Does Sugar Cause Kidney Stones? | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Does sugar cause kidney stones? A study finds people who get 25% of calories from foods with added sugar like cake and soda are at higher risk developing them.
Still, questions remain about whether sugar is the actual culprit or is it just one small piece to the puzzle?
Dr. Neal Barnard joins Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE to discuss the causes of kidney stones, treatment, foods that can help, and the foods to avoid.
The pair also discuss a lawsuit filed against the makers of popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Mounjaro. A woman alleges the drugs caused her severe pain and gastric paralysis.
Topic Discussed
- Sugar and kidney stones
- Can natural sugar also cause kidney stones?
- Can sports drinks and soda cause kidney stones?
- Does tea cause kidney stones?
- What foods help kidney stones?
- What foods cause kidney stones?
- Treatment for kidney stones
- Ozempic and Mounjaro lawsuit
- And more
Dr. Barnard will be speaking at the 2023 International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine.
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg’s passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on the exam room. |
| 0:03.6 | Researchers have been looking at this for a while. |
| 0:07.0 | And sugar itself has effects in the body, but sugar also comes along with other things |
| 0:12.0 | that have an effect. |
| 0:14.0 | Years ago, researchers noticed that people who ate more sugar had a higher risk of diabetes. |
| 0:20.3 | But then other researchers kept looking at this and they discovered that it seemed that |
| 0:26.0 | what was happening was that people were having their sugary soda along with their cheese |
| 0:30.7 | burger and along with their greasy fries. |
| 0:33.4 | And it wasn't actually the soda or the sugar that caused it. |
| 0:37.0 | So when it comes to kidney stones, we're thinking the same thing. |
| 0:40.0 | Is the sugar just a bystander or is it the problem? |
| 0:52.5 | Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:56.3 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:59.4 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in |
| 1:04.3 | more than 150 countries. |
| 1:06.7 | Hi to everyone listening in Montgomery, Alabama, Sime Valley, California, and Athens, Greece. |
| 1:13.7 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 1:18.5 | This is episode 67 of season 6, number 463 overall. |
| 1:25.5 | Donuts, cake, candy, treats, soda, do these sweet treats come at a high cost. |
| 1:32.8 | The question that question is being raised after a new study. |
| 1:37.3 | Finds that people who get 25% of their calories from foods that contain added sugar have |
| 1:43.0 | the highest risk for developing painful kidney stones. |
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