Uric acid may increase in response to conditions that cause oxidative stress, such as alcohol or other exposures that increase reactive oxygen species, potentially serving a beneficial role.

“there's a lot of good hypothesis around the idea that uric acid can Elevate in conditions that are going to cause more oxidated stress and that may be the reason that uric acid is going up in things like alcohol or other exposures that are going to increase reactive oxygen species perhaps it's actually a beneficial thing in some ways”