Kidney stones, what are the foods that can favor their reappearance? It seems that with the consumption of some foods it is possible to favor the return of kidney stones. If you avoid, or at least limit yourself to certain foods, it seems that the risk of kidney stones reappearing can be avoided. Otherwise the calculations would return in 50% of cases within 5 years.
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Kidney stones, what are the foods that can favor its reappearance? Therefore, also for this pathology, nutrition is fundamental and the consumption or not of certain foods can increase or decrease the risk of kidney stones reappearing..
THEAmerican College of Physicians has published the list of foods to avoid or at least limit to prevent the reappearance of kidney stones in the scientific journal Annals of Internal Medicine. The experts developed the list and useful indications for patients after studying the scientific literature published from 1948 to 2014.
Avoiding or at least limiting the consumption of certain foods helps avert the risk of kidney stones returning. Not following the food recommendations of the experts can result in the return of the stones within 5 years in 50% of cases.
To limit the risk of recurrence of kidney stones It is good to increase your fluid intake throughout the day. This can cut the risk of the stones returning in half, according to David Fleming, president of the American College of Physicians. But be careful: people who already drink a lot or for whom it is contraindicated to take too much liquids, should not increase the quantity.
What are kidney stones? Kidney stones are small stones deriving from deposits of mineral salts, generally present in the urinary tract or in the kidneys. Kidney stones are favored by the increase in the concentration of these mineral salts and the decrease in urinary fluid. Based on the chemical composition, different types of stones are distinguished, each of which requires a different therapeutic approach, those formed by:
Calcium oxalate (40%)
Calcium phosphate (15%)
Oxalate and phosphate (15%)
Uric acid (10%)
Mixed (uric acid and calcium) (10%)
Ammonium-magnesian phosphate (8%)
Cystine (2%)
Le causes of the appearance kidney stones they can be different. Overall, the kidney stones it can have calcic, mixed, uric, infectious, cystinic origin. The most common is absolutely the calcium formation of kidney stones: it is based on the aggregation of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate. Most often the stones measure less than 5 mm in diameter and are spontaneously eliminated by natural means. But sometimes a larger stone can clog a ureter and cause severe pain in the lower back - renal colic.
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here are the 10 foods to avoid or at least limit according to the guidelines of American scholars to prevent the reappearance of kidney stones, especially those caused by the accumulation of calcium oxalate, being these foods that contain it in large quantities:
1) Beef
2) Hazelnuts
3) Spinaci
4) You
5) Rhubarb
6) Chocolate
7) Strawberries
8) wheat bran
9) Kiwi
10) Carbonated drinks (with the exception of those based on fruit and with citric acid)
Again, nutrition is the key to prevention.
Marta Albè
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