knowledge under cover to retain profits. My Dr. always quickly prescribed a medication - blood pressure and then uric acid - and never took time about diet even when asked. Fast forward and I changed my diet, lost weight, went off most medications... After sharing what's I did regarding diet, he said that it was excellent. But for the vast number of people he sees they just want a pill and never want to address their diet. I have a new Dr, but I'm sure he's right about people. 3 Levels Reply tben4433 tben4433 5 months ago My brother has had gout 10 times and I've had it 3 times a few years ago until I lost 40 pounds on a whole foods diet. I cut out all sugar, flour and bread. I also got off of amlodipine which is the same bp meds my brother was taking too. So many problems with that particular meds. I have kept the weight off for three years now, take no meds and occasionally eat bread now. I will always have to watch the carbs but I've educated myself on good fats and fat burning and how bad sugar and carbs are. My mother also had gout when she was alive. Bad eating habits all around. You have to educate yourself to save your own life. 1 Reply Terri Smith Terri Smith 3 weeks ago I thought she said she put elements in water but there is nothing on Amazon that is just called elements. Too bad this conversation didn’t really give us a simple starting pathway to reduce Uric acid. Did they recommend a supplement that would help as well as dietary changes? 😊 Reply John Adair John Adair 8 months ago I've been on an extremely frustrating ten-year journey with idiopathic peripheral neuropathy. I recently discovered by accident that intermittent fasting offered fairly significant relief from the pain and burning in my feet and legs. After watching your interview I can't help but wonder if uric acid plays a part. My glucose numbers are normal by today's standards. 91 Reply 20 replies DJ Levitz DJ Levitz 7 months ago Great discussion, so insightful! Thank you Casey 5 Levels Reply J J J J 13 days ago My addition. I’ve briefly met Perlmutter two or three times and met his family. My impression was one decency, genuine care for human health, and energetic intelligence. 1 Reply M S M S 7 months ago I told my doctor awhile back I needed help to lose some weight. He's answer was to just eat smaller portions. He never asked what I ate or when I ate it or even suggesting seeing someone that could help me fight the sugar urges and eat healthy. Even my oncologist (I have CLL) never asks me about my diet or tells me what I should and should not eat with my disease or says anything about me losing weight to be healthier. They just don't care 2 Reply jennie jenkins jennie jenkins 7 months ago I loved all of the connections/pathways that you laid out, I just wish you could retell this geared a bit more toward folks without a medical background. My Son-in-law SO SO NEEDS TO HEAR THIS! He may not quite get all of the connections, and it’s not because he’s not intelligent but that it is a lot to take in that is beyond the average person. 4 Reply Dwight Haas Dwight Haas 5 months ago Ironically, I think my type 1 diabetes was triggered by my high fructose intake from carrot juice, apple juice, orange juice, etc., even as I avoided cane sugar, etc. 2 Reply Mary Loomis Mary Loomis 8 months ago Thank you David and Casey for this video interview. I have read Grain Brain and although I'm not in a medical profession I find it very educating. I'm on a mission to find out why my family has such an issue with weight...nutrition and how it relates to metabolic problems...HBP, NAFLD, joint issues and autoimmune and neurological diseases. 36 Reply 9 replies Janet MacKinnon Janet MacKinnon 6 months ago So clear, so stimulating! Thank you.A lot to think about! 2 Levels Reply Christine Ogasawara Christine Ogasawara 7 months ago I just want to thank you for this info on Uric acid. It has been life changing for me! My hunger has dropped and 5 weeks in I’m down over 5 lbs without even trying. My sleeping is excellent and at 71 I feel around 40. I kid you not! ❤️💕❤️ 2 Reply Elbert Higgins Elbert Higgins 6 months ago Thank you both. I had heard about Drop Acid, intended to read it but my good intentions frequently take 2 years to fulfill, if ever. Nutritional advice has been incredibly confusing since forever but incredibly confusing in the last few decades and frankly when something like Drop Acid comes out it's going to get Drowned Out by all the noise. I hope that it is true and does well. Thank you again. 2 Levels Reply Rick Burk Rick Burk 1 month ago This lecture is beyond excellent. 1 Levels Reply S Rezzy S Rezzy 7 months ago I have cut sugar,gluten, been low carb before it was A THING, but still struggling with inflammation,insulin and leptin resistance….clean eating and still nothing works. I’m definitely going to look into reducing Uric acid. Could very well be the “thumb on the forehead “ like the doc said. Thank you for an incredibly in-depth discussion on a molecular level. 1 Reply 3 replies Micah Thompson Micah Thompson 8 months ago Enjoyed your broadened discussion on Uric acid. In my career field, often when solving difficult problems, the answer is usually discovered through "unconventional" means and not through normal expectancy. Thanks for the info. 61 Levels Reply Levels · 1 reply Crista Magsee Crista Magsee 7 months ago Very informative. I have to listen to this a few more times to fully understand the connection. I do get it that sugar must go. But I need to explain to my primary doctor why I need my Uric acid level tested just in case he hasn’t heard of this new study… 2 Reply Hoshi Sato Hoshi Sato 7 months ago FYI Haley Pomroy’s Fast Metabolism Diet addresses every one of the mechanisms this podcast mentions! It’s an amazing path to health! 3 Reply shooster shooster 2 weeks ago I have no medical knowledge but following a crash and reading a book by a woman who was in a wheelchair young from arthritis and decided to stop all the meds and use researched old remedies on diet. The key ingredient was Cider vinegar and honey in warm water first thing every morning. Within a month of being off the meds and a diet she worked out she walked for the first time in ages. So to avoid getting arthritis in damaged joints etc I started taking the cider vinegar honey in warm water every morning. What happened was that my acidic stomach and bowel disappeared and never came back. Before that just a cup of coffee was enough to cause me a problem. An older neighbor who had a few arthritic joints decided to try it and told me that a surprising side effect was that cramps in his legs at night had stopped happening. He only ate fresh organic food and didn't drink or smoke so he had a healthy duet already. So I suggested to another elderly neighbor who suffered badly sometimes from gout to also try it, and wow, it also reduced his gout to almost zero. It came back if he stopped taking it. I don't know how it works or if relevant to this discussion, but I'm just sharing my experience with cider vinegar. 3 Reply Henghist Bluetooth Henghist Bluetooth 7 months ago (edited) I have been a gout sufferer for a very long time (17 years) and I have always been told by doctors that uric acid is a cause of gout and that allopurinol was the answer. However I have had attacks when I have been taking allopurinol and the foods and drinks which I associate with attacks are wheat based foods (especially baked goods) and alcohol. But when eating lots of red meat and purine high seafood particularly my favourite salmon I get nothing. I tried a highly carnivorous diet for around 6 months before adding in a few veggies I happen to like and recently went full carnivore again and this works superbly well for me. I haven’t had a gout attack in well over a year when back when I was eating flour, sugar and drinking alcohol I got them relentlessly. I have to say I find the associations mentioned that say uric acid is associated with gout and that the foods listed in the diet section that are high in purine should be avoided to be troublesome. If this was true would not the Masai in Africa and the Inuit in the arctic be absolutely unable to function without almost constant gout attacks from their massively purine-rich foods? Red meat and high fat seafoods are their primary diet and they have zero access to any ‘uric acid’ reducing fruits and vegetables. The last time I looked the Inuit with their almost zero incidence of heart disease were not farming broccoli in northern Canada. Dr Perlmutter is focused on fructose throughout the book and I see the connection with our high sugar diet in the west, but again I don’t see the direct causal connection between uric acid specifically and gout. If Dr Perlmutter and his colleague have access to a strong double-blind trial where patients were taken off sugar, carbs and alcohol but remained on high purine foods and so as a result had constant gout attacks I would love to see it. I think that would strengthen his case. But this seems to be a very poor association study. Whenever he discusses fructose and gout I see the connection, but uric acid specifically? It seems rather more to be the case that if you have a poor sugar/carb/alcohol rich diet you will have a high incidence of gout attacks, as well as elevated uric acid, as well as be more likely to die from all cause mortality because of the damage done to the body through a damaged metabolism. I must say I did find the evolution aspects very interesting and that uric acid was associated with our ancestors ability millions of years ago to store fat was one of the more interesting aspects of the book. However I do think again that in this case I didn’t see too much specific evidence of why uric acid specifically was a causal factor. If our ancestors were eating high purine foods, gaining high incidence of uric acid and then having many, many gout attacks would we also not have many thousands of incidents of gout / arthritis in the fossil/bone record? The response to that would be that our ancestors were not eating massive amounts of fruit, but in that case why then have a list of foods in the book that focus on the reductions of purines and uric acid? Further - if purines and uric acid were also causal for gout - wouldn’t primarily meat eating humans die off because of their constant gout attacks preventing them from hunting for days or weeks at a time? I’m just not convinced. I see the sugar connection. I don’t see the uric acid connection. 