May 2, 2023 – Your kidneys may be hailing the “COVID-19 diet.”
Some patients prone to kidney stones lowered the amount of sodium and calcium they consumed in 2020 as they switched to home cooking during the pandemic lockdowns, and the reductions have persisted even as restaurants have reopened.
Researchers from the Department of Urology at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook, NY, reported the findings recently at the 2023 meeting of the American Urology Association.
“Subjectively, we noticed our friends, families and our patients reporting that they starting cooking more at home and started eating less out at restaurants;…