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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Diet and Recipes => Topic started by: sullidog on January 19, 2010, 06:11:25 PM

Title: artificial sweetners and the kidneys
Post by: sullidog on January 19, 2010, 06:11:25 PM

Hi all. Was wondering I've heard that artificial sweetners damage the kidneys, I was just wondering what could they do to them?
Thanks,
Troy

Title: Re: artificial sweetners and the kidneys
Post by: willowtreewren on January 19, 2010, 06:48:35 PM

This is a low tech answer, Troy. I looked into this when I was trying to improve my kidney function in order to donate to my husband (wasn't successful, but off topic.)

The kidneys have to work harder to filter the molecules of the artificial sweeteners out of the blood. By digging in to the information on every single artificial sweetener I found buried the warning that they should not be used by those with kidney disease. That was enough for me. I did NOT find this info on the stevia based sweeteners, which is what I use now.

Aleta

Title: Re: artificial sweetners and the kidneys
Post by: tyefly on January 20, 2010, 09:56:14 AM

wow  I did not know that.... no one had ever mention that to me......    I love and use splenda all the time.....

Title: Re: artificial sweetners and the kidneys
Post by: sullidog on January 20, 2010, 05:44:32 PM

Me too!

Title: Re: artificial sweetners and the kidneys
Post by: VictoriaG on March 06, 2010, 03:26:28 PM

yeah we practically eat splenda... I asked the dietician if there were any that were bad for the kidneys and she said "not to her knowledge"