4 Reply 8 replies Brad Wells Brad Wells 6 months ago My father has gout, psoriasis and irregular heart beat. There are research studies for all three correlated with high auric acid. 1 Reply Dbky Here Dbky Here 8 months ago (edited) This interview was so insightful and helpful in understanding what choices we make can all the difference in so many ways!In our culture correct weight is mainly for ascetics, how we look primarily. It’s so much more then that. I will definitely share this! Thank you both! 35 Levels Reply Levels · 1 reply Justcruisinmom Mom Justcruisinmom Mom 3 weeks ago Thank you so much for this video. I ran out and bought what you recommended🤷‍♀️ my doctor said my uric acid level was high. So strange too because I don’t do any sugar whatsoever and I occasionally will eat a cup of berries as in blueberries and I am 125 pounds and I’m 5 foot six woman who is 60 years of age and exercises and on the go all the time so I’m throwing my hands up in the air trying to figure out how in the world I ended up in the spot Reply Shan Can Shan Can 6 days ago My grandmother walked everywhere she went, ate mostly out of her garden which took up the better part of her back yard and worked in that garden often. I remember her taking the peels and veggie scraps out with a shovel and burying it in the garden. She drank milk, ate butter, made homemade bread every week, baked cookies and cakes and would eat the fat off of the roast along with mashed potatoes and gravy. Breakfast was eggs and bacon when or oatmeal. She had "juice glasses" that would maybe hold a half a cup of juice that she would squeeze from oranges. She had sauce dishes that held homemade apple sauce and other fruit sauces. Meat and milk and dairy were from local sources. She died one month before turning 104. 1 Reply Kate R Kate R 4 months ago WOW I think the universe led me to your video today. I just had my first experience with gout and I was so confused as to how it is caused and what I can do to lower my uric acid. I was following Keto diet and then this happened along with rapid hair loss that was really upsetting. I have stopped Keto and am doing a modified vegetarian diet with salmon, nuts and beans. Minimal meat. Reply 1 reply B K B K 5 months ago Excellent job interviewing Dr. Perlmutter. May I just ask, does he still recommend principals of Grain Brain? I didn't hear that and I still have that book. Thank you. Reply Justin Penn Justin Penn 6 months ago My first gout attack was triggered by red meat and alcohol. From there I had recurring attacks. Initially “cleansed” my body by eating vegan and only drinking water for 3 months. Ultimately found I can continue to eat red meat and sugar if I avoid high fructose corn syrup (usually in soda) with the meal. I wait several hours before having soda and drink lots of water to flush my system. My last Uric Acid measurement about 2 years ago was high - yet no gout attacks. After watching this video my plan is to drop soda and minimize high fructose corn syrup and see if I can optimize my uric acid level. I don’t drink alcohol at all. Reply Forrest Slater Forrest Slater 8 months ago Well done. Their frank and open discussions regarding the nature of science is refreshing. Mistakes can not be avoided where science is concerned. 25 Reply Angie H Angie H 7 months ago Fascinating, love it. Dr Perlmutter you're a legend. 1 Reply stevetb7777 stevetb7777 1 month ago I have a uric acid level of 13.8 based on recent labs! I've been doing very strict keto for over 3 years now, and have been slender for over 20 years (obese from 9 to 19 years old). I really don't want to take allopurinol. I'm going to figure out how to get this down into the 4s without medication. Reply Don Berry Don Berry 7 months ago (edited) I can’t believe how overall Ill I was at 70 years old. Today at 75 I am good in all areas, in a routine annual Dr. visit she was checking my various tests and seemed vary concerned to me. She said all of these test are not like they were, everything is good or better then good “how did you do that” . I don’t take any medicine and it all started with cutting sugar and then work on everything I learn about healthy living. Had gout now I have mobility in both big toes, no gout. I do use Tart cherry 🍒 Daly, won’t hurt. 1 Reply magenta44 magenta44 7 months ago (edited) Wonderful info I've never heard before. Thank you! Just went out right away and purchased a bottle of Quercetin and Vitamin-C. By the way, Bitter Melon, a food beneficial to diabetics, also has quercetin (and other beneficial ingredients). Bought your book on Amazon. 3 Reply chris chris 1 month ago Ancient realities including Food shortages may be on the cards with various governments getting farmers off their land, wars getting closer and energy becoming too expensive for ordinary folk, so this interview may be helping us all to get through what is on the way 2 Reply Lauren Holly Lauren Holly 8 months ago In my case, I was not eating foods that were high in sodium, but my legs started to swell at night. My doctor had told me to drink more water, but I stuck to the tea that I enjoy so much. Swollen legs were alarming to me, so I switched my liquid intake to 90% water each day. After about a week of significantly increasing my water intake, the swelling in my legs left and has not returned. 208 Reply 22 replies Zackery Smith Zackery Smith 4 months ago Wow this is really eye opening. I went to the doctor about my foot in a little pain. My uric acid was at a 8. I started to research this in this video was amazing learning experience. Now I know I just can't eat anything with corn syrup suger glucose. 1 Reply Paul Antoine Paul Antoine 7 months ago This has joined a bunch of dots for me... and reinforced a hunch I already had. Now to implement some of this and see how my health improves. 1 Reply J J 5 months ago Compulsory viewing for all medics and for curriculum in med schools! Links up sugar/ fructose/ fat/ salt /water / alcohol / exercise / hunger and gout / diabetes / insulin resistance / metabolic syndrome / and vascular dementia / leptin / the human brain / behaviour change and more….. what a ‘Wow’! 1 Reply Shawn Shawn 6 months ago I had stopped drinking beer for 3 years but still got gout. I cured my gout after no longer eating peas and beans 6 years ago, and only recently got gout again this month. I believe it was from the apple juice I was consuming for the past 2 months or the strawberries I consumed. I try not to consume anything with sugar in it Reply K S K S 8 months ago (edited) Thank you! Great info. I have had great results with Quercetin and lowering inflammation in general with myself and others. Also with Vit C (reduces oxidative stress) and various forms of Carnitine increasing Nitric Oxide levels. I do believe there should be more research done on supplements in general, rather than hitting everything with 'sledge hammer' pharmaceuticals. Their motivation being financial and of course, supplements do not make the grade. I have been seeing NDs for over 40 years. This is not new news to them. However my MDs look at me like I have 2 heads, extremely bias, indifferent and just plain uneducated in diet, nutrition and supplements. In a perfect world these two modalities should be working together. Too much money to be made. 65 Reply 13 replies BigManInBlack BigManInBlack 7 months ago A little book 'the fat switch' explained the importance of Uric acid and it’s metabolic processes. I found it about 10 years ago.. Cheers 4 Reply 1 reply Patty Nielsen Patty Nielsen 6 months ago I've always had a high uric acid reading on my blood tests. No one addressed it. I hadn't realized how many items I use have fructose added. I don't eat sweets, never buy them, but now I see everyday food products I use have that fructose added, even something as simple as relish, coffee creamer, etc. that do contain this. 1 Reply Van3560 Van3560 2 months ago I have been dealing with gout for the last 30 years and after avoiding sweet foods and high protein foods, my blood pressure is much better and my joints are not as stiff. Alot of deposits around the joints especially in my feet have disappeared and the range of motion greatly improved. After years of taking medications to deal with gout, I am finally free of pain and has lost almost 10 pounds after 3 weeks of this diet and no longer taking any gout medications. My diet was just plain white rice and oatmeal three times a day and I drink black coffee without any cream or sugar. My blood pressure was back to normal and I stopped blood pressure medication too. The only problem is that this diet was extremely difficult to keep and my cravings for steaks and sweets finally broke this diet and now I am back on the medications again. Reply Ben Keil Ben Keil 4 weeks ago (edited) I’ve had gout on & off for years. I didn’t know of relationship of Uric acid & other metabolic disorders. I love boozing with my mates, which I’m cutting down on. I have to improve my diet and exercise daily. This is a wake up call.