Is Uric Acid a Cause of High Blood Pressure?

David Frum: Could this epidemic of high blood pressure and obesity be related to uric acid? He says there are parallels between rising uric acid levels over the past century, rising consumption of fructos. Uric acid levels went from about three milligrams % in 19 20 to an average of like five and a half, for six milligrams% now.Frum: Ultimately, your book, nature wants us to be fat, you know? I thinkh it'll be a great sag way to that, yes.