How can one avoid or prevent more kidney stones?
• The most important thing to do to prevent further stones forming is to drink lots of fluid. When you are drinking enough your urine should be pale yellow to clear. Drink at least three litres of fluid each day. Drink throughout the day and night if possible. While the best fluid is water, other suitable fluids are flavoured water and non-cola soft drinks (e.g. lemonade). • Reduce salt (sodium) intake: Keep salt in cooking to a minimum and do not add salt to meals. Avoid salty foods such as marmite, salted chips and nuts, tinned and packet soups, tinned meats,corned beef and smoked fish • Moderate your protein intake. A high protein diet can increase calcium and oxalate excretion and this increases stone formation. Choose small to moderate serves of meat, fish, chicken, eggs, milk and dairy food. • Adequate calcium intake. Calcium restriction can encourage stone formation. For adults the recommended daily allowance is approximately 800 milligrams which can be achieved by choosing thre
