Adverse Effects of Sodium Chloride on Bone in the Aging Human Population Resulting from Habitual Consumption of Typical American Diets1-3

From: The Journal of Nutrition | Date: February 1, 2008| Author: Frassetto, Lynda A; Morris, R Curtis Jr; Sellmeyer, Deborah E; Sebastian, Anthony | Copyright information

Abstract

A typical American diet contains amounts of sodium chloride far above evolutionary norms and potassium far below those norms. It also contains larger amounts of foods that are metabolized to noncarbonic acids than to organic bases. At baseline, in a steady state, diets that contain substantial sodium chloride and diets that are net acid producing each independently induce and sustain increased acidity of body fluid. With increasing age, the kidney's ability to excrete daily ne...

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