14 DAY TRIAL // Those who take pleasure in sipping one daily can of fizzy drink have roughly a quarter more chances of developing a kidney stone at some point in their life than people who choose to drink coffee, tea or orange juice instead.
These claims are based on data collected by Dr. Gary Curhan and his fellow researchers, who monitored a total of 194,095 patients throughout the course of 8 years.
The information they gathered in this manner allowed them to link a person's daily intake of sugary drinks to their having 23% more chances of being affected by painful kidney stones.
While fizzy drinks are now said to favor the development of kidney stones, the researchers maintain that beverages such as coffee, tea and orange juice have a beneficial impact on a person's wellbeing.
More precisely, said drinks are said to lower kidney stone risk, Daily Mail informs us.
While several previous studies have shown that a person's daily intake of fluids influences the wellbeing of their kidneys, it now appears that what a person chooses to drink is as important as how much liquid the individual ingests.
Commenting on the findings of this investigation, Dr. Gary Curhan made the following observations:
“Our study found that the relation between fluid intake and kidney stones may be dependent on the type of beverage consumed. We found that higher consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks was associated with a higher incidence of kidney stones.”
“Although higher total fluid intake reduces the risk of stone formation, this information about individual beverages may be useful for general practitioners seeking to implement strategies to reduce stone formation in their patients,” study co-author Dr. Pietro Manuel Ferraro went on to explain.
The findings of this researcher are detailed in an article recently published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.