Nutrition to prevent kidney stones

Grapefruit juice, coffee, tea, alcohol . affect calcium gravel. Need to eat enough calcium, foods rich in potassium, magnesium, reduce animal protein, reduce salt . to prevent kidney stones.

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How to prevent kidney stones through diet

Dr. Nguyen Bach, Doctor of Internal Medicine - Dialysis, Ho Chi Minh City's Thong Nhat Hospital, said kidney stones were formed due to the adhesion of crystals in a kidney or urinary substrate, preventing work. urinary excretion . Kidney stones have a residue in the urine that includes some minerals, most commonly those containing calcium, oxalate or uric acid.

According to Dr. Bach, this is a common pathology among urinary tract diseases.Unreasonable diet and daily life contributes to increasing the incidence of disease every year . The rate of recurrent kidney stones is also very high. Based on the chemical composition of the stone, three common stones can be classified as calcium stones, urate stones and infected stones. In which, in Vietnam, about 70-80% is calcium gravel, mainly calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate.

Proper nutrition has an important role in preventing and treating kidney stones.(Photo: wycokck)

The cause of kidney stones

With calcium gravel, the stone's motivating factor is food that contains lots of oxalate, sodium, animal protein, vitamin C, carbohydrate. The factor that prevents stone formation is food that contains lots of potassium, magesium, vitamin B6, phylate .

With urate stones, urate stones are a factor in blood uric acid levels and urine pH. Drinking less water, eating less fruit, eating more chicken, seafood . is easy to create urat stones. With cystein stones, eating a lot of salt, less fruit, more meat can contribute to disease.

According to Dr. Bach, the signs of kidney stones are dull or intermittent back pain in the hips, asymptomatic hematuria, cloudy urine (with accompanying infections). Besides, there may be fever, chills. This is a manifestation of acute UTI, which is a dangerous complication if not treated promptly and can cause septic shock. In addition, patients with kidney stones may urinate stones, urinary retention or no symptoms, only stones can be detected by accidental film or ultrasound.

Nutrition to prevent kidney stones

Diet for people with kidney stones varies, depending on the composition of the gravel.The most common rule is to drink no less than 2 liters of water every day.

Need to eat enough calcium , foods rich in potassium, magnesium, vitamin B6, phylate, reduce animal protein (5-7g a day), reduce salt (2-4 g / day), reduce sucrose sugar . to prevent prevent calcium stones. Types of drinking water affecting calcium gravel are coffee, tea, alcohol, milk, grapefruit juice .

Uric stones can be prevented by reducing chicken and seafood to help reduce intake of purines, reducing uric acid production, and urine urine. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables to control urine and reduce the risk of creating uric acid crystals.

With cysteine ​​stones, the diet should pay attention to limiting salt in the diet to help reduce cysteine ​​secretion in the urine. Eat more fruits and vegetables to reduce chicken, seafood .

Dr. Bach recommends, if testing for abnormalities of urine, a reasonable diet should be adjusted to prevent disease . If urine is high in calcium, it is necessary to provide enough calcium, reduce animal protein, salt, and sucrose. If there is a lot of uric acid, reduce purine-containing foods. If more oxalate, avoid foods containing lots of oxalate, vitamin C, eat enough calnxi. With less urine citrate, eat more fruits, vegetables, reduce animal protein, drink plenty of lemon juice (with lots of citrate) helps reduce the absorption of salt, calcium, and protein in food.