Eve wrote:Absolutely - he is in the category of long term diabetes with kidney damage. I recently read a medical report that gave the opinion that purines did not play as big a part as previously thought and as I said, we have found it to make little difference. But another acquaintance never had another attack after he cut out eating beans so I presume personal metabolism comes into it.
While purines are the biochemical source of uric acid, anything that reduces kidney function, will lead to elevated blood levels of uric acid. As you are aware, kidneys are affected by long term diabetes. It's likely, that other metabolites, besides uric acid, are elevated in the blood, as well, as a result of diabetes-mediated kidney failure.