If healthy young adults eat a lot of salt and take ketone supplements for 10 days, their kidneys don’t show any signs of stress or damage based on common blood and urine tests.

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Acute Kidney Injury Markers and 24-Hour Blood Pressure after Short-Term High Salt and Ketone Supplementation in Apparently Healthy Adults

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Scientists gave healthy young adults a lot of salt and ketone pills for 10 days and checked their kidney health. Nothing changed in their kidney markers — so the salt and ketones didn’t hurt their kidneys.

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Acute Kidney Injury Markers and 24-Hour Blood Pressure after Short-Term High Salt and Ketone Supplementation in Apparently Healthy Adults

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DOI: 10.1152/physiol.2025.40.s1.0166

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