Excessive Ice Tea Can Lead to Kidney Failure

2015-10-23 15:46

Recently, there is a person who has the habit of drinking lots of ice tea in daily life developing kidney failure in the end. Is that meaning excessive ice tea can lead to kidney failure? The scientists give the below explanation.

At first, it does may lead to kidney failure with long term drinking ice tea very much. Research shows that ice tea contains large amount of oxalate, which can make people have higher risk of getting kidney stones. In addition, excessive oxalate which should be removed from body through urine by kidney function can put more pressure on kidney in the long run, in this way, kidney condition can be affected. Therefore, if people get much ice tea per day for a long time, kidney is very likely to be impaired, causing kidney failure in the end.

But scientists says it is good for us to have moderate tea in daily life, which can also help improve kidney condition by promoting urination to eliminate wastes in body. Hence, controlling amount of tea in diet is necessary. Besides, too much strong tea is also bad for our health and kidney, because much polyphenol can do bad to health, as well as caffeine.

Apart from ice tea, food which is high in oxalate should also be limited in diet for us, such as spinach, chocolate and nuts. Having a kidney-friendly diet or meal is important for us to protect kidney and prevent kidney disease. If you have any question or need any help about kidney disease, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctors anytime. Reply will be given very fast for you in detail.

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