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(NaturalNews) Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a serious condition marked

by the permanent loss of kidney function. When the kidneys are damaged,

the organs can't remove wastes and extra water from the blood as well as

they should and the result can be a host of serious and even deadly

health consequences. But now researchers in the United Kingdom have made

a breakthrough in the treatment of advanced CKD -- and it doesn't

involve a new drug or high tech surgery. Instead, it's simply a daily

dose of sodium <http://www.naturalnews.com/sodium.html> bicarbonate or,

as it is more commonly called, baking soda

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Used for everything from baking cookies and non-toxic cleaning to

relieving indigestion and sunburn, now baking soda

<http://www.naturalnews.com/soda.html> has been shown to slow the

decline of kidney function in CKD, according to a study set for

publication in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

" This cheap and simple strategy also improves patients' nutritional

status, and has the potential of translating into significant economic,

quality of life, and clinical outcome benefits, " researcher Magdi

Yaqoob, MD, of the Royal London Hospital, said in a statement to the

media.

This is an enormously important finding because CKD is a growing health

<http://www.naturalnews.com/health.html> problem, both in the UK and

the US. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH

<http://www.naturalnews.com/NIH.html> ), between1990 and 2000, the

number of people with kidney failure requiring dialysis

<http://www.naturalnews.com/dialysis.html> or transplantation in the US

virtually doubled to 380,000. If this trend continues, around 700,000

people will have serious kidney failure by 2010.

Dr. Yaqoob studied 134 patients with advanced CKD and low bicarbonate

levels, a condition known as metabolic acidosis. One group of these

patients was treated with a small daily dose of sodium bicarbonate in

tablet form, in addition to their usual care. The results? The rate of

decline in kidney function was dramatically reduced in these patients.

Overall, the decline was about two-thirds slower than in patients not

given sodium bicarbonate. " In fact, in patients taking sodium

bicarbonate, the rate of decline in kidney function was similar to the

normal age-related decline, " Dr. Yaqoob stated.

The patients taking sodium bicarbonate were also less likely to develop

end-stage renal disease <http://www.naturalnews.com/disease.html>

(ESRD) which causes people with CKD to undergo regular dialysis. In

addition, those taking sodium bicarbonate also had improvement in

several measures of nutrition

<http://www.naturalnews.com/nutrition.html> . And, even though their

levels of sodium went up, they did not experience increased blood

<http://www.naturalnews.com/blood.html> pressure.

Low bicarbonate levels are common in patients with CKD and can lead to a

wide range of other problems. " This is the first randomized controlled

study of its kind, " says Yaqoob. " A simple remedy like sodium

bicarbonate (baking soda), when used appropriately, can be very

effective. "

The NIH estimates that 20 million Americans have significantly reduced

kidney function, and even a small decline in kidney function can double

a person's risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Many people will

experience heart attacks or strokes before they are even aware they have

kidney disease <http://www.naturalnews.com/kidney_disease.html> .

Fortunately, there are many natural strategies that can help prevent,

fight and heal kidney disease (http://www.healingfoodreference.com...

<http://www.healingfoodreference.com/kidney_disease.html> ). For

example, avoiding soda pop can lower the odds of developing CKD in the

first place (http://www.naturalnews.com/025582_s...

<http://www.naturalnews.com/025582_soda_health_soda_pop.html> ). And, as

reported earlier in NaturalNews

<http://www.naturalnews.com/NaturalNews.html> , eating fish a couple of

times a week has been shown to help prevent kidney disease in

diabetics(http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000...

<http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000550_fish_protein_fish_oil_diabetes.h\

tml> ).

For more information:

http://jasn.asnjournals.org/ <http://jasn.asnjournals.org/>

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/Kudisea...

<http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/Kudiseases/pubs/chronickidneydiseases/>