Summary of David Perlmutter's Drop Acid
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Uric acid is a compound that comes from only three sources: fructose, alcohol, and purines. It is strongly related to being overweight or obese, as well as the risk of cardiovascular problems and hypertension.
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The laws of nature, such as the effects of gravity, the principles of time and space, and the importance of food and water to human survival, were established by ancient philosophers. But you probably haven’t heard of the nineteenthcentury doctor from Scotland named Alexander Haig, who linked a surfeit of uric acid to hypertension.
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Purines are natural organic substances found in the body that serve important functions. They are part of a family of nitrogencontaining molecules known as nitrogenous bases, and they help build certain nucleotide base pairs in both DNA and RNA.
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The Framingham Heart Study, which is one of the most respected studies ever done in America, found that elevated uric acid levels did not cause heart disease, but high blood pressure did. This led Dr. Rick Johnson to conduct a series of studies that showed that elevated uric acid levels in rats caused high blood pressure in two ways.
