-FRUCTOSE
-Gout and Hypertension~
-Information from Vitamin Research News /April 2012

Fructose raises levels of uric acid, high levels of which are linked to gout and kidney stones. At the the same time that people have been drinking more sugar-sweetened soft drinks, there has also been a trend toward increased gout and hyperuricemia (high uric acid levels.)

Uric acid is also linked to high blood pressure by virtue of its ability to block the enzyme in your blood vessels called endothelial nitric oxide synthase, which makes nitric oxide. Nitirc oxide helps keep blood pressure low. By blocking the production of nitric oxide, uric acid is involved in raising blood pressure. /