Water Intake And Preventing Kidney Disease

Recent studies show an inverse relationship between water intake and kidney disease. The following is the conclusion taken from the Department of Medicine, Kidney Clinical Research Unit, Division of Nephrology, London Health Sciences Centre, andbDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ont., Canada;cDanone Research, Palaiseau, France "Our analysis of a representative sample of the US population adds to a diverse body of literature showing a protective effect of higher water intake (particularly plain water) on the kidney. While our primary analysis considered total water intake from all foods and beverages combined, sensitivity analyses showed that CKD was inversely related to higher intake of plain water, but not other beverages, which is supported by other studies [21,67,68,69]. Taken together, these findings are provocative, however evidence from a large, well-designed randomized controlled trial is needed to determine if higher water intake can truly protect the kidney and slow renal decline." Total article is available in the AJN, American Journal of Nephrology.