How many sodas does it take to hurt your kidneys?

[QuotaMan]

http://healthyliving.msn.com/nutrition/how-many-sodas-does-it-take-to-hurt-your-kidneys

 

The downsides of drinking soda reach beyond the truly devoted guzzlers of the world, according to a surprising new study presented at Kidney Week 2013.

It only takes two cans a day to do a number on your kidney function.

Researchers from Osaka University in Japan examined nearly 8,000 university employees with normal kidney function.

The participants were divided into three groups: those who drank one soda a day, those who enjoyed two, and those who abstained from the fizzy stuff. After a 3-year follow-up, more than 10% of the group that drank two sodas a day developed proteinuria—an abnormally high level of proteins in urine that’s a risk factor for end-stage kidney disease.

While researchers haven’t pinpointed the exact mechanism that links soda consumption to proteinuria, they have a few ideas.

 

“Oxidative stress and inflammation induced by fructose, which is more active sugar than glucose, may play an important role,” says study author Ryohei Yamamoto, MD, PhD, a professor in the department of geriatric medicine and nephrology at Osaka University.

Animal studies have previously explored fructose’s effect on the kidneys, including a recent one out of Case Western Reserve University that found consuming moderate amounts of fructose for 13 days straight caused kidneys to become sensitive to a protein that regulates salt in rats. Researchers believe this sensitivity can lead to kidney failure, hypertension, and more.

You're not off the hook with diet soda, either—participants in the Japanese study drank both diet and the regular stuff. And proteinuria isn’t only dangerous for your kidneys, says Dr. Yamamoto. He says it's also associated with cardiovascular disease and even mortality.
Still not ready to ditch the bubbly stuff?

 

 

[The Selfie Warrior]

what about those of us that drink 5-10 per day.... guess my kidney is totally fucked

[tingtongdavid uk]

My Kidney is fucked and I never touch the stuff!.........

[Soi7]

Diet coke or coke light as it is known here is my drink of choice 6-8 cans daily. So far no harm

 

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[The Selfie Warrior]

Diet coke or coke light as it is known here is my drink of choice 6-8 cans daily. So far no harm Sent from my GT-I9200 using Tapatalk

How do you know there is no harm? Did you have some tests run by a doctor??

[Daveo]

There is an amazing amount of info online re what is good for you and what is not and the main reasons why there is so many medical problems these days, the pharmaceutical company's love the unhealthy diet, makes them billions in medicines and the whole medical industry per year.

 

They spend a lot of money making enhancers to make you eat and drink more all which are not particularly healthy but the huge profits they make do not allow them to give a dam.

 

Processed food manufacturers and the pharmaceutical company's hand in hand.

Try an alternative

[Gobby]

Oh how I wish they would sell fresh coconut water in bars !!! Loves the stuff

 

 

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[Sexy Baldman]

yeah we spend all this timein schools "learning"...but we are so ill-equipped for life....it's crazy...drink coconut water!

[Soi7]

How do you know there is no harm? Did you have some tests run by a doctor??

yes not so long ago also discussed my addiction to diet coke he was not overly concerned

 

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[The Selfie Warrior]

yes not so long ago also discussed my addiction to diet coke he was not overly concerned

 

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i need to do the same... drink way too much soda the last 10 years or so

[udontony]

Had serious kidney problem in the past due to an accident and now have regular check ups at hospital.  I drink two liters of coke zero at least every day along with many soda waters without any problems.  Doctor recommended that I drink large volume of liquid to continually flush out my kidney and the only way I can do this is coke zero and soda water because I just can`t bring myself to drink plain water enough.  In the heat here in Thailand I need to drink all the time just to keep healthy and couldn`t do without my coke zero.

[bigbill340]

I would guess that I have averaged 15-20 cans a day for the last 10+ years and my kidney function is absolutely fine. When they found my blood pressure they put me in a MRI for my kidneys and everything was normal, so the research sounds naff to me.

 

 

Bill