😢 2 Reply David Vandeusen David Vandeusen 3 months ago Dr Pelmuter is a remarkable educator and explorer 1 Reply Lisandro Dela Cruz Lisandro Dela Cruz 7 months ago Thank you so much for this interview. It has given me so much perspective on not only on how uric acid affects my gout condition but other possible health issues brought about by fructose consumption. I am compelled to do more research on these metabolic pathways and learn or re-learn more of them. 31 Levels Reply 1 reply Lynda Evans Lynda Evans 1 month ago Wow! So happy to have found you both! (I've already gone to Amazon and ordered both books--@grains and uric acid. ...And discovering LMNT thru you both was frosting on the cake! Thanks! Levels Reply AG Tolentino AG Tolentino 7 months ago This explains why on my worst bout of gout a year ago. For a time I was into all kinds of fruit juices thinking it was good for my body and also eating peanuts as snacks. And after my bout with gout, I stopped all fruit juices and took water instead, while still having peanuts. I never have the bouts again since then, but after watching this video, I thrash all my peanuts because of relatively high purine content, opting to almond instead. I feel my action of last year is validated by this study. 3 Reply 4 replies Carole O. Carole O. 3 weeks ago Thank you for this life-changing information. I know I will need to watch a second time to fully process it all. Levels Reply protoword protoword 4 months ago Amazing video with a lot of data you cannot see at other doctors videos! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! It will be my signature video viewed about health! 1 Levels Reply Eduardo Ramírez Eduardo Ramírez 3 months ago Fascinating knowledge , brilliant exposition and brilliant interview 1 Reply OzNet@YouTube OzNet@YouTube 8 months ago Wow, very eye-opening. As a DIY'er ( Layperson ) this kind of information, this kind of education and understanding of the human-machine is so difficult to find/get. Doctor, you are an outstanding Scientist! Thank You for not only your work but also for finding ways to bring us this information! 11 Reply John Bailley John Bailley 7 months ago i am 73 and have been on keto for 3 years and also i have been suffering for gout since i was 41. before i did low carb in the 1980 and keto starting 2017 my gout has been under control. THEN i started to fast. i have started with 3 day fast then all the way to 7 days. i did this for 9 months with no problems. after a 3 month break i did a 3 day fast and got the gout in my knees and it seem that my thighs got so tight i could hardly walk. but i did not put it together as gout until i did another 3 day fast and could not get pass the second day with the same deal of knees and thigh pain (very hot in both ). i believe that the more weight that you loose the more uric acid that is released from the adipose tissue. i lost 90 pounds and it seems the closer i got to my weight goal the shorter the fast. so this last month i did a 3 day fast with no problem and the next week i could not get pass 2 days again and i have been achy ever since. would like to see same research on the storage of uric acid in the adipose tissue. you are correct about the meat. learn that in 1980 in the first book on low carb diet by dr. Atkins. 6 Reply 2 replies Mary Marsh Mary Marsh 7 months ago Dr Means makes a great interviewer. Great content. Thank you 1 Reply Ghost M Ghost M 1 month ago (edited) Having Gout was my introduction to uric acid, funny that most of my flare ups would revolve around dropping the fat in a short amount of time. I am glad your speaker talks about the needed function of Uric acid but not just that but insulin resistance, cholesterol, inflammation other natural functions as survival. Reply 2 replies anne webster anne webster 1 month ago Thank you so much for this brilliant, informative podcast. It is transformational Best wishes from Ireland Anne Levels Reply Doug Zirkle Doug Zirkle 6 months ago (edited) Dumbfounded by the potential upside of this revelation on uric acid! Thank you both! 2 Levels Reply Star Dust Star Dust 8 months ago Loved the aspect of the conversation taking place within the metabolic response to overabundance of sugar in diet: "WINTER IS COMING! PREPARE!" for the Winter that never arrives. Enjoyed this very much, thank you. 13 Reply 3 replies Dee Cord Dee Cord 7 months ago (edited) Thank you so much. I’ve listened to this 3 times. I had my Uric acid level checked and it’s high! High at a fasted state… it must be horrible at an unfasted state! Ughhh I’m so up against a wall! I have hashimotos that is getting worse, diverticulitis, high Uric acid, and I’m obese and have tried to lose weight so many times and failed! Ughhhh! I want this weight off more than you know and I want to be healthy! I also have a low thyroid and post- menopausal. My last problem is that I can’t stand beef, seafood, or pork. Limits me so much… 3 Reply Paul Baker Paul Baker 6 months ago Has Dr Perlmutter ever said exactly what he eats? Do they ever share what they eat? He looks healthy. I’m in a new relationship with someone with severe eating disorders. I’m thinking I’m going to have to eat separately. Hopefully I can inspire by example. Reply taleandclaw rock taleandclaw rock 1 month ago I have read something about ageing, sleep deprivation and chronic stress causing reduction in the body chemistry that signals satiety when eating for older people. Can you please comment on this, as this is a huge issue for working mothers, and older women are now additionally at one of the highest risk cohorts for poverty and homelessness despite their essential contributions. 1 Reply mdb123 mdb123 5 months ago I've been eating the leaf of the turnip green (75% of food intake) and the weight is falling off. This is totally unexpected (lost 20 lbs in 2 months with no increase in activity). Hope continuing this will lose me another 20 lbs. I've had HIGH uric acid for 20 years (who knows maybe longer). 8 Reply 5 replies Bobby Ocampo Bobby Ocampo 2 weeks ago I started a 72hrs fast once a month, and 48hrs every week my AST and ALT went down to less than 25 but my Uric Acid slightly increased above limit. Reply MERYN BULLEY MERYN BULLEY 8 months ago In one word~Brilliant!👌💯 Thank you so much for this podcast Casey and Dr Perlmutter!🙏🌟 33 Levels Reply SheilaLS SheilaLS 6 months ago My doctor gave me allopurinol and it made my gout so much worse I was literally crippled in both feet for months and at a level of pain I could no longer handle. I read about the drug "initially" causing more gout but mine continued to worsen so I stopped taking it. It took weeks after stopping for it to begin to lesson and the permanent damage is significant. I'm not sure what to do not to deal with this painful and frustrating condition. Reply Lorna Howerton Lorna Howerton 1 month ago Beautiful clear explanation of endogenous fructose production. Levels Reply Shir Smi Shir Smi 3 weeks ago Excellent presentation and interview. Thank you. Levels Reply Cheryl Ween Cheryl Ween 7 months ago This explains why my dad had gout. He made his own jam so ate a lot of sugar. He also ate lots of red meat. He just blamed the gout from his genes because his father had gout too. 6 Reply 5 replies Angela Petry Angela Petry 1 month ago Question for Dr. David Perlmutter or Dr. Casey Means: It is safe to take BOTH supplements (Luteolin 10mg & Quercetin 500mg) daily to prevent over production of URIC acid? Or should one be choosing one or the other? Reply Mk Shffr Mk Shffr 8 months ago Fantastic discussion. I would love to hear more on the application of these concepts to those of us who are already well along the path of destruction. Specifically in my case with continuous A-Fib and rather advanced cirrhosis due to NAFLD. It is obvious that the nutritional regimen needs to be fixed but there are detailed issues for example with extended fasting and cirrhosis. 21 Levels Reply Levels · 9 replies Patrick Montgomery Patrick Montgomery 5 months ago Love the overall message. Obviously the title of this video is at least misleading, since no peer-reviewed literature exists stating a causal link between hyperuricemia and dementia (and dementia as a construct is vague anyway). Proposed mechanisms linking the two are compelling, though. Yeah, sugar in the forms of concentrated processed sodas and candies? Steer clear. 3 Reply Sally Balkin Sally Balkin 7 months ago I was blessed enough to be treated, twice, by the Dalai Lama's personal physician, in India. He is one of the leading specialists in Tibetan medicine (see the Blue Buddha). It is very similar to Chinese medicine. He recommended eating "warm foods" after 4pm. Heavy nutritious food such as lentils. No fruit. It is a "cold food". These are just two examples. This is related to the inner core body temperature. Tibetan medicine has been practiced and peer reviewed for 2500 years. And it works. I wish western medicine would start following the simplicity and "you are what you eat and think" advice from the specialists in this ancient knowledge. But then pharmaceutical companies would lose billions of dollars of profit every year. 2 Reply B F B F 6 months ago One of the best podcasts ever. @Levels please please please don’t do summarise - just keep asking questions. 