Health Benefits and Consequences Associated with Uric Acid Among Exercise Performers : Health Benefits of Uric Acid

Malik Irfan Munir; Zafar Iqbal Butt; Alamgir Khan

doi:10.54393/pjhs.v5i01.1268

Authors

Malik Irfan Munir Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Zafar Iqbal Butt Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Alamgir Khan Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v5i01.1268

Keywords:

Health Benefits, Uric Acid, Purines, Immune Function

Abstract

Uric acid (UA) is a waste product formed when chemicals called purines break down. UA perform various functions such as a stimulant of the immune system, urate is an effective antioxidant, maintains blood pressure in a salt-poor environment and works against certain health diseases of the nervous system due to its antioxidant properties. Being an important biochemical agent, people do not give much importance due to insufficient knowledge about UA. This review study was initiated to assess the benefits and consequences associated with UA among exercise performers. One hundred (100) articles were placid into two (02) categories, i.e. (a) articles about health benefits of exercise and complication or penalties of UA (b) articles about the linkage or association of UA and Exercise. Moreover, the study was limited to the primary two magnitudes of UA, i.e. health benefits and consequences or risks of UA and Association of UA and Exercise. A literature search was done based on predefined keywords of the study. Finally, two (02) foremost search sources were used for assembling pertinent literature, and thus thirty-three (34) research articles were entertained per the study's recommended criteria. The categorization of studies grounded on quality and quantity was based on the established standards of the current review study. The existing literature disclosed that different managerial strategies such as eating low-purine foods, eluding certain medications, conserving a moderate weight, evading alcohol and sugary drinks, drinking coffee, increasing vitamin C intake, eating cherries and execution of low or moderate-intensity exercise have a significant effect on UA concentration.

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