Kidney Stone Study ...
with Shaklee Performance
compared to Gatorade
When you are the leader in the natural food supplement
industry, people sometimes test your products without
you even knowing about it.
That was exactly what happen with a recent study
comparing the effects of Shaklee's Performance and
Gatorade on the risk of kidney stone formation.
This was the ultimate independent study.
Shaklee didn't initiate it. They didn't support it.
And, in fact, they didn't even know about it until it
was published a couple of weeks ago (J.W. Goodman et
al, Urol. Res., 37: 41-46, 2009).
Before I get into the results of the study, perhaps I
should start with an explanation of why you would even
want to do that kind of study.
Let's start with the problem - kidney stones. They are
extremely painful, and they can damage the kidney -
particularly if they form over and over again.
To a urologist the solution is simple - just drink two
liters of water a day.
The problem is that you have to really, really, really
like water to drink two liters a day, and most people
just aren't that into water.
In fact, previous studies had shown that even when
patients had a previous kidney stone and were told by
their urologist to drink two liters of water a day, the
everage result was an increase of only 0.3 liters a day
of water.
So this group of urologists asked what people were
drinking instead of water.
The latest trends show that soft drink consumption is
decreasing and consumption of sports drinks and energy
drinks is increasing. And, there was absolutely no
information on whether sports drinks increased or
decreased the risk of kidney stone formation.
So they decided to look at two well-known sports
drinks, Shaklee's Performance and Gatorade, to see
whether they would increase or decrease the risk of
kidney stone formation compared to the consumption of
an equivalent amount of water.
They looked at the effect of each sports drink on the
amount of citrate in the urine and by how much they
increased the pH of the urine because each of these
decreases the risk of kidney stone formation.
They also looked at the effect of each sports drink on
the amount of sodium and calcium in the urine because
each of those increases the risk of kidney stone
formation.
Performance significantly increased the amount of
citate and the pH of the urine, while Gatorade had no
effect on either of them.
Neither Performance or Gatorade had an significant
effect on sodium or calcium levels in the urine.
Thus, they concluded that Shaklee's Performance was
superior to either Gatorade or water alone at deceasing
the risk of kidney stone formation.
Now you might be tempted to say that this study was of
more interest to urologists than the general public.
but my guess is that if you have ever suffered through
a kidney stone this study is of great interest to you.
But to me the more important conclusion is that, once
again, independent clinical studies show the
superiority of Shaklee products.
To your health!
Dr. Stephen Chaney, PhD
Shaklee Master Coordinator
P.S. Coming soon: My latest CD "Tune-Up Your Immune
System". Look for it at:
http://www.chaneyhealth.com
with Shaklee Performance
compared to Gatorade
When you are the leader in the natural food supplement
industry, people sometimes test your products without
you even knowing about it.
That was exactly what happen with a recent study
comparing the effects of Shaklee's Performance and
Gatorade on the risk of kidney stone formation.
This was the ultimate independent study.
Shaklee didn't initiate it. They didn't support it.
And, in fact, they didn't even know about it until it
was published a couple of weeks ago (J.W. Goodman et
al, Urol. Res., 37: 41-46, 2009).
Before I get into the results of the study, perhaps I
should start with an explanation of why you would even
want to do that kind of study.
Let's start with the problem - kidney stones. They are
extremely painful, and they can damage the kidney -
particularly if they form over and over again.
To a urologist the solution is simple - just drink two
liters of water a day.
The problem is that you have to really, really, really
like water to drink two liters a day, and most people
just aren't that into water.
In fact, previous studies had shown that even when
patients had a previous kidney stone and were told by
their urologist to drink two liters of water a day, the
everage result was an increase of only 0.3 liters a day
of water.
So this group of urologists asked what people were
drinking instead of water.
The latest trends show that soft drink consumption is
decreasing and consumption of sports drinks and energy
drinks is increasing. And, there was absolutely no
information on whether sports drinks increased or
decreased the risk of kidney stone formation.
So they decided to look at two well-known sports
drinks, Shaklee's Performance and Gatorade, to see
whether they would increase or decrease the risk of
kidney stone formation compared to the consumption of
an equivalent amount of water.
They looked at the effect of each sports drink on the
amount of citrate in the urine and by how much they
increased the pH of the urine because each of these
decreases the risk of kidney stone formation.
They also looked at the effect of each sports drink on
the amount of sodium and calcium in the urine because
each of those increases the risk of kidney stone
formation.
Performance significantly increased the amount of
citate and the pH of the urine, while Gatorade had no
effect on either of them.
Neither Performance or Gatorade had an significant
effect on sodium or calcium levels in the urine.
Thus, they concluded that Shaklee's Performance was
superior to either Gatorade or water alone at deceasing
the risk of kidney stone formation.
Now you might be tempted to say that this study was of
more interest to urologists than the general public.
but my guess is that if you have ever suffered through
a kidney stone this study is of great interest to you.
But to me the more important conclusion is that, once
again, independent clinical studies show the
superiority of Shaklee products.
To your health!
Dr. Stephen Chaney, PhD
Shaklee Master Coordinator
P.S. Coming soon: My latest CD "Tune-Up Your Immune
System". Look for it at:
http://www.chaneyhealth.com
CHECK OUT SHAKLEE PERFORMANCE AT LINK BELOW.
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