What Are Kidney Stones:
What Are the Symptoms:
1. Find out What Type of Stones You Have:
2. Drink plenty of Fluids – WATER or Marshmallow Root Tea (click here for the recipe) No soda or carbonated drinks. Spring Water or Distilled Water (add Trace Minerals by Concentrace if distilled as distilled water is acidic)
3. Avoid foods rich in oxalates:
- Drinks: Beer, chocolate milk, soy drinks, tangerine juice, juice of almost all berries and fruit cocktail, and hot cocoa.
- Fruits: Rhubarb, currants, marmalade, purple grapes, tangerine and blueberries.
- Vegetables: Cucumber, kale, green peppers, celery, eggplant, escarole, beets, chives, okra, parsley, spinach.
- Grains: Whole wheat bread, popcorn, wheat bran, oatmeal, white corn and soybean crackers.
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Legumes, Nuts and Seeds: Beans, baked beans, peanut butter, sesame
seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, almonds, pecans, cashew and walnuts. (unless sprouted) - Condiments: Black pepper, cinnamon and ginger.
- Starches: Fruit cake, sweet potatoes and grits.
4. Ask your doctor about taking calcium supplements, and add Magnesium to your diet. My personal favorite is Calm.This will aid in your bodies ability to absorb calcium and other nutrients and can also aid in the stress your body may be experiencing.
5. Eat Foods High In Phytate
- Brazil nuts 1719
- Cocoa powder 1684-1796
- Organic Steel Cut Oat flakes 1174
- Almond 1138 – 1400
- Walnut 982
- Lentils 779
- Hazelnuts 648 – 1000
- Coconut 357
- Entire coconut meat 270
- Strawberries 12
Other Suggested Foods:
- Raw Organic Fruits and Vegetables rich in potassium – include leafy greens, dried beans and peas,
carrots, dried fruit, and bananas. - Reduced intake of vitamin C
- Drink plenty of water
- Reduce sodium intake
- Organic Sprouted Foods – Lentils , Chick peas, Split peas, Adzuki beans, Mung, Alfalfa, Radish, Fenugreek
- Raw Organic Fruits and Veggies Rich in Complex Carbs – Carrots, Okra, Zucchini, Radishes, Asparagus, Grapefruit, Prunes, Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Yams, Dill pickles, Onions, Tomatoes
6. Avoid / Severely Reduce these Foods:
- Dairy
- Grain
- Sugar
- Genetically Modified Foods (GMO)
- Foods from a box, can, frozen or fast food restaurants
- Animal – Foods high in protein may cause excess uric acid to be excreted in the urine. When the urine
becomes too acidic, a person may have an increased risk of kidney
stones. The excess uric acid can crystallize, which causes the stone to
form. Although protein is necessary in the diet, excess amounts should
be avoided in people who are prone to uric acid kidney stones.
7. Reduce Stress:
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