Lemonade from kidney stones

Some types of diet soda was found to be an excellent preventive measure against the formation of kidney stones. This is all the more surprising that a soda when the disease is just considered one of the major risk factors.

In laboratory studies, scientists found that version of some popular diet sodas such as 7Up and Sprite, contain relatively high levels of citrate. In turn, this substance is known as an inhibitor that prevents kidney stones   from   Calcium oxalate . It is the most common type kidney stones .

These studies published in Journal of Urology. Scientists believe that diet soda   can be an additional weapon of prevention for people whose bodies are predisposed to formation of kidney stones .

This disease occurs when urine is greater kristallobrazuyuschih substances (e.g., calcium, uric acid, and oxalate) than the body can remove themselves by liquid exchange. The majority kidney stones   formed from calcium, usually in combination with calcium oxalate .

It is unclear what exactly the effect is carried out properly, "lemonade therapy", but some doctors have started to recommend to their patients soda. In the latest study found that, in the light Diet soda   citrates slightly more than the home lemonade. But in dark beers cola citrate is not at all or too few. But before you lean on "Sprite" is still necessary to consult with an experienced physician.

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