Kidney Stones: Eating, Diet, And Nutrition

2015-10-19 05:55

It is very important for people with kidney stones to pay attention to eating, diet and nutrition in life, which can be helpful for alleviating disease and preventing deterioration well. Here we will introduce eating, diet and nutrition in detail for you.

At first, you should know what type of kidney stones you are suffering from, which you should plan your diet based on.

1. calcium oxalate kidney stones

You should decline the amount of sodium in diet, animal protein like meat and fish. In addition, keeping your calcium for your body enough is necessary, and you can get it from food or take some calcium supplement which you should consult your doctors before taking. You must prohibit food which contains high oxalate, like nuts, and spinach.

2. calcium phosphate kidney stones

You need to ingest enough calcium, and make sodium and animal protein get decreased in meals. Low phosphorus is also necessary for patients with calcium phosphate kidney stones.

3. uric acid kidney stones

Restricting animal protein is needed in diet. It is vital for patients with uric acid stones to avoid food which have high purine, because purine can be decomposed into uric acid in our body, increasing the amount of uric acid.

The above are most common types of kidney stones happening on people. Besides, patients with kidney stones is highly suggested to have more water in daily life, which help produce more urine to remove excessive wastes in body. For people with cystine stones, they need much more water in diet. Citrus drinks which contain much citric acid is good for people to prevent kidney stones. If you have any question or need more information, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctors anytime, reply will be given very fast for you.

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