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Not So Mmm Mmm Good? Canned Soup and BPA
Patients may ask about a study suggesting that eating canned soup leads to spikes in urinary excretion of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in the linings of many canned goods and plastics. This is why you should never reuse plastic water bottles and why I store water in glass bottles. The small randomized crossover trial was reported in a research letter in JAMA.
Some 75 adults ate 12 ounces of either fresh or canned soup for 5 days, and then crossed over to the other soup for another 5 days. Urine samples, collected on days 4 and 5 of each phase, were positive for BPA in 77% of participants after eating fresh soup and in 100% after eating canned soup. Average urinary BPA concentration was roughly 23 μg/L higher after consuming canned versus fresh soup.
The authors note that elevated urinary BPA concentrations have previously been linked to cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and conclude that the increase observed here "may be important."