Phosphate Additives Promote Hardening of the Arteries

In this study subjects who were allowed to eat only the foods supplied by the researchers were, for four weeks, fed a control diet free of any phosphate additives. Then, for the next four weeks, they were fed a diet that contained the identical amount of calories, protein, fat, and carbohydrate as the control diet but this diet was made up of foods containing inorganic phosphate additives, like American cheese, soda, and processed meats.The report explains, "The average phosphorus content of the daily menu was 979 mg during the control period and 2124 mg during the test period." After a month of eating the foods with the added phosphates, the study participants blood was tested and it was found that they had experienced a dramatic rise in serum phosphates, accompanied by a decrease in serum calcium.  The addition of the phosphates to their diets also caused digestive distress to many of the participants--in some cases it persisted throughout the whole study.When their serum phosphate levels were measured, they were found to have "increased from 3.76 ±0.38 mg/100 ml during the control period to 4.43 ±0.30 mg/ 100 ml [mg/dl] during the high-phosphorus period."  This was an 18% rise in serum phosphate level.  So yes, upping dietary consumption of inorganic phosphates will raise serum phosphate a lot, even in completely normal people.And it is also worth noting that the amount of phosphate being consumed by the subjects in this study is likely to be far less ...
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