Boston - long known to drink too much soda can be harmful to health. But soft drinks containing high citrate can prevent the type of kidney stones are most common. In this study, researchers found that diet sodas are several versions of the popular orange flavor such as 7Up, Sunkist and Sprite contain relatively high amount of citrate.
Citrate can inhibit the formation of calcium oxalate stones are the most common cause of kidney stones. The findings reported in the Journal of Urology shows that diet sodas with high citrate can be used for people who are susceptible to kidney stones.
Kidney stones occur when the urine contains more crystal pembetuk substances such as calcium, uric acid and a compound called oxalate compared with other content that can be diluted. Most kidney stones caused by calcium and usually in combination with oxalate.
"One of the causes of people affected by kidney stones are small relative citrate content in his urine," said Dr Brian H Eisner, a urologist from the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, as quoted from Reuters, Tuesday (18/05/2010).
During this common treatment for preventing kidney stones due to calcium oxalate or other keystone species such as uric acid stones is by taking supplements of potassium citrate.
But according to Dr. Eisner, how surely this therapy can prevent kidney stone formation remains unclear, but some doctors have already recommend this to patients. The purpose of this study was to see if there are commercial drinks that contain citric beverage similar to homemade lemonade.
Overall, this study found an orange-based diet sodas including 7Up, Sunkist, Sprite, Fresca and Canada Dry ginger ale has a higher citrate levels than homemade lemonade drinks. While not many other sodas contain citric.
Because there is no definitive proof for the high citric drinks help prevent kidney stone formation, this time investigators do not recommend anyone doing the diet orange soda to prevent stone formation. But patients should be routinely recommended to consume 2-3 liters of water or other liquids every day.
Citrate can inhibit the formation of calcium oxalate stones are the most common cause of kidney stones. The findings reported in the Journal of Urology shows that diet sodas with high citrate can be used for people who are susceptible to kidney stones.
Kidney stones occur when the urine contains more crystal pembetuk substances such as calcium, uric acid and a compound called oxalate compared with other content that can be diluted. Most kidney stones caused by calcium and usually in combination with oxalate.
"One of the causes of people affected by kidney stones are small relative citrate content in his urine," said Dr Brian H Eisner, a urologist from the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, as quoted from Reuters, Tuesday (18/05/2010).
During this common treatment for preventing kidney stones due to calcium oxalate or other keystone species such as uric acid stones is by taking supplements of potassium citrate.
But according to Dr. Eisner, how surely this therapy can prevent kidney stone formation remains unclear, but some doctors have already recommend this to patients. The purpose of this study was to see if there are commercial drinks that contain citric beverage similar to homemade lemonade.
Overall, this study found an orange-based diet sodas including 7Up, Sunkist, Sprite, Fresca and Canada Dry ginger ale has a higher citrate levels than homemade lemonade drinks. While not many other sodas contain citric.
Because there is no definitive proof for the high citric drinks help prevent kidney stone formation, this time investigators do not recommend anyone doing the diet orange soda to prevent stone formation. But patients should be routinely recommended to consume 2-3 liters of water or other liquids every day.
