Even if you know soda is bad for you, you may not realize it\ncould damage your kidneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new study from the University at Buffalo researched\nwhether soda could interfere with kidney function if you drink it right after\nyou exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team recruited a dozen healthy adults (average age 24)\nwho were also physically fit. They had the participants exercise on a treadmill\nfor half an hour, then do 15 minutes of physical work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These 45 minutes of exercise were followed by 15 minutes of rest in which the participants were given either water or 16 ounces of caffeinated, sugary soda. This cycle was repeated four times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A week later, the 4-hour routine was repeated, but those who\nhad water the first time received soda and vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The researchers measured things like blood pressure, heart\nrate and core body temperature before the exercise sessions, immediately after\nthem and again 24 hours after each exercise session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They found that when the participants drank soda, they had\nincreased creatinine in their blood and a decreased glomerular filtration rate.\nThese two factors are markers for acute kidney injury. The soda drinkers were\nalso mildly dehydrated compared to the water drinkers and they also had higher\nvasopressin levels, which increases blood pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The researchers concluded that drinking soda during or after\nexercise in the heat doesn\u2019t rehydrate the body. However, with only 12\nparticipants, this was a small study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The study is particularly important for those who work\noutside in the heat because exertion in higher temperatures increases\nbiomarkers of acute kidney injury. Anyone who does manual labor in warm\ntemperatures should be reaching for water, not soft drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The research study was published in the American Journal of Physiology\u2014Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative\nPhysiology. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There’s new evidence that drinking soda after exercise\u2014especially in intense heat\u2014can damage your kidneys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[723,770,771,732,782],"class_list":["post-13256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition","tag-diet","tag-exercise","tag-food","tag-nutrition","tag-soda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}