Individuals who consume a diet high in sodium or artificially sweetened drinks are more likely to experience a decline in kidney function.  Brigham and Women's Hospital (Massachusetts, USA) researchers studied data collected on more than 3,000 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study. They found that:“in women with well-preserved kidney function, higher dietary sodium intake was associated with greater kidney function decline, which is consistent with experimental animal data that high sodium intake promotes progressive kidney decline."  In a second study by the same researchers involving the same study subjects, the team found "a significant two-fold increased odds, between two or more servings per day of artificially sweetened soda and faster kidney function decline.” 

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