Excessive
consumption of phosphate is damaging to health.
Therefore, food that contains phosphate additives should be labeled, as
recommended by Eberhard Ritz and coauthors in their article in the current
issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.
Ritz et al. selectively review the literature on the subject, which
documents the fact that ex-cessive phosphate consumption elevates mortality in
patients with renal disease. Recent studies have also shown that phosphate
apparently damages blood vessels and induces aging pro-cesses. Free phosphate
(the type found in food additives) is entirely resorbed in the
gastroin-testinal tract. Persons with renal disease have been found to have a
markedly elevated serum phosphate concentration.
Phosphate additives are present in many types of fast food, which are
eaten mainly by persons of lower socioeconomic status. It seems likely that
excessive phosphate consumption is linked to the increased prevalence of
cardiovascular diseases in the general population.
The authors conclude that physicians and the public need to be educated
about the role of phosphate additives as a risk factor for disease.
nutritionhorizon.com
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