"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
...
> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
>>Steve Pope wrote:
>>>
>>> I can't find my previous post in google archives but my memory
>>> of the result was as follows:
>>>
>>> Milk and egg whites are purine-free protein.
>>
>>That doesn't matter.
>
> Sure it does.
>
>>Protein content matters. Purine content doesn't.
>
> Where did you get this idea?
>
>>> I will try to compile more accurate data and post it. Maddeningly,
>>> the USDA nutrition database does not list purine content,
>>> making this task more difficult.
>>
>>That because purine content doesn't matter.
>>
>>Quoting from:
>>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15014182
>
> "The level of consumption of purine-rich vegetables and the
> total protein intake were not associated with an increased risk
> of gout."
>
> This says that total protein intake is not a risk factor, which
> is what I've been saying.
>
> Purine-rich vegetables are not likely to amount in as much purines
> as meat/fish sources of purines. So this is also consistent with
> purines being a risk factor.
>
> "CONCLUSIONS: Higher levels of meat and seafood consumption are
> associated with an increased risk of gout, whereas a higher
> level of consumption of dairy products is associated with a
> decreased risk."
>
> Which is consistent with dairy products being purine-free,
> despite being high protein.
>
> So, you've validated everything I've been saying here. Thank you.
>
>
> Steve

I have read that overall protein needs to be cut back on but that it is the
purines that matter the most.