Diet Soda and Slpenda

Guessing that years of ingesting diet soda (2 cans/day) and Splenda in my coffee has contributed greatly for my CKD. Does anyone have any thoughts about this?

[Catmommy]

Interesting, but I never heard about artificial sweeteners causing CKD. Hopefully not.

[Hidden in reply to Catmommy]

Thanks for the reply. I notice you are a follow pickleball player as I play 6-7 days a week and love the game. So good luck with pickleball. Having my first appointment with a nepharologist on AUG. 1. We all need to be very proactive re our condition and the diet we all must follow. Have your numbers stableized or improved since being on the new diet? Thanks , Simaron

[Catmommy in reply to Hidden]

I play pickleball 3x a week and absolutely love it! My numbers have improved since starting the renal diet last August. My egfr went from 47 to 52. I lost weight on the diet also. I was 125 and now I'm 115. I'm 4' 11" so that's a good weight for me. Trying to maintain now and not lose anymore.

[Hidden in reply to Catmommy]

Great. Looks like your on track. Just wondering, do you live in Florida? I live in The Villages, Fl

[snoochy in reply to Hidden]

Hi! I live in Winter Garden, FL

[snoochy in reply to snoochy]

Hi! I am a cat mommy too. Lived in WG for 35 years and love it. Stage 3B and diagnosed 11/2 years ago. Creatinine jump from 1.3-1.6? Saw a registered diatician at the Roper Y. You don’t have to be a member and insurance pays for it. It was very helpful.

[Catmommy in reply to Hidden]

No. I live in the Adirondacks in Upstate New York. A lot of my pickleball friends desert us and go to the Villages in Florida to escape the winter here.

[Hidden in reply to Catmommy]

I don' t blame them for going south. Orig,. From Roschester, NY. Don't miss the snow!! Best of luck!

[mmckd]

Hi Simaron - I don't know specifically if those sweeteners caused damage, but my nephrologist told me that only Truvia or Stevia are safe (I'm at Stage 3b CKD).

[Hidden in reply to mmckd]

Thanks for reply. I agree that Stevia and Truvia are ok to have. Aspartame is in most diet sodas and splenda uses sucrolose. Do you know which is better, Cranberry Juice coctail or straight Cranberry juice ? This is all new to me but assume I need a really good dietitian to help me navigate. Trying to get up to speed fast. Thanks

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

I'm no expert but have read that products that use stevia are better. The Davila web site has dietary information related to this that may be of some help. Plus you can message their dietitians. I think you can also set an appointment with a dietician affiliated with NKF.

Margie

[BarbnKY in reply to Hidden]

Me too

[BarbnKY in reply to mmckd]

I didn't know about Truvia.

I have used Stevia for years.

[mmckd in reply to BarbnKY]

I just read up on the 2 products and they are not exactly the same. Stevia is derived from the stevia plant and Truvia is as well but it seems that the derivation is different ( Truvia has rebaudioside A) . Both were recommended to me by my kidney dietician and I have had no reaction or deterioration of my lab values.

[Hidden in reply to mmckd]

Thanks for the reply. Navigating through all of this is abit challenging, but all you good folks help a lot. Great to hear from you all. Simaron

[mmckd in reply to Hidden]

I agree!

[Hidden in reply to BarbnKY]

There's a low carb, low calorie soda that uses stevia. I don't buy the cola flavor but I do like the black cherry and the lemon lime. The grapefruit isn't bad either. The soda is called Zevia. It's innthe health food section of my grocery store. You can also find it a good coop stores or places like Sprouts. It seems to be okey to drink when I'd like something other than water.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for that tip about Zevia. I'll try to find it here locally. What i do sometimes is add about 1/2 unsweetened cranberry juice to 1/2 sparkingly water (selzer water) in a glass that seems to work for me when I want a carbonated beverage.

[mmckd]

Sorry - I don't know.