Sunday, March 2, 2008

What is diet kidney stones?

Kidney stones, which are also known as nephrolithiases, urolithiases or renal calculi, are solid crystals of dissolved minerals in urine found in the kidneys. Kidney stones form when the urine has excess acid from taking acid forming foods like white flour and sugar products, meat, tea,coffee, condiments and spices, rich foods, and overeating.
Anyone can get Kidney stones but statistics show that they are common in white males.
The kidney attack comes with very excruciating pain as the stones move through the urethra.
Kidney stones can be treated with a diet kidney stones to help the solid crystals dissolve and be passed out through the urine. Not everyone suffering from Kidney stones would get healed through diet. In this case kidney stone surgery would be the only treatment left for the sufferer.

The basis of the diet Kidney stones is balancing of the acidity and alkalinity of the urine. So liquid intake is the core of this diet and eating foods that are low in calcium like milk and cottage cheese and lentils and groundnuts which are high in phosphorus.
Alkanizing our diet combined with detoxification can help many ailments like Kidney stones, arthritis and even gout.

The following is a list of acceptable foods in the Kidney stones diet. Bananas, beans, citrus fruits (not grapefruit), green leafy vegetables, milk, potatoes, pumpkins, seafood, sunflower seeds, tomatoes, watercress, coffee, tea, water, and bran oats.

These foods are to be avoided during the kidney stone diet,almonds, beetroot greens,chocolate, nuts, peanuts, rhubarb, spinach, strawberries, sugar, dairy, heavy protein like fish, meat, poultry,and grapefruit and JuiceSoft Drinks.

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