1 Levels Reply DeftLeftHand DeftLeftHand 6 months ago I was confused by the assertion that uric acid is bad for your health while enjoying the incredible decrease in arthritic pain, due to tart cherry caps. I looked into it and it appears that what's being referenced here is serum uric acid. This is purportedly reduced by the consumption of tart cherry juice. Reply D F D F 4 months ago I'm still trying to figure out whether insulin resistance and uric acid work in parallel, or in series. I'll have to watch this one a few times. Reply TZ TZ TZ TZ 8 months ago OMG,. I solved all my health issues by eliminating sugar in 1990. I still struggle with uric acid/gout/RH when my diet slips. Thanks to the progressive doctors here. 84 Levels Reply 8 replies David Stephen David Stephen 7 months ago Super fun and informational episode. Amazing! Thank you Reply Daniel Hickmott Daniel Hickmott 7 months ago Benjamin Franklin in his youth was a known athlete(trekking, running, swimming), he lived well beyond the average age for his time, yet in the latter years of his life he was crippled with gout. I tend to attribute this to his rich diet while living years in France. - I believe he would’ve welcomed and heeded Dr. Perlmutter’s discoveries. 2 Reply Nelson Olivier jr Nelson Olivier jr 6 months ago Man wish I knew about this Diabetes way back when and learn more about it. I was really bad at drinking Coke a cola. I was drinking at least a 2 liter a day if not 4. Now at 53 I got High Blood, Cholesterol, Diabetes, and got really bad nerve damage in my feet and I get Gout too. Not sure if I would have listened but my father had died of Diabetes and he hardly ate sweet stuff like he have a piece of cake on someone's b-day. But he drank a lot of Coffee and sometimes soda but it really wasn't his thing. I and my Mother on the other hand ate all kinds of sweets and she was a baker for all kinds of parties. At Christmas time she would make loads of cookies and all kinds too. I don't think I have Dementia but I don't remember a lot of things just certain things. I got Glaucoma in my eyes and I can't read things without Glasses. I'm great at eating fresh foods and dinners that we make not out of a box or a can except veggies of course. But I do sneak in a treat here and there and some soda which I have cut down on it but I still sneak it in. It's hard to give up some things that you like to save yourself the pain but trust me nothing like numbness in your toes and certain parts of your feet and all of a sudden your up all night cause your feet are in electric shock mode and can't stop it from being still. Once you have it it's a different lifestyle you got to live in order for you to not feel that pain. Sometimes I feel like grabbing the sledgehammer and smashing my toes cause of it. Funny that I rather smash my feet than to give up the stuff that is hurting them in the 1st place. How the mind works. 1 Reply Douglas Macdonald Douglas Macdonald 2 days ago (edited) Hi David, a model flow and inter relationship diagram or a spectrum of the various pathways would simplify the understanding of the lecture. Reply Glen's World Glen's World 4 months ago Excellent discussion, thank you! Reply Bill Kemp Bill Kemp 8 months ago Excellent video, speaker, and topic, thank you! What most people don't know is that ALL carbohydrates are just a string of sugars and when consumed and broken down by the body become sugars. 36 Levels Reply Levels · 7 replies Sue Roberts Sue Roberts 7 months ago I have tried allopurinol and it’s made me have hair lose so bad. I tried another one like it with same affects. This is information I really needed. Thank you so much for this video Reply Pope Antichrist Pope Antichrist 4 weeks ago I have been gout free for 1 year 6 months. I started taking MSM at least once a day. And 2 big spoonfuls of Psyllium seed powder, which soaks up uric Acid like a sponge. My Psyllium seed powder lowered my Uric Acid from 9.8 to 6.4 in just 3 months. Methylene Blue is also very good for healing metabolic disorder which gout is. Which is also why CoQ10 helps so much with gout. But Methylene Blue is alot more powerful and alot cheaper than CoQ10, though I take CoQ10 also. Any way, this combination has been the cure for me. Reply Shane Wall Shane Wall 2 months ago I've just spent 12 months of gout hell. I'd had maybe 4 gout attacks in my previous 47 years. Then last year happened 😳 I had a massive attack in my left upper foot in October that lasted for 3 weeks. Then in November I had crippling gout in my hand and wrist. Absolutely destroyed me. It took 3 months of hell before I could even lift my hand without pain. I work in China and good medical help has been so difficult to get. I finally got put on Febuxostat in February 2022, one pill a day. It didn't do anything really, I then continued to have a gout attack every 10-12 days for the whole damn year!! 6 weeks ago I made the decision myself to increase my dosage to two pills a day (I researched on the official website and that's what I should have been prescribed all along). I'm now on day 25 without an attack and am feeling like I've finally started to turn the corner. The doctors did give me an apology last week, they realised based on the fact I'm not a Chinese sized person they should have adjusted the prescription. Anyway no hard feelings, I'm just so relieved I can finally start to move forward from my shitty year!! Reply Tony Knight Tony Knight 7 months ago Dr Perimutter is a superb communicator ! 1 Levels Reply Craig Buehler Craig Buehler 7 months ago I had gout in my 20s, I was in shape but drank beer instead of water. Later on in my 30's more gout, then in my 40's blood clots, and finally now that I'm in my 70's found out I've had type 2 D and now done with fructose. Losing weight and doing great. Wish I would have known all my life what the effing sugar and carbs did to the body. UGH!! Reply Perry Sebastian Perry Sebastian 8 months ago This is a great research area. This rightly is getting much more attention. A subtle behavior of uric acid is how uric acid rises during prolonged fasting (>24 hrs). The uric acid behavior during fructose consumption seems to be related to fat storing, but during fasting, fat is the primary fuel. So why does uric acid rise? Uric acid has to be doing more than storing fat. Perhaps it limits fat wasting. Keeps lipids from leaving the body. 66 Levels Reply 6 replies Chris Mahfouz Chris Mahfouz 13 days ago This is all so interesting and I’m so grateful for this interview. However I’m at my wits end because I need a regimen -something that gives me a specific diet and recipes of foods I can cook and serve my husband that suffers with gout. Everything has purines. He is 63 and has chronic gout. He has tophi in his hand-several knuckles and middle joint of his right index finger and I suspect in one Achilles’ tendon which flares up every couple of months. We’ve tried keto and initially he lost about 20 lbs but gained it right back when he wasn’t as strict. His gout has steadily gotten worse. He has recently gotten on allapuranol (sp?). It has helped range of motion but he had a flare about a month ago. Is there anything that can be done about the tophi? His hand and finger are so painful. 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Reply Robin Robin 4 months ago I wish there was a much shorter version of this very important message. 1 Reply Sally In Arkansas Sally In Arkansas 1 month ago Thirty years ago my mother in law told me that sugar is the silent killer. 1 Reply PROUD GRANDMA PROUD GRANDMA 6 months ago (edited) my Ex was 22yo, 6ft & 165lbs, Excellent diet & fitness (was very thin) but had very high levels of uric acid and BP of 280/160. Said he was near having a heart attack or stroke. it turned out he was born w 1 kidney 1/2 the size of the other with 2 arteries going to it. His body (as a fetus) knew the kidney was small so it grew another artery to it & kept his adrenalin going to pump more blood. Blood pressure meds made him so he couldnt get off the couch, "the winds have been taken out of my sails." 1 Reply Mary Jesionowski Mary Jesionowski 6 months ago I was diagnosed with gout several months AFTER removing sugar and lowering carbohydrates in my diet. The good news is I lost 50 lbs and lowered my blood sugar and am no longer pre-diabetic. Go figure. 1 Reply 1 reply Kaldonia1111 Kaldonia Kaldonia1111 Kaldonia 8 months ago Brilliant podcast, thank you! I'm unable to afford a visit with a functional medicine doctor, so like most Americans, I have traditional insurance through my employer and see a PCP. I've questioned the past two PCP's I have seen....please test my insulin levels and cortisol levels....they tell me "insurance won't cover it and it's not necessary...you're fine." I'm 55 yo female and never had high blood pressure until 10 years ago....slightly heavier now, moderately high cholesterol, osteoarthritis in hands two years ago....I don't understand why traditional medicine isn't on the same path as functional doctors!!! You are all so spot on! I have been working with food to help reduce inflammation and help gut health. I have belly fat and I know my liver is mildly enlarged. Why won't doctors listen to us???? 60 Reply 6 replies Kinky Kinky 7 months ago (edited) When I think about uric acid, my first thought is how it makes urine microscopics so difficult. But blood uric acid has always been offered on chem panels where I've worked, at least in the last 20 yrs. 1 Reply A Jones A Jones 7 months ago Everyone I know who eats a high carb diet is fat and suffers from some health condition despite leading relatively healthy and active lives. But I have one cousin who's on the Keto diet and has avoided sugars and carbs for several years, and he's the healthiest person I know. And this is a guy who drank and used drugs for two decades. It's both perplexing and enlightening. 