Since this month's publication in the medical journal Pediatrics of a study linking infant exposure to shampoos, powders and lotions with
increased urinary concentrations of phthalates, many parents have been replacing their favorite baby brands with organic alternatives.
Not exact matches
Infants who consumed rice and rice products, including infant rice cereal, had higher
urinary As
concentrations than those who did not consume any type of rice, with a trend of
increasing urinary As
concentrations with
increasing number of servings of rice and rice products.
Associations between
urinary BPA
concentration and diabetes or liver enzyme
increases were not statistically significant in 2005/06, but confidence intervals were wide and associations remained in pooled data.
«Ingestion of these fruits and nuts resulted in an
increase in
urinary 5 - hydroxyindoleacetic acid excretion with no change in platelet serotonin
concentration.
It can be concluded that high
urinary phytate
concentrations are correlated with reduced bone mass loss in lumbar spine over 12 months and with reduced 10 - year probability of hip and major osteoporotic fracture, indicating that
increased phytate consumption can prevent development of osteoporosis.
CONCLUSIONS:
Urinary DEHP
concentrations were associated with
increased insulin resistance in this cross-sectional study of adolescents.
This is normally not a problem with regular urination and healthy
urinary tract cells, but it can become a problem with decreased urine volume, which leads to
increased concentration of urine.
This high urine glucose
concentration can actually pull excessive amounts of water into the urine, resulting in
increased urine volume,
increased urinary water loss, a propensity for dehydration, and a compensatory
increase in thirst.
After 1 month on the treatment diet, intakes of moisture, sodium and fat were
increased, and potassium and calcium intakes were decreased, and
urinary calcium and oxalate
concentrations and calcium oxalate RSS were decreased (Stevenson et al. 2004).
The cascade of events leading to calcium oxalate stone formation is largely unknown, but there is some indication that normal
increases in
urinary calcium
concentration after feeding could be involved in stone formation.
Disease conditions such as bacterial infections in the
urinary tract can also
increase urine salt
concentration.