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# Soft drinks cause kidney dysfunction
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/soft_drinks_cause_kidney_dysfunction_1109130929/
- Published: 2013-11-09T10:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:24:06.000Z
- Description: Two studies presented at ASN Kidney Week 2013 link sweetened drinks to kidney trouble: drinking two or more soft drinks a day was associated with proteinuria, and moderate fructose intake in rats raised kidney salt reabsorption by increasing sensitivity to angiotensin II.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Food, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Saturday Nov 9, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- American Society of Nephrology issued a press release to alert the public to new studies that have linked consumption of soft drinks to increased risk of kidney dysfunction.

Soft drinks and sugar can not only cause obesity, but also impose a negative impact on kidney health, according to two studies presented at ASN Kidney Week 2013 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

Ryohei Yamamoto, MD, PhD from Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan and colleagues conducted a study and found consuming two soft drinks or more per day is associated with proteinuria or increased excretion of protein in the urine. This condition indicates kidney dysfunction.

Agustin Gonzalez-Vicente from Case Western Reserve University and colleagues conducted another study and found moderate fructose intake in rats increased salt reabsorption by the kidneys due to increased sensitivity to angiotensin II, a protein that regulates salt balance. 

The finding "might help explain why consumption of high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener may contribute to the epidemic of diabetes, obesity, kidney failure, and hypertension," American Society of Nephrology explains in its press release. (David Liu,PHD)