2 Reply Bridget S. Bridget S. 2 weeks ago I have noticed that if I want my CGM to show lower glucose I can drink water, and I had the hypothesis that it was flushing or helping my kidneys or... something. Now I'm wondering. Have type 2 diabetes, recently started keto in earnest, hovering around 8 mmol/l and not going down... looking for answers. Was thinking just this morning that fruit as an autumn weight put-on thing would work beautifully if we hibernated. And here you are saying just that. brilliant video, can't believe I watched it all in one sitting, am sharing it. 1 Reply Glenn Ellison Glenn Ellison 3 days ago (edited) Alright I'm going knock it off with the chips and pretzels, further reduce sugar intake and drink more water. I went vegan 6 years ago at age 61 and that did me a lot of good by reducing my weight by 30 pounds and drastically lowering my cholesterol. My glucose is still a bit on the high side a bit over 100. 1 Reply InnerAwakenings InnerAwakenings 2 months ago Sodium and salt seem to be used interchangeably, however many practitioners differentiate between sodium with ‘table salt’ and sea salt. Sea salt helps you absorb water and not raise sodium levels like table salt. 1 Reply Kynd Heart Kynd Heart 8 months ago It’s my first time here and I learned so much! I’m now subscribed. I’ll be implementing what I’ve learned here tonight to see if my health improves. I believe it will and I thank you so much for the information. Bless you for all the work you do to bring us such informative lessons. 12 Reply 1 reply ken fourey-jones ken fourey-jones 2 days ago So, so professional and mind blowing. Superbly presented. What an amazingly knowledgeable person Dr David Perimutter. I must investigate more about metabolic issues and forget about electrical engineering, plumbing, solar panels. Not cooking though! Thank goodness that wine is not a contributor to uric acid. Damn, the wife bought blueberries today!! Reply Brian Murphy Brian Murphy 7 months ago Great discussion just wish I understood 10% of it The one common thing I have learnt in all these talks. is be careful what you put in your mouth the difficult thing is to regulate your diet to avoid the foods that are harmful good luck with that 1 Levels Reply Gage Gage 1 month ago Excellent information and easy to digest, pun intended. Levels Reply Tim Callahan Tim Callahan 4 months ago Very interesting, the evolutionary roots of our current nutritional disconnect. I have gout and have been taking allopurinol for many years Reply Dee Webb Dee Webb 7 months ago Wow!!! My doctor NEVER told me about the relationship between high blood pressure and gout!!! She just wanted to prescribe many drugs for the high blood pressure. 😳 Duh! 2 Reply Clyde Gibson Clyde Gibson 8 months ago OMG! All the information I haven’t heard from my Dr.’s. I was a very healthy adult without any issues but after getting into my 50’s everything changed. High blood pressure, gluten intolerant and gout. I maintain very strict diet for all issues as well as medications but nothing is getting better. Thanks for this valuable information! 31 Reply 8 replies stonemadein stonemadein 7 months ago And Here It Is. There you have it. Thank you for your Concise and Lazer approach and sharing this with us. 3 Reply Kimber Mountains Kimber Mountains 7 months ago Saw a young twenty something young man this morning at a coffee shop who bought a grande Reese Cup Frappe and a large cinnamon roll. I shook my head and thought how sad that he didn't know that he is committing a slow suicide and making himself feel horrible. 1 Reply Elizabeth Erwin Elizabeth Erwin 7 months ago (edited) "So we try to keep the adult in the room as often as possible"! Thank you for this exceptional interview!! Do you have a link to the product Element that you take? 1 Reply 1 reply Manju Natha Manju Natha 7 months ago Thank you very much for this highly informative video. Reply Ilya Ilya 6 months ago High alcohol, procesed carbs, bread, pasta are main factors for bad health so is for uric acid. 4 Levels Reply PJ Light PJ Light 8 months ago In the 1970's, while beginning my studies toward Naturopathic endeavors, Uric Acid was flying below the radar in regards to metabolic process. I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you. 25 Reply 1 reply Leonardo Iglesias Leonardo Iglesias 7 months ago But a very sad, touching story is that of a three year old girl I knew who was starting to ask total strangers on the street if they would have anything sweet to give her….makes me cry to this day. When the mother heard that, you can imagine, she gave her 3 year old child sweets again. Something is complicated there. Reply 1 reply Mike Kenney Mike Kenney 8 months ago It’s easier to commit to behavioral and dietary adjustment when one sees the big picture. Brilliant presentation of the essential hazard 103 Levels Reply Levels · 5 replies absolutetruthgirl absolutetruthgirl 7 months ago (edited) This guy is right. Have reduced my sugar and fat intake almost to zero. Feel great. 2 Levels Reply 3 replies Sandy Agbakoba Sandy Agbakoba 7 months ago wow! just wow, god I love learning, this was illuminating and life changing. Thank you. 5 Levels Reply Jon Jones Jon Jones 1 month ago Great new channel for me today, and great guest. I wonder Dr Guest , do you hold any stock in Malic Acid for reducing Uric Acid? Much Thanks to you both 👍🙏😊 Reply WAXWARS WAXWARS 3 months ago My biggest complaint with these “what not to eat” programs is they never talk about what you should eat. Then you just end up eating bad food again. 1 Reply Jelly T Jelly T 3 weeks ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes end of July, I had non alcoholic fatty liver, hba1c 7.6, uric acid was high. I stopped eating rice, bread and pasta cause I was controlling my blood sugar. I lost 20lbs in three months. Last blood work first week of December, my uric acid is in the normal range, no more fatty liver and hba1c is 5.6. I didn’t take any medicine for my uric acid but I did take a uric acid cleanse supplement. It takes a lot of self control but my fear of diabetes complications keeps me in control. Reply Kandaman Kandaman 7 months ago (edited) FASCINATING information!!! Thanks for doing this video. I've learned A TON about the implications of Uric acid on OVERALL Health and not just Gout disease. It actually was VERY ENLIGHTENING. I've been struggling with being overweight/obese with mild/moderate E.D. issues over the past couple of years despite eating ONE meal a day and doing moderate exercise and taking some supplements. NOW, I KNOW WHY thanks to this video. I'm going to START implementing some of these changes in my life and see what happens. BTW, what's Element? 8 Reply Toto From Oz Toto From Oz 7 months ago Fascinating, educational stuff...thank you! Reply From The Peanut Gallery From The Peanut Gallery 7 months ago Listening to the ADULT in the room, is going to be my mantra from now on. (i.e., choosing, the healthy, the nutrition, the good, for long term, over the immediate pleasure/guilt.) 1 Reply Nancy P Merrill Nancy P Merrill 4 months ago This makes so much sense, thank you. Reply Sarah Baker Sarah Baker 7 months ago Black Cherry juice actually helps gout, but cutting out all sugar is a way of LIFE! Literally apparently! I’ve cut out all sugar but I needed to hear this about fructose! I drink smoothies! 5 Reply 2 replies Debrah Manchego Debrah Manchego 7 months ago (Ps: forgot to mention that I also of high blood pressure and your program has sincerely encouraged me to make better food choices, etc. Thanks, again) Green Bay, Wisconsin. Reply Levels · 1 reply Tracy Tracy 8 months ago (edited) I was just at my very open-minded oncologist’s talking about “ Drop Acid.” My UA is 4.8. These vids teach me so much & enable me to be a strong team player in my own health & care. Thank-you. 18 Reply Janet Pattison Janet Pattison 7 months ago Very very interesting! A unrelated topic when it comes to health is, the colors u wear. Black is a complete lack of color. Red is emotional, green is the growing color, light blue, light yellow & white are spiritual colors. For those who love to wear black, this is a heads up, that it’s NOT good for that protective sheath around you, which protects your space, your aura. 2 Reply 1 reply Black Bird Black Bird 6 months ago (edited) My dad was the healthiest person I knew. He became a vegetarian before it was trendy, over 30 years ago. He also watched/limited his salt and sugar intake. Despite all his efforts, he passed away a couple years ago from a heart attack, and before that, struggled with high uric acid for decades. Gout was very debilitating for him. It was hard to see him suffer. Every since he passed, I’ve been trying to understand what happened to him. How did someone like him get hit with gout weekly or how were his uric acid levels always elevated??? 