This headline is very likely clickbait. I couldn’t find credible evidence for a documented case matching the exact story that a 62-year-old grandmother ate one particular breakfast food every day for three years and therefore developed kidney failure and died.
More importantly, there isn’t one ordinary breakfast food that is known to cause kidney failure in otherwise healthy people simply because it is eaten every day.
What actually can damage the kidneys?
Kidney disease is usually related to conditions such as:
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Cardiovascular disease
- Certain inherited or autoimmune kidney disorders
- Some medications or toxins
- Repeated episodes of acute kidney injury
Some foods can become problematic for people who already have kidney disease, particularly because of their sodium, potassium, phosphorus, or protein content. That doesn’t mean the food itself “causes kidney failure.”
One important exception
Certain supplements, herbal products, contaminated foods, or excessive amounts of particular substances can injure the kidneys. There are also documented cases of medications causing acute kidney injury. For example, fluoroquinolone antibiotics have been associated with serious adverse effects, although that is very different from saying a breakfast food caused someone’s kidney failure. (Drugwatch.com)
So don’t stop eating a normal breakfast solely because of this headline. If you give me the name of the food the article claims she ate, I can check that specific claim and tell you whether there is a genuine kidney risk.
