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Diet Soda and Salt: Destroying your Kidneys?
Reported November 04, 2009
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Sprinkling extra salt and sipping diet soda may
seem harmless, but new research links increased sodium and artificially
sweetened soda to kidney disease.
Researchers studied more than 3,000 women and found those who drink at least
two diet sodas daily double their rate of kidney function decline. Sodium
also increased their odds, as demonstrated by test results consistent with
previous experimental animal testing.
"There is currently limited data on the role of diet in kidney disease,"
Julie Lin, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, was quoted as
saying. "While more study is needed, our research suggests that higher
sodium and artificially sweetened soda intake are associated with greater
rate of decline in kidney function."
Because most participants were white women, it is unknown whether results
can also be applied to men or additional ethnicities. Results were
consistent even after considering factors of age, caloric intake, obesity,
high blood pressure, diabetes, cigarette smoking, physical activity and
cardiovascular disease.
SOURCE: Presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s annual meeting in
San Diego, California, 2009 |