1 Reply 1 reply Lisa Fiel Lisa Fiel 2 months ago Brilliant! Thank you. Great doctor. Levels Reply DD Mau DD Mau 1 month ago Uric acid is a cause for kidney stones . I had kidney stones and my urologist tested me and discovered my stones were uric acid based . He prescribed ( potassium citrate ) and that cleared up my problems. After many years I ran out and stopped taking the prescription and I developed kidney stones again ! Needless to say I'm back on potassium citrate. That was a very painful experience . Reply Richard Davis Richard Davis 3 months ago Blood pressure meds such as Lisinopril raise uric acid, which is almost never cited by doctors as a side effect. 1 Reply L C L C 8 months ago Very good message thank you both for engaging and teaching me some important factors that is causing my weight gain and weight staying, now I know I aim to shift it for good, thank you so much much!!! 8 Reply responsibleparty responsibleparty 6 months ago (edited) These days, my uric acid level is under control (5.5 last tested) and it's harder than ever for me to lose weight. I'm not suggesting lower uric acid or Allopurinol made it harder to lose weight. But I am saying it didn't make it any easier. I've never heard of the connection of uric acid and weight gain before. And I'm not convinced of this now. Reply Chuck Singer Chuck Singer 13 days ago Thank you so much I’m going to find the meter I have many symptoms mentioned! Also I’ve thought about how our ancestors lived and ate Makes so much sense! Reply Porsche997C4S1 Porsche997C4S1 7 months ago This is very informative. Thank you. Reply Ron Goldberg Ron Goldberg 7 months ago Great info. Can you please reply to this question. First, yes I will drink less beer, yes I will look at my older lab work. Yes, I currently exercise frequently. So. Here is my question. If my Uric acid is above 5.5, what are the benefits and risks of taking adding daily allopurinol to my Current meds. Also I assume I would start at 100 mg per day and monitor labs increasing dose as needed based on labs? Ron G in McLean VA. Reply Janie N Janie N 7 months ago I have been diagnosed with congestive heart disease, I am sure that I have been dehydrated most of my life. Now I am on diuretics and limited water and I am constantly dehydrated. 1 Reply ohthelovelypoems ohthelovelypoems 8 months ago I had my first gout attacks this past winter. Didn't know what was happening at first and thought it was beginning arthritis. Researching my symptoms I then stayed away from the typical foods and drink that exacerbate the condition but still had another flare-up. I then researched my medications and discovered that my blood pressure medication, a diuretic, can cause uric acid levels to go up, plus delete potassium and magnesium, which no doubt contributed to my episodic severe depression. Neither the literature attached to my prescription nor did the doctor warn me about uric acid or mineral depletion nor were those things checked in my blood work. The latest gout incident happened when I used Splenda in my morning tea and yes it can be a trigger. So definitely have been on a learning curve and learning more thanks to your video! 49 Reply 10 replies oolala53 oolala53 2 months ago A big issue is how to help people through the process of letting go of these foods. Many people fail because they mistakenly believe that they will lose the desire for them just because they know the foods are damaging. Of course, really believing or accepting that they are can really help. (But it took for me to see what was happening via an expensive out-of-pocket bout with a CGM to make it easier for me, though I had cut sugar to no more than 10 added grams- yeah, I know we don't need ANY but having some dark chocolate kept me on track at first. Now I make my own and rarely have any with sugar.) And yes, some people lose all craving pretty quickly but that is NOT universal and we do people a disservice to promise them that. I know of one woman of a site I've used for using meal-based eating who has been circling the airport, at about the same level of obesity for nearly 12 years because she is convinced she will find a program that takes away all her desire to overeat. At age 69, I actually don't have a lot of true hunger, but I am still very interested in eating, and I have been in maintenance for over 10 years. But health issues have kept me refining my choices. Reply Mike TLCM Mike TLCM 8 days ago it would be so helpful if someone or a company makes a product/pill/etc that would have all of these particular ingredients and sell it. there are so many vitamins, supplements ,etc and it does get very confusing for a lot of people. I personally would be happy to buy something that contains many or all of these ingredients so that I can purchase them for friends and people I know who are in desperate need of help with gout, etc. Reply Michelle Thomas Michelle Thomas 5 months ago (edited) Hi there. ..new to your channel it's Mitch from Perth. One question..can you explain where the fructose comes from, if it's not fruit sugar...that's what I thought fructose was?? 😁 but really enjoying your video 👍👍 Reply Bill Hesford Bill Hesford 7 months ago Every year or two I listen to the latest idea on medical stuff. People seem to live longer, but sicker. Here we go again. Reply D D 6 months ago I'm new to this topic. Does drinking the correct amount of water eliminate gout? Thank you. Reply Ryan J Ryan J 8 months ago You asked great questions and came back around to clarify. Thanks so much! I wish he would have been more specific about blood sugar levels that would activate uric acid. Any ideas on that? 12 Reply Levels · 2 replies Maureen Campbell Maureen Campbell 6 months ago Thank you so much for your deep work into uric acid. I will be buying yr book. And l look forward to more from you. What a great educational find that brfore listening to you l had no idea what to do that was right in how l change my food intake and lifestyle. Thank you for this clear ability to understand. Reply David Del Polito David Del Polito 7 months ago Thanks for this information it solved so many things that are affecting me! Reply Y Y 2 weeks ago Wow, who knew? It's always something. Thank you for this information. Levels Reply Lady Penelope Lady Penelope 6 months ago (edited) Very interesting interview and have had Gout and high levels of Uric Acid.. to the point where I couldn’t walk.. was put on Allopurinol, cant take it.. so tried Febuxastat, which is much better. I purchased the Usatest meter which has helped tremendously.. I also have Diabetes T2..insulin resistance ..changed to a low Carb diet. On a regular daily intake of two meals.. will get your book.. 1 Reply Karen Shoda Karen Shoda 7 months ago Brilliant and makes perfect sense !!! Thank you. I’m sending this to my Endro Dr. Reply Affluent Nerd Affluent Nerd 8 months ago This has all been very interesting and honestly enlightening, connecting previously disparate facets about key chemicals and processes in human physiology. One thing I'm curious to learn more about based upon this are the implications of salt during medium term fasting (1-3 days). It's generally recommended to make sure to have a good amount of salt along with high water intake during fasting to ensure we have sufficient electrolytes to function. However, based on the info in this video, salt intake triggers fat storage, which goes directly against the goal and often core benefit of fasting, which is to burn existing fat. Of course fasting has other benefits, but I would really love to hear a deeper illumination of the signals and pathways involved in salt intake and fasting as it relates to fat burning, or lack thereof. Thanks! And thank you for this fascinating discussion - I will pick up the book! 23 Reply 8 replies Fatoom Gierdien Fatoom Gierdien 6 months ago Thank you for Gifting us with an opportunity to learn more, about what is needed for our own survival. Cape Town Reply Mar C Mar C 2 weeks ago (edited) I never had gout, but my orthopedic md wanted it keep below 5. So for 20 years i take allopurinol 100 mg. I am on keto, not over weight and only have a thyroud issue. No other problems. Dont eat bread, no sugar. Dont have bigh BP, no insulin resistance. Not over weight. I am 81. No joint replacement. On keto low carb for 10 years. He must of been right. Higher uric acid genetically runs in males in my family. We have dna 50 percent slavic Balkin region 2 Reply RoedhamHouseRanch RoedhamHouseRanch 7 months ago My uric acid levels last Oct 2021 was 331 umol/L. Range is 149 to 422. Now is that good? Measurements are different than mentioned here. Reply Maryanne Engelmayer Maryanne Engelmayer 7 months ago I'm so glad I found this thank you. 😊 3 Reply Jimmy D Jimmy D 6 months ago My Doctor is a Uric Acid zealot. Now I know why. Thanks Doc :) Reply Scot Hatt Scot Hatt 8 months ago I appreciate the callout to LMNT and the need for conditionally needing electrolytes. This helped clarify the "salt makes you fat" talk up to that point. As a sauna and keto diet user who is very physically active, salt is a focal point of my performance & recovery. 