When you feel heaviness in your legs or numbness in your fingers, you probably sigh and attribute it to age or the weather. “Old age is a lack of joy,” we tell ourselves.
In fact, the reason could be much closer: in the food we eat every day.
It turns out that many products that we consider harmless, and sometimes even useful, can imperceptibly damage joints.
The cause is uric acid. It forms during the breakdown of certain foods and can accumulate in the joints in the form of crystals, causing pain and inflammation.
The good news? Everything can change. All you need to do is slightly revise your menu.
What is uric acid? A simple explanation.
Uric acid is formed in the body during the breakdown of purines, compounds found in many foods: meat, fish, fatty and smoked products. Normally, it is excreted by the kidneys.
But with age, overload or impaired kidney function, this acid remains in the body.
And this is where the problem begins: uric acid begins to deposit in the joints in the form of crystals. Imagine fine but sharp particles that gradually irritate the tissues from the inside.
At first, you feel mild discomfort, then pain, and finally inflammation sets in. This condition is known as gout, a disease that often remains hidden in its early stages.
Why the problem gets worse with age
âąÂ Metabolism slows down  â food is digested more slowly and waste elimination is more difficult.
âąÂ Less movement  â ââblood circulation deteriorates and joints receive less ânutritionâ.
The old diet is no longer of any use to us  : what the body accepted easily years ago can now hinder it.
