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" Men who consume plenty of vitamin C appear to be less susceptible to gout, a painful joint disease that affects around one in every 200 adults. Dr Hyon Choi, who conducted a study at the University of British Columbia, found that men with a high intake of vitamin C were 45 per cent less likely to develop gout than those with a low intake. Dr Choi&amp;#039;s team studied 46,994 men who completed dietary questionnaires every four years between 1986 and 2006. Those whose daily intake of vitamin C exceeded 1,500mg were 45 per cent less likely to develop gout than those who consumed less than 250mg per day. A daily intake of between 500 and 999mg reduced the relative risk of gout by 17 per cent, while 1,000 to 1,499mg of the vitamin reduced the risk by 34 per cent. Writing in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers noted: &amp;#039;The identification of the risk factors for gout that are modifiable with available measures is an important first step in the prevention and management of this common and excruciatingly painful condition.&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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