9 Reply Levels · 3 replies Kelvin Soh Kelvin Soh 4 months ago I recently did my blood test and fasted for a longer period than the typical 12 hr (did 20hrs). My blood test results came back to show that my uric acid levels at 8mg/dl. I've only one gout attack in June 2020 and have been reading how to avoid it. I've BMI 22, blood pressure is normal, been exercising 3x a week for at least 6 months, did the occasional intermittent fasting and cut down on sugar. Given 2/3 of uric comes from within the body and my mum has history of gout, how should I be managing this elevated levels of uric acid despite the life style changes? Should I take vit C, quercetin supplements? Hope this esteem group of listeners, Drs and clinicans and lend some insights. Reply 1 reply Bal Kaur Bal Kaur 6 months ago Love the facial gestures from Casey in first 8 seconds Reply Sam Teawater Sam Teawater 7 months ago Oh dear, my country is being governed by a bunch of amygdala! And has been for many years. No long-term vision whatsoever… 😖 Very interesting talk, thank you. Reply Yukti Herbs Yukti Herbs 2 months ago Very nicely explained Dr. santosh, I would recommend everyone to use Urico Savior for once by Yukti Herbs cause it helped my mother alot in controlling her Uric Acid Reply MR.Xplosive MR.Xplosive 10 days ago I have gout, so I saw uric acid in the description and hopped right on. AMAZING!!! My rheumatologist could never explain how this works, the best I got is "your liver isn't working right." I am sending this video to both of them. HAHA. 🤣 Reply SAHBfan SAHBfan 8 months ago I used to be very overweight. A low fat, low calorie diet didn’t really suit me at all - I lost some weight, but it seemed to be as much muscle as fat and left me weak, tired and hungry. I tried ‘The Atkins diet’ which was fashionable at the time and it worked amazingly well. 15 years later my weight is still under control and I am very fit and healthy. I remember at the time Atkins getting almost universal condemnation from just about everyone,everywhere in the medical profession or media. The ‘fat bad, calories bad, carbs good, fruit good’ mantra was not to be challenged. Seems Atkins was definitely on the right path, even if he didn’t have the full story. 29 Reply 1 reply William Rivard William Rivard 5 months ago This is great information… ! I will continue to listen to what you all have to say… thank you… ! Reply AA AA 7 months ago Great interview with a great guest!!!! Reply droqueplot droqueplot 7 months ago Amazing doctor! Reply Carol Ginsberg Carol Ginsberg 7 months ago Excellent interview ❣️❣️❣️ 2 Levels Reply Patricia Denise Patricia Denise 2 months ago Thank you for this information. Such interesting information. Very useful for me. Levels Reply GizmoFromPizmo GizmoFromPizmo 8 months ago I can't get over how interesting this interview is... Listening to it a second time now. 27 Levels Reply Levels · 1 reply Transcend! Transcend! 6 months ago Q: 1) Will a constricted blood pathway result in weak pulse? Monitoring pulse as PI % index. 2) And a constricted pathway will produce hear inflammation/fatigue because it needs to work more to get enough blood thru the constricted pathways? Reply Darkhorseman82 Darkhorseman82 4 months ago It's not just Uric Acid, it's Uric Acid in certain oxidation states. 1 Reply Robin Hunter Robin Hunter 5 months ago My husband had uric acid kidney stones a bunch of times. Was on alopurinal a few times but then went off it. In his last few years he tried paleo diet to lose weight but would stop because of back pain and missing carbs. So back to carbs. This back and forth wasn’t helping as he was eating high fat then switching to carbs. He thought he had rheumatoid arthritis like his mom but in fact it was probably gouty arthritis. His last docs didn’t check uric acid levels and l believe he died from complications due to uric acid and diet. He probably had a heart attack at 70. It was so sad to lose such a good husband and father. This lecture reinforces my bit of research l did regarding his death. Reply buddahmaster buddahmaster 1 month ago Will Allopurinol become the next metformin? As in the next darling of the Anti Aging community! :) Any Thoughts? Take care & thank you for your work guys. Reply God wins God wins 4 months ago Thank you this was extremely informative God bless great work Reply Eileen Unrein Eileen Unrein 8 months ago I could also listen to Dr. Perlmutter all day. Have been looking for a solution, and Dr. Perlmutter always helps. 21 Levels Reply Levels · 1 reply Stephanie Louise Stephanie Louise 3 days ago thank you so much this was really informative. It so helps to know the why! Levels Reply Joanne Davis Joanne Davis 2 months ago I’m American and I took a trip to Europe and what a difference in the taste of sugar!!! Here in the zuS our sugar is truly poison. 1 Reply BIgBass255 BIgBass255 6 days ago I have cut sugar out of my diet, along with bread and pasta for 13 months. I feel so much better, however, it was life or death for me. Heart disease is in my family, already killed 3 brothers, who were younger. Without looking, I bet my Uric acid # will be 5 or below. Reply Alex Berukoff Alex Berukoff 7 months ago THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ONE OF THE INFORMATIVE VIDEOS EVER 3 Levels Reply Kj Piper Kj Piper 6 months ago Excellent information!! Thank you 1 Levels Reply Laughter Talks Laughter Talks 8 months ago (edited) I always knew that my dad's last meal was responsible for his death and now I understand why. He did have gout. On the night he passed he had eaten a large portion of sauerkraut with pork. My mother told me when he awakened not feeling well, he drank a glass of orange juice thinking it would make him feel better, but he immediately died right there. I now understand why I instinctively knew the combo killed him and now I understand why. This is very valuable information. Thank you so much. 23 Reply 5 replies Desiree Rush Desiree Rush 1 month ago So much fun to learn!!! Levels Reply 𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 7 months ago Love this! Brilliant opening edit 😊 2 Levels Reply zero tolerance for Satanic Elite zero tolerance for Satanic Elite 6 days ago (edited) Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if we consume sugar containing products with a meal ( protein, fats, low GI carbs eg veg) the absorption of sugar is slowed down significantly enough to reduce peaks of glucose (or fructose) in our blood and so reduces Insulin release and therefore must reduce Insulin Resistance. Reply embarq12 embarq12 2 weeks ago The uricase mutation that protected our ancestors from famine, is now an adversary for modern humans 1 Reply Stephen Evelyn Stephen Evelyn 1 month ago You have mentioned fructose and glucose... How does lactose affect uric acid and the functions of the body that you have mentioned? Reply Claire Wheeler Claire Wheeler 8 months ago Fascinating. I would surmise that the 5 apples would be fine as long as you aren't eating the refined carbs and drinking lots of sugar ridden drinks. I've been looking into raw fed vegan and fruitarian diets with seeds, nuts and avocados as fats. I don't have weight issues and exercise quite a lot but I know people who hardly eat and still gain weight but they drink a lot of cans of coke ect so that makes sense. I've often said to one friend I think its because her body stays in a stressed state of starvation mode. It's really interesting to hear the relationship to Uric acid in all this. 10 Reply Mariel Incorvaja Mariel Incorvaja 7 months ago Thank you so much for this important information . Reply Alexander Barnes Alexander Barnes 7 months ago Thank you for this video, I'm so glad I stumbled across it. Next steps for me: 1.) subscribe to the channel; 2) buy Dr. Perlmutter's book! 2 Reply Transformation 247 Transformation 247 2 weeks ago This is very interesting and eye opening information. Levels Reply Nancy Louise Nancy Louise 7 months ago Wish the volume was a little better. Found this very interesting, one point I disagreed with was food scarcity. More people are predicting unfavorable weather including drought in the near future Reply Nate Black Nate Black 7 months ago Had no idea about any of this! Thanks!! 🙏 1 Levels Reply Richard Guerrero Richard Guerrero 8 months ago Your presentation is extremely informative. My question is, instead of medications, how about foods that can do that same effect. 26 Reply 4 replies Know Buddy Know Buddy 5 months ago Awesome love it great content!! Thank you! Levels Reply S S S S 6 months ago The Use of a person’s “ BMI” has been proven to be pretty much outdated for almost 20 years, doctors! I’m especially shocked that Dr P is not using the much more accurate information! Utterly shocked! 