{"id":13935,"date":"2009-11-11T01:00:44","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=13935"},"modified":"2009-11-10T17:49:16","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T22:49:16","slug":"diet-soda-may-cause-kidney-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/diet-soda-may-cause-kidney-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Diet Soda May Cause Kidney Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"diet soda\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/diet-soda-may-cause-kidney-problems\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13979\" title=\"diet soda\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/diet-soda.jpg\" alt=\"diet soda\" width=\"229\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/diet-soda.jpg 229w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/diet-soda-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a>While <a title=\"diet soda\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/how-to-wean-yourself-off-diet-soda\/\" target=\"_self\">diet soda<\/a> is a better choice than full-sugar drinks, they aren&#8217;t free of health risks. A new study has found that anything more than one diet soda a day may increase one&#8217;s risk of decreased kidney function.<\/p>\n<p>The study was conducted by researchers from Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. They examined the effects of sodium and <a title=\"aspartame\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/aspartame-101\/\" target=\"_self\">artificial sweeteners<\/a> on kidney function among 3,256 women with a median age of 67. The women filled out a questionnaire about their soda drinking habits.<\/p>\n<p>When the researchers compared the women&#8217;s kidney function, they found that 372 had a decline of 30 percent or more in kidney function. Further analysis revealed that the decline was associated with drinking two or more artificially sweetened soft drinks a day.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The researchers also took into consideration the person&#8217;s age, physical activity, high blood pressure, or if they had <a title=\"diabetes diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/topics\/diabetes\/\" target=\"_self\">diabetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Diet drinks are \u201cgenerally low in important health-promoting nutrients, so keeping them as a small part of your eating plan would be a smart step,\u201d says Dr. Connie Diekman, director of university nutrition for Washington University, St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, a panel of experts was assembled by Dr. Barry Popkin, director of the University of North Carolina Interdisciplinary Obesity Program. The group published a \u201cBeverage Guidance System,\u201d that recommended people drink more water and limit or even eliminate high-calorie beverages with little or no nutritional value. The panel emphasized that kids need to drink more milk. \u201cFortified <a title=\"soy milk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/study-soy-reduces-risk-of-copd\/\" target=\"_self\">soy milk<\/a> is a good alternative for individuals who prefer not to consume cow milk,\u201d the panel stated.<\/p>\n<p>(via: <a title=\"healthnews.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthnews.com\/nutrition-diet\/excess-diet-soda-consumption-increases-risk-health-problems-3821.html\" target=\"_blank\">HealthNews.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While diet soda is a better choice than full-sugar drinks, they aren&#8217;t free of health risks. A new study has found that anything more than one diet soda a day may increase one&#8217;s risk of decreased kidney function. The study &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/diet-soda-may-cause-kidney-problems\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[2627,2631,29,383,869],"class_list":["post-13935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-diet-soda","tag-kidney-health","tag-nutrition","tag-research-studies","tag-sweetener"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13935"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13982,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13935\/revisions\/13982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}