<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e539ebe9-28d2-4309-a787-b6a071634299/DEC10806-B3C5-45FE-904B-FCAE8730960D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/707343" href="http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/707343" style="font-size: 11px;">cme.medscape.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/707343">A factor that may be relevant to the connection between hyperuricemia and cardiovascular and renal disease is consumption of sugar, particularly fructose. The combination of table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, used in soft drinks and processed foods, has increased sweetener intake by 30% over the past 40 years; this increase in fructose consumption has paralleled the increases in gout, cardiovascular and renal disease.<SUP><A href="javascript:newshowcontent('active','references');">[5,11]</A></SUP> Fructose is unique among sugars in that it raises serum uric acid,<SUP><A href="javascript:newshowcontent('active','references');">[75]</A></SUP> which has led to the hypothesis that fructose-induced hyperuricemia<SUP><A href="javascript:newshowcontent('active','references');">[76]</A></SUP> is a key factor in the pathogenesis and epidemiology of cardiovascular and renal disease.<SUP><A href="javascript:newshowcontent('active','references');">[11]</A></SUP> </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/DEC10806-B3C5-45FE-904B-FCAE8730960D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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