Eating Produce May Help CKD Patients With Borderline Metabolic Acidosis.

MedPage Today  (11/5, Fiore) reports, "Eating more fruits and vegetables can help chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with borderline metabolic acidosis," according to research presented at Kidney Week. "Fruits and vegetables, as well as drug-based alkaline therapy, increased plasma CO2 and preserved estimated glomerular filtration (eGFR) rates over three years, compared with untreated patients in a small randomized trial" of 108 patients with stage III CKD. "The findings 'support alkali therapy for CKD patients with metabolic acidosis less severe than that for which [current guidelines] direct therapy,'" the study authors concluded.