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by rsync 2045 days ago
"Something that I learned recently that blew my mind was that gout is caused primarily from consuming DNA."

I came here to say just that.

I have never experienced gout but years ago I was very interested to learn, and then dramatically oversimplify: gout comes from eating DNA.

Presumably that's how beer is such a catalyst for a gout attack: all that dead yeast ...