Two new studies have claimed that keeping a healthy diet may help protect the kidneys. Andrew Smyth, MD at National University of Ireland Galway and his colleagues analysed questionnaires completed by 544,635 participants of the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study that assessed diet quality, as well as sodium and potassium intake. A higher-quality diet, as measured using 3 different scoring systems for dietary qualities known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, was associated with a 16% to 23% reduced risk of needing dialysis or dying from…
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