Vitamin c doubles stone risk in men

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe New data from a large prospective study of Swedish men reveal a twofold increased risk of stone disease in association with vitamin C

(ascorbic acid) supplementation. Ingestion of vitamin C, whether dietary or supplemented, results in urinary excretion of oxalate, a key component of calculi. “It has long been suspected

that high doses of vitamin C might increase the risk of kidney stones,” Laura Thomas, lead author of the study, told _Nature Reviews Urology_. “However, there is still considerable

uncertainty regarding the kidney stone risk that may be associated with high-dose vitamin C supplement use.” This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS

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institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER * Thomas, L. D. _ et al_. Ascorbic acid supplements and kidney stone incidence among men: A

prospective study. _JAMA Intern. Med._ doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2296. Download references Authors * Sarah Payton View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed 

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