an elevated uric acid is also common in individuals with obesity and insulin resistance, and this was known since the original study by Kylin in 1923.23 An elevated serum uric acid is so universal in these people that many authorities suggested an elevated serum uric acid should be considered a criteria for this syndrome. Even more striking, even if you are skinny and completely healthy, if you have an increased serum uric acid you have a remarkable risk for developing obesity, high blood pressure, fatty liver, and metabolic syndrome.24-28 In other words, an elevated uric acid is not only
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