Food groups associated with measured net acid excretion in community-dwelling older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Acid-producing diets have been associated with adverse health conditions. Dietary acid load can be estimated from dietary intake data, but the available methods require a full dietary assessment. We sought to identify a simpler means to estimate 24-h urinary net acid excretion (NAE), a robust measure of net endogenous acid production, using self-reported intakes of fruits, vegetables (acid-neutralizing foods), grain and/or protein (acid-producing foods) acquired by two different methods in community-dwelling older adults. Identifying food groups associated with NAE by using a method not requiring a full diet assessment could have a broad clinical application.

Subjects/methods

Fruit, vegetable, protein and grain servings/day were estimated with a widely

SUBMITTER: Shea MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332290 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature