<strong><a href="http://www.southcountyurological.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/iStock_000011776143Small.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-343" src="http://www.southcountyurological.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/iStock_000011776143Small-200x300.jpg" alt="piece of a grilled steak on a fork" width="200" height="300" /></a>High-acid diets linked with kidney failure.</strong>

People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who consumed high-acid diets were three times more likely to develop kidney failure than those patients with CKD who consumed a low-acid diet, reports a study that will appear in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

A low-acid diet is rich in fruits and vegetables. A high acid diet contains more meat.

Researchers at the University of California – San Francisco, conducted the study.  They analyzed the retrospective data of 1486 adult patients with CKD, who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES III), a large national and continuous program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional needs of adults and children in the United States.

Mom was right: eat more fruits and vegetables…