There is a saying: “The variety of life ultimately returns to the pleasure of the taste buds.” Consequently, many people take their cravings as a standard, indulging daily in gourmet delicacies, with seafood and meat taking turns on the dining table. Although the taste buds experience brief joy, the body quietly bears the heavy burden. In meat dishes, purines lurk; if not consumed in moderation, they can gather like a stream merging into rivers and seas, silently raising the levels of uric acid within the body, causing one to run aground on the shores of hyperuricemia.
Once hyperuricemia arrives quietly, the urgent task is to embark on a journey to lower uric acid. If the opportunity is missed and uric acid is allowed to rampage, the tiger of gout quietly approaches, its pain akin to a white tiger gnawing at the bones, and the joints feel as if they are being seared by fire; even a gentle breeze can stir up immense agony, leaving one in unbearable suffering.
What should the uric acid level be controlled at?
When discussing the “golden ratio” of uric acid, we must mention the generally recognized health threshold — **for the general population, uric acid levels should be maintained below 420μmol/L**, which is like the gentle boundary of spring rain nurturing all things, neither excessive nor deficient. However, this is not an immutable rule; the ideal uric acid kingdom varies because of individual differences.
**Men and women have different standards for uric acid levels due to their physiological differences**. Men, as symbols of strength and resilience, should maintain their uric acid levels as steady as mountains, not crossing the colossal boundary of 420μmol/L. Women, before menopause, resemble delicate flowers in the morning light, needing to keep their uric acid levels below a more refined 350μmol/L to preserve gentleness and harmony; after entering menopause, their uric acid standard gradually approaches the solid barrier of men.
However, it’s important to note that the control of uric acid is not simply about keeping it low. Excessively low uric acid levels, like the lack of nourishing rain in a desert, can also subtly and profoundly affect the body, especially in terms of gently nurturing the nervous system. Therefore, **the ideal state of uric acid should be a state of ease within moderation and balance, not climbing the dangerous heights nor sinking to the depths of deficiency**.
For special populations, such as gout patients and those with kidney stones, the regulation of uric acid requires meticulous attention. Gout patients’ uric acid levels need to be like…
