Do You Know What a Healthy Uric Acid Level Is?

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If your uric acid is greater than seven or milligrams per deciliter, which is about 420 micromolar like in Australia, that's associated with significant increased risk for obesity, diabetes, fatty liver and hypertension. It increases the risk for dementia, it increases the risk of many, many things. But when you do clinical studies where you lower uric acid, you tend to improve things like blood pressure a little bit, insulin resistance. Even weight gain can be like studies in adolescents show that it can reduce weight gain to some extent.

Episode #233. Dive deeper into how saturated fats and sugar affect metabolism and the liver in this conversation with Dr Richard Johnson. The Proof community had many questions after Dr Johnson’s appearance on Episode #215, and we return today to answer them: What does human outcome data say? What are the risks of the keto diet and high blood sugar? Do our opinions align?

We answer these questions and more, addressing:

Intro (0:00)
Dr. Johnson’s Thesis on Fructose (3:27)
Gaps in Current Studies (11:28)
Saturated Fat Versus Sugar (20:20)
Long-term risk of Keto Diet (33:09)
Fructose Effect on Saturated Fat (36:28)
Survival Mechanisms (40:40)
Type of Fat (46:37)
Metabolic Health & Fructose (53:00)
Role of the Liver (1:02:20)
Problem with High Blood Sugar (1:09:15)
Triglycerides & Uric Acid (1:17:22)
When Fatty Liver Happens (1:27:52)
Ceramides (1:31:45)
Outro (1:33:30)

To connect with Dr Richard Johnson, you can find him on Instagram and Twitter, or learn more on his website. For a more comprehensive picture of Dr Johnson’s stance, make sure to check out his book, Nature Wants Us To Be Fat.

Discover additional resources, supporting studies, and more insights in the full show notes.

Enjoy, friends.

Simon

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