Diet for Kidney Stone Treatment | Foods for Preventing Kidney Stone
Kidney Stone Diet:
Kidney stone diet is important in prevention of recurrence.
Treatments do not end with removal of renal stone; provision must be made to prevent recurrence.
Recurrent calculi can be divided into two varieties:
- False recurrence- Even a tiny fragment overlooked at the time of the operation is liable to become the nucleus of a new stone.
- True recurrence- The stone should be analyzed so that by proper diet and vitamin intake the person may render his urine unfavorable to the formation of a similar stone. There should be a high fluid intake in all cases, regardless of the chemistry of the stone.
- Uric acid and urate stone- Red meats, offal and fish which are rich in purine should be avoided.Sufficient sodium citrate and sodium bicarbonate are given to keep the urine slightly alkaline.
- Calcium oxalate calculi- Rhubarb, strawberries, plums, spinach and asparagus which are rich in oxalate, should only be taken if they are accompanied by cream or milk, as then oxalates are precipitated as an insoluble calcium salt in the intestine and are not absorbed. At all times a diet adequate in calcium and magnesium is necessary; calcium oxalate is rendered less soluble in the presence of magnesium ions.
- Phosphate calculi- Excessive alkalinity of the urine should be treated by giving ammonium chloride or another urinary acidifier.Phosphorus in the diet should be restricted to a maximum of 1400mg/day. Aluminum gel, 40ml three times a day drastically reduces the incidence of recurrence.
- Cystine calculi- Sulphur containing proteins such as eggs, meat or fish are restricted and proteins with low sulphur content substituted.Carbohydrate and fats are unrestricted. The urine must be kept alkaline permanently and to this end sodium citrate and sodium bicarbonate are given in sufficient quantities, the patient testing the reaction of his urine night and morning.
- Recumbency (long recumbent position due to) calculus- In people doomed with long recumbency, sodium phytate taken by mouth forms insoluble calcium phytate, thus removing by the bowel one source of hyper-calcuria.
Other food items to be restricted are peas, soybeans, beetroot, cauliflower, carrots and almonds.
October 13, 2009 | Filed Under
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