😟🥺 Reply Drop Acid Highlights From Dr. Perlmutter's Book On The Dhru Purohit Podcast Mary Beauchamp, RN 555 subscribers Subscribe 15 Share 461 views Feb 15, 2022 I wanted to highlight some important points that Dr. Perlmuter makes in this podcast with Dhru Purohit. This is a fantastic podcast where Dr. Perlmutter explains some important distinctions about the effects of fructose and uric acid on metabolism which he writes about in his book Drop Acid. The fructose-uric acid pathway to fat storage is distinctly different from the glucose-insulin fat storage pathway. You need to know about both in order to control metabolic syndrome. ABOUT THE HOST: Mary Beauchamp is a Registered Nurse, Best Selling Author, Ketogenic Diet Specialist, and Certified GAPS Practitioner (Gut And Psychology Syndrome). She gives people specific tools so they can shift their metabolism into ketosis for improved metabolic health so they can live their best life. Get started on your journey to metabolic health here with my free e-book: https://ketobook.aweb.page/p/e320ac1e... Visit Her Website: https://www.ketogenicdietcoach.com/ Connect with me on social… Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/mary-beauchamp-rn FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ketogenicdie... YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/MaryBeauchampRN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ketogenicdi... Twitter: https://twitter.com/ketodietcoach Key moments View all 2 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Tom Underwood Tom Underwood 11 months ago Interesting. Does uric acid actually cause fat storage? Or are uric acid and fat storage both the result of fructose? fructose—> insulin —> fat storage Is there an interventional study that somehow verified that uric acid is the cause? Or just correlations? Does he explain the mechanism? Does that explain why apple cider vinegar helps with weight loss, since it increases uric acid excretion by kidneys? Reply Mary Beauchamp, RN · 1 reply 12,174 views Nov 19, 2021 I interview New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain, Brain Maker, and Brain Wash about his new book, Drop Acid: The Surprising New Science of Uric Acid—The Key to Losing Weight, Controlling Blood Sugar, and Achieving Extraordinary Health. Dr. Perlmutter shares his insights into why this obscure blood measure, uric acid, formerly thought to only be relevant to gout and kidney stones, is actually a valuable and precise regulator of metabolism and fat storage. He explains how gaining control over your level of uric acid adds great advantage for weight loss and other health benefits. For more about Dr. Perlmutter: DrPerlmutter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/DavidPerlmutterMd My new Revised & Expanded Wheat Belly book that contains the entire Wheat Belly program, all updated with new information, more recipes, more success stories. Available on Amazon and other bookstores: https://www.amazon.com/Wheat-Belly-Re... About Dr. Davis, Wheat Belly and Undoctored: Dr. Davis practiced conventional cardiology for 25 years but became discouraged with the predatory and exploitative practices of modern healthcare. He now devotes his efforts to helping people regain magnificent health without doctors or hospitals with results that are SUPERIOR to that obtained through conventional healthcare. His Wheat Belly books have sold 4 million copies in 40 countries. We draw from the health information of the world, collaborate, share experiences, collect data, and show how to apply new health tools to achieve levels of health that you may have thought unattainable. We do all this at a time when conventional healthcare costs have become crippling. In addition to the Wheat Belly and Undoctored books, find more of Dr. Davis' conversations at: Wheat Belly Blog https://www.wheatbellyblog.com Undoctored https://blog.undoctored.com And find Wheat Belly and Undoctored on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: Wheat Belly on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWhea... Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox private Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/52751... Key moments View all 42 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... S.Z.Panzica S.Z.Panzica 1 year ago Dr. Davis, you are a good listener. This was a longish interview and you never interrupted Dr. Perlmutter. I appreciate that style. 21 Reply Charters Mailing Group, Inc Charters Mailing Group, Inc 1 year ago So so happy to see Dr Davis on youtube with video podcasts - as a devoted Wheat Belly follower I can not stress how important Dr Davis' program has been in my life. Can't wait for the podcast. Thanks Dr Davis! (Wynell) 17 Reply 2 replies T D T D 1 year ago (edited) I'm grateful for intelligent and trained healers in this world. What a gift, respect. Glad Peter Attia was mentioned too. 7 Reply 1 reply chuck becker chuck becker 1 year ago (edited) Dr Davies' positive introduction to Dr. Perlmutter and his book was well deserved. This book on uric acid is a real contribution to overall optimum health. 8 Reply Native Albion Native Albion 1 year ago I watched a YouTube video a couple of years ago about a man who suffered from gout. He tried the usual remedies by first cutting down his intake of meat and then by stopping drinking alcohol. It was not until he removed fructose from his diet that the gout went away. I have a friend who manages her gout by drinking cherry juice. 11 Reply Ruth Wilson Ruth Wilson 1 year ago Thank you Dr. Davis! You continue to have a huge positive impact on my health. Reply Lelly Lelly 1 year ago The Quercetin/covid/uric acid link is interesting as some health practitioners are recommending quercetin in the treatment and/or prevention of covid. Great information. Thanks. 3 Reply Jennifer W Jennifer W 1 year ago I've been using the UASure for like 3 years now. Ever since I went LHCF, cutting out all fructose, I started developing gout with Uric Acid levels of 10 . I take 30 0 mg of allopurinol per day (max dose) and it's around 5 allt he time now. I still eat LCHF diet. I might eat fructose once a year .. a little ice cream, breaking the keto / lchf diet for 1 day out of the year,. 1 Reply Αgapy Αgapy 1 year ago Two greats together. 5 Reply Ajuma Ajuma 1 year ago Doctor Davis, would you do a video about soil base probiotics and their effects on the gut microbiodome when you have time? 5 Reply Alyson Smith Alyson Smith 1 year ago Wow! Welcome back I’ve missed your videos! 13 Reply Maria Galanis Maria Galanis 1 year ago I have a question about daily aspirin use as a preventative measure for heart attack or stroke. My elderly mother has been on aspirin for several years and I’ve never really understood how this can be a good thing. She always seems to have bruises, has not previously had heart attacks or strokes. The reason for the aspirin was, if she were to have an episode, she’d be asked if she was taking aspirin and, if the answer was “no”, then she’d be prescribed it as a first measure. In order to be ready for the step, the recommendation is to take aspirin so that if anything happens, she can move to the next step. This has never sounded like a good plan to me but, I’m not a doctor. Mum had a minor blood clot in her mid calf up until 2014, it disappeared after a hip replacement surgery and treated with specific medication. The blood clot has not recurred. It was the sort that wouldn’t travel but, it’s gone but, she’s been on daily aspirin in case she has any sort of episode that requires aspirin as the first step. What are your thoughts on aspirin as a preventative measure for the rest of one’s life? Reply Chris Sapp Chris Sapp 1 year ago Wow, really good stuff here! I'm eager to learn more 1 Reply Jr cary thomas Jr cary thomas 1 year ago Thank you Dr Davis for helping me. 1 Reply Wagner Lopes Wagner Lopes 1 year ago (edited) I would like to know why our kidneys are equipped to reabsorb up to 50% of uric acid. Is it a metabollic waste? So why does it have to be reabsorbed? I think there are more things related to uric acid in our body that we still do not know... 1 Reply Pottenger's Human Pottenger's Human 1 year ago Very timely! Taking quercitin now. 3 Reply anne donato anne donato 1 year ago love learning, thanks for teaching Reply Mark McCoskey Mark McCoskey 1 year ago Quercetin, I just happen to be taking some in the form of an Zinc Ionophore (Mediwel CyanoVir). Reply judge crater judge crater 1 year ago Welcome back, Doc. 2 Reply MataH MataH 1 year ago So is honey bad as well, as being fructose? Reply T T T T 1 year ago pH may be a clearer term for non-Americans than "acid". 1 Reply Gerry M-cat Gerry M-cat 11 months ago From now on uric acid metric will be part of my periodic check up. Reply Tek Pun Tek Pun 10 months ago SIR : Dr Davis . Thank You So much. Happy. Happy, Reply Rebecca Cooper Rebecca Cooper 1 year ago How does proper hydration figure in here? Help dilute uric acid that is present perhaps? Reply Jennifer W Jennifer W 1 year ago lol @ "drop acid".. title. When I first heard it all I thought was "lower uric acid".. but that's what they called using LSD right? LOL. I think it's a great book title. Reply Ghee Whiz Ghee Whiz 1 year ago Why fermented cheese produces increased uric acid? 1 Reply ClassicJukeboxBand ClassicJukeboxBand 1 year ago Dr Davis book came out today... Reply Gates of Hell Gates of Hell 1 year ago cool theory bro Reply a a a a 11 months ago (edited) What an introduction. "Horse mouth".... 😂 Reply Nick Krug Nick Krug 7 months ago And like a typical doctor misses the fact that you need nutritional minerals to regulate blood sugar not a herb herbs were so important they would have to be all over the crust of the Earth every human being requires all the same nutritional minerals at about the same time there's five major minerals that help regulate blood sugar and probably four primary vitamins... But you need all 90 nutrients everyday Reply Fruit Kid Fruit Kid 11 months ago high fructose corn syrup, sodas and sweeteners cant be compared to fruit. fruit is a real food! if your starving and came across fresh fruits, you would be thankful. it has vitamins, mineral and fiber that the body recognizes. Reply 3 replies eric heine eric heine 7 months ago (edited) So he makes this claim about uric acid that is unsubstantiated. Then he backs it up with all the things that people have been saying for years. Your health is your responsibility and how healthy you are is the result of a constellation of different factors. Buy my book I need the money. Reply 1 reply Shady Rock Shady Rock 10 months ago Sorry but just NO Reply id="z8L9B-yrEXc" width="320" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z8L9B-yrEXc">