But long-term use has been shown in some studies to possibly cause stone formation, probably due to its high oxalic acid.ĭrinking half a gallon of water or lemonade (see above) each day for every 100 pounds of weight is crucial to passing and dissolving existing kidney stones.Īlso drink a cup of apple cider vinegar and eat a tablespoon of unrefined blackstrap molasses each day daily, to balance the body’s pH. Cranberry juice contains polyphenolic compounds that dissolve kidney stones and flush them out of the body through the urine. Short-term, it’s fine for helping pass a stone and for treating a urinary infection. Be careful with cranberry juice long-term. Natural Remedies for kidney stonesĭrink a half a gallon of cranberry, stevia lemonade per 100 pounds of body weight every day. Other foods that prevent and help eliminate kidney stones include raw apple cider vinegar, dandelion root, olive oil, kidney beans, and watermelon. Especially avoid poor quality protein powders, vitamin C, vitamin D, calcium, and various mineral supplements. Don’t eat conventional factory farmed animal products.Īvoid poor quality, unhealthy supplements. Studies show that black and green tea reduce the chances of developing kidney stones. Lemons also reduce the likelihood of kidney stones. Drink lemonade sweetened with stevia each day.
Spring water from a clean source has numerous health benefits, and distilled water is very pure and good for you if you consume enough produce. Avoid refined foods including table salt and sugars and flours. Other studies show huge reductions with magnesium alone at 500mg a day.įresh, raw, organic produce is the foundation of a healthy diet. Harvard researchers found that 180 mg of magnesium and 10 mg of B6 taken daily can actually prevent 92.3% of kidney stones. Magnesium citrate, a complex B vitamin with extra vitamin B6, lots of stevia sweetened lemonade along with a healthy diet will not allow kidney stones of significant size to form.
Other types of stones include: Struvite stones (typically found in women as a result of urinary tract infections), uric acid stones (a byproduct of poor protein metabolism due to factory farmed animal product consumption), and cystine stones which are rare (a result of a hereditary disorder that causes the kidneys to excrete large quantities of specific amino acids). This type of kidney stone is typically caused by highly acidic or highly alkaline urine, or by not drinking enough fluids (or drinking the wrong kind of fluids). Typically, a kidney stone is formed by a super-saturation of minerals and acid salts in urine that crystallize into a stone. It has been proven that limiting calcium doesn’t eliminate the problem it has the opposite effect – making it worse.Īn acidic, conventional, modern diet leads to problems like kidney stones.Ī diet of fresh, unrefined, whole foods prevents kidney stones. Certain drugs, cheap and ineffective supplements, soda, factory farmed meat, factory farmed dairy, table salt, tap water, and an acidic diet can all lead to the formation of kidney stones.įor the most part, the high calcium theory has been thoroughly debunked, and only the most out of touch doctors will still offer it, (though there are plenty of them). Genetics can lead to a predisposition to kidney stones, but learned behavior (diet) within the family is much more likely to be reason the stones run in families. Regardless, in almost every case, people who get kidney stones don’t drink enough water they often drink lots of coffee and soda instead.Ĭonventional doctors will tell us that common causes include too much calcium, too many vitamin supplements, too much animal protein, and genetics. Most individuals with kidney stones have a chemical abnormality that contributes to the tendency to form the stones.
Kidney stones have a tendency to open people’s minds to natural medicine. On the other hand, when stones grow to sufficient size, they can impede the urinary tract and can cause incredible pain, perhaps the worst humans experience.Īnyone who has ever suffered from a kidney stone, whether they needed surgery, or passed it, knows that statistics say they’ve got an 80% chance of recurrence. Kidney stones aren’t always a problem they typically pass through urination, without causing symptoms. Once you have suffered through them, statistics say you’re more likely to have them again. More than 12% of men and about 7% of women will have to deal with kidney stones at some point in their lives.
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