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Is cucumber good for gout?

Consuming cucumbers regularly can help lower uric acid levels in your body by helping your kidneys flush out the compounds out of your blood.

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The cucumber is often hailed as a great source of hydration due to its high water content of 95 percent. However, its watery flesh also contains other nutrients, such as vitamin B, C and K, as well as copper, potassium and manganese. Unless you're a cat, the cucumber is a healthy, alternative snack. Here's why: as compiled by Antara:

1. Stress-relieving

Apparently, the phrase "cool as a cucumber" exists for a reason. The fruit (that’s right, the cucumber is not a vegetable) is rich in vitamins, particularly vitamin B complex, which can relax your nervous system. In short, cucumbers can help relieve panic attacks and stress-induced anxiety.

2. Helps weight-loss

With its high water content, cucumbers can be a satiating snack between meals. While there is no such thing as a perfect food for weight-loss, cucumbers are a much better option than some fruits that are high in sugar or calories, such as mangoes and bananas, respectively.

3. Good for your brain

Cucumbers contain flavonoids, which are an anti-inflammatory compound commonly found in plants. Flavonoids can help boost the connectivity between neurons. In the long run, flavonoids are also great at protecting nerve cells from age-related damage.

4. Improves digestion

Aside from its water content, the cucumber is also rich in fiber and has an alkaline property that makes it a natural remedy for stomach ulcers. Combined, this makes cucumbers great for your digestive system, as they reduce acid reflux and constipation.

5. Good for your heart

The potassium in cucumbers helps regulate blood pressure, as in the body, potassium takes part in regulating cellular functions. Eating cucumbers can help muscle contractions and cardiac functions because of their high level of potassium. The fiber in cucumbers also helps prevent arterial blockages as it reduces cholesterol build-up in the arteries.

6. Cleans your kidney

Consuming cucumbers regularly can help lower uric acid levels in your body by helping your kidneys flush out the compounds out of your blood. Cucumbers can also help dissolve small kidney stones, as well as get rid of toxins in your body.

7. Antioxidant

Cucumbers are rich in antioxidants, which reduce the effects of free radicals in your body, which makes it a healthy food that can help prevent cancer. (dev/kes)

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Is uric acid a big problem?

If untreated, high uric acid levels may eventually lead to permanent bone, joint and tissue damage, kidney disease and heart disease. Research has also shown a link between high uric acid levels and type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and fatty liver disease.

my.clevelandclinic.org - High Uric Acid Level: Causes, Risks, Treatment, Prevention

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What is high uric acid level?

Uric acid is a waste product found in blood. It’s created when the body breaks down chemicals called purines. Most uric acid dissolves in the blood, passes through the kidneys and leaves the body in urine. Food and drinks high in purines also increase the level of uric acid. These include:

Seafood (especially salmon, shrimp, lobster and sardines).

Red meat.

Organ meats like liver.

Food and drinks with high fructose corn syrup, and alcohol (especially beer, including non-alcohol beer). If too much uric acid stays in the body, a condition called hyperuricemia will occur. Hyperuricemia can cause crystals of uric acid (or urate) to form. These crystals can settle in the joints and cause gout, a form of arthritis that can be very painful. They can also settle in the kidneys and form kidney stones. If untreated, high uric acid levels may eventually lead to permanent bone, joint and tissue damage, kidney disease and heart disease. Research has also shown a link between high uric acid levels and type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and fatty liver disease.

How are high uric acid and gout diagnosed?

A blood sample is taken and tested to determine the level of uric acid. If you pass a kidney stone or have one surgically removed, the stone itself might be tested to see if it is a uric acid stone or a stone of a different type. Finding an elevated blood uric acid level is NOT the same as diagnosing gouty arthritis. To diagnose definite gout, the uric acid crystals must be seen in the fluid taken from a swollen joint or seen by special imaging of the bones and joints (ultrasound, X-ray or CAT scan).

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