Does Exercise Cause High Uric Acid? Doctors Remind: Reasonable Exercise is Important
Exercise and high uric acid have a relationship. Although there is no direct relationship, there is indeed a certain relationship. For friends with high uric acid, through reasonable exercise, it can help improve high uric acid problems; but if it is unreasonable exercise, it may lead to further increase in uric acid and even trigger gout; therefore, high uric acid patients need to learn how to exercise reasonably.
When it comes to fitness, many friends first think of the high-intensity exercises in the gym, those high-intensity anaerobic exercises can improve body plasticity, increase muscle and strength, which is indeed a good exercise, but there is a saying that such high-intensity exercises can cause high uric acid problems.
Will high-intensity anaerobic exercises lead to increased uric acid? In fact, this is possible, but it is necessary to understand that if our body's uric acid metabolism is normal, then this increase in uric acid is often temporary, not long-term. The reason for the occurrence of high uric acid is that our body's uric acid is normal metabolism, that is, the production and excretion are problems. Under this premise, if further high-intensity anaerobic exercise is performed, it is more likely to cause uric acid increase and even trigger the occurrence of gout.
During the week before the uric acid test, to avoid the problem of uric acid increase caused by high-intensity exercise, it is recommended not to do high-intensity exercise or activities that consume a lot of physical strength a week before the examination.
High-intensity exercise can lead to an increase in intracellular uric acid concentration, which is scientifically based. High-intensity exercise consumes a lot of energy, that is, ATP, a large amount of ATP consumption, ATP is converted into ADP, generally ADP can be reversibly converted back to ATP for the body's energy supply, but when the amount of ADP formed is too large, a large amount of ADP cannot be converted to ATP, it will further be converted into AMP, AMP is one of the substrates produced by uric acid metabolism, so high-intensity anaerobic exercise can increase uric acid generation, and high-intensity exercise also leads to the accumulation of lactic acid in muscles, which also affects uric acid excretion, so uric acid excretion is reduced. From these two aspects, high-intensity exercise does have the effect of increasing uric acid, but it is still necessary to emphasize that as long as the exercise is reasonable, and the uric acid excretion level of the body is not a problem, friends with high uric acid levels will not be worried if even temporary increases in uric acid levels, they will return to normal after a period of time.
Therefore, high-intensity exercise is not the fundamental cause of high uric acid. The fundamental reason for the occurrence of high uric acid is the metabolic problems of the body's uric acid, such as the related enzymes in the body's uric acid metabolism are disrupted, leading to excessive endogenous uric acid generation, or long-term intake of high-purine diet, which leads to excessive exogenous uric acid intake, for example, the kidney's uric acid excretion capacity declines, leading to reduced uric acid excretion, etc. These reasons are the main causes of the occurrence of high uric acid problems.
For friends who have already found that they have high uric acid, it is still recommended to do some exercise, but in general, for high uric acid patients, moderate intensity aerobic exercise, such as walking, jogging, is more suitable. Of course, you can also go to the gym. It is necessary to control the exercise intensity as much as possible and avoid high-intensity and excessive fatigue.
If you are a high uric acid patient and pay attention to not controlling the intensity during exercise, frequently do high-intensity anaerobic exercise, then the effects of high-intensity exercise on uric acid metabolism will further increase the blood uric acid level. Sometimes, due to high-intensity exercise and excessive fatigue of the body, it may induce inflammation of uric acid salt deposits in the joints, causing acute gout attacks.
In addition to controlling the intensity of exercise for high uric acid patients, in daily life, they should also pay attention to low-purine diet, control weight, limit alcohol consumption, drink more water, and eat a moderate amount of low-purine high-protein diet, try to control the intake of high fructose, pay attention to the balanced nutrition and immune protection, and at the same time, pay attention to catch a cold, and try to control the uric acid level. If uric acid control is not effective through lifestyle adjustments, it is also recommended to use appropriate medication to strengthen the control of high uric acid.
