ContextLarger body size may result in increased urinary excretion of calcium, oxalate, and
uric acid, thereby increasing the risk for calcium-containing kidney stones. It is unclear if …

Background Increased potassium intake lowers blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive
patients. The underlying mechanism is not fully understood but must be complex because …

The purpose of this review was to identify, summarize, and critically appraise studies on
dietary salt and health outcomes that were published from August 2016 to March 2017. The …

The associations between dietary sodium intake (DSI), dietary potassium intake (DPI), and
kidney stone disease (KSD) are not clear. We examined The National Health and Nutrition …

Smyth et al. examined the association between urinary sodium and potassium excretion and
adverse renal outcomes in adults at high cardiovascular risk. They found no association …

Both sodium and chloride are essential nutrients. Notwithstanding, high daily ingestions of
sodium chloride (NaCl) can exert adverse health effects. Increasing NaCl intake is …

Abnormally high aldosterone levels are associated to hypertension and cardiovascular
disease. A sodium-rich mineral water was previously shown to reduce several markers of …

THE TRADITIONAL view of the regulation of extracellular fluid (ECF) and plasma volumes
holds that reductions in dietary salt intake result in a predictable decline in urinary sodium …

Obesity (body mass index [BMI]. 30 kg/m2) is widely regarded as an epidemic in the United
States, now affecting. 20% of the population. 1 Kidney stone disease is also common, with a …

Background Kidney stone disease affects approximately 10% of individuals in their lifetime
and is frequently recurrent. The disease is linked to obesity, but the mechanisms mediating …