Does diet have any roll in kidney stones?
Answer Diet has a significant role in kidney stones. By definition, kidney stone patients are not drinking enough water. (If they did, they wouldn’t make stones!) DNA is also to blame in some cases. Changing your diet before you know the chemical problem causing your individual stones is likely to fail. First, you need to know the kidney stone chemical composition and get a 24 hour urine test for calcium, oxalate, uric acid, sodium, total volume, citrate, magnesium and phosphate. With this information, most urologists can determine what is wrong and what type of dietary and medication changes will benefit you the most. Order a copy of “The Kidney Stones Handbook” by Savitz and Leslie. It will cost around $18 plus shipping. You can order it from: Grant Gibbs at: 530-889-1727. I highly recommend it. Allright, I also wrote it, but it’s still a great book and the only book of it’s kind written specifically for kidney stone patients AND approved by the National Institutes of Health! Good lu
