女人每日两杯果汁 患痛风风险增加1倍

　　Women who drink just two glasses of orange juice a day are twice as likely to get gout, scientists claim.

　　科学家称，每天喝两杯果汁的女性得痛风的可能性增加了一倍。

　　Gout, a form of arthritis, affects 1.5 percent of Britons, with men four times more likely to suffer from the condition. But the number of female cases has doubled in the last 20 years.

　　痛风是一种关节炎，1.5%的英国人深受其痛。男性患痛风的可能性是女性的四倍，但是在过去的20年里，女性患者的数量翻了一番。

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　　Experts believe the high fruit sugar, or fructose, content of juice causes uric acid - a waste product in the blood - to leach into joints, causing them to become swollen and very painful.

　　专家认为，高果糖、果糖或果汁所含物质会产生血液废弃物—尿酸，尿酸会渗透到关节中，让关节肿胀，伴有疼痛感。