The Claim

In healthy Japanese adults with normal kidney function, higher dietary protein intake normalized to ideal body weight is directly associated with increased single-nephron glomerular filtration rate (SNGFR), independent of body mass index, mean arterial pressure, albumin levels, or sodium intake, with a correlation coefficient of 0.42 (p=0.005).

Source: Dietary Protein Intake and Single-Nephron Glomerular Filtration Rate

What the research says

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Supports
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Correlation
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In plain English

Eating more protein, adjusted for your ideal weight, is linked to better kidney filtering in healthy Japanese adults, even when other health factors are considered.

See the scientific wording

Higher dietary protein intake normalized to ideal body weight is directly associated with increased single-nephron glomerular filtration rate (SNGFR) in healthy Japanese adults with normal kidney function, with a correlation coefficient of 0.42 (p=0.005), independent of body mass index, mean arterial pressure, albumin levels, or sodium intake.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Dietary Protein Intake and Single-Nephron Glomerular Filtration Rate

    The study looked at the same thing as the claim—how protein intake relates to kidney function—and found that more protein does increase kidney filtration, just as the claim says.

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