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Diet for Kidney Stones

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Prevention strategies for kidney stones should include - Increasing your daily fluid intake and taking the recommended daily allowance of calcium

Two dietary modifications are recommended for most kidney stone sufferers. Remember that you should consult your doctor when planning to follow any diet.

Fluid Intake

Increase your fluid intake to the point where your urine volume reaches 2.5 litres a day. This may mean drinking up to 3 litres a day, if you live in a hot, dry climate or if you are involved in strenuous physical activity.Increasing urine volume decreases the concentration of minerals in the urine. This makes it less likely that a stone will form.

Calcium intake

Diet for Kidney Stones

Make sure your diet includes the recommended Daily Allowance of calcium. Note that your calcium intake should be greatest at mealtimes. This helps to ensure that ingested minerals such as oxalate bind with calcium during digestion and pass out of the body through the intestines, rather than passing into the bloodstream and then binding with calcium in the kidneys.

Generally those who develop kidney stones once are prone to develop them again.

They say that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. For kidney stone patients, that famous ounce of prevention adds up to 2 - 3 litres a day of good drinking water.

Other dietary recommendations may depend on the type of kidney stone you are likely to form. But, pace Henry David Thoreau,"Water is the only drink for a wise kidney stone patient."

Latest Publication and Research on Diet for Kidney stones - Updated on 11/30/2011

Protein intake, calcium balance and health consequences. - Published by PubMed

Dietary treatment of epilepsy: rebirth of an ancient treatment. - Published by PubMed

Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in 177 Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Single Center Experience. - Published by PubMed

Uric acid: a danger signal from the RNA world that may have a role in the epidemic of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiorenal disease: evolutionary considerations. - Published by PubMed

Protein intake, calcium balance and health consequences. - Published by PubMed

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Posted by: rajrupa_a47 Posted on: 10/27/2011

i found stone in my kidney which has felt from urine and gave it to lab for STONE ANALYSIS report found that uric acid POSTIVE.What treatment should i take and diet also

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Posted by: epro24(Guest) Posted on: 01/12/2011

I am a little confused. I thought too much calcium was the cause of kidney stones, but you think I should take more? I've received much kidney stones treatment in the past, and my doctors have all said the key to preventing them is citric acid.

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