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Healthy Foods Prevent Painful Kidney Stones

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By Emily Lockhart

kidney stonesDoctors to the stars, Drs. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz, have two simple words of relief for the millions of kidney sufferers out there: eat healthier!

Kidney stones, which form as hard, painful crystals made up of calcium, oxalic acid, and sulfate have been on the rise and not just in adults. A 70-percent increase in the past 20 years, an affliction that’s often spurred by a urinary tract infection or by an increase in uric acid (which also causes gout) in the middle-aged sect is now cropping up in children.

Kidney stones are quite painful to pass if they get lodged in the bladder or even the urethra. While smaller stones can be excreted during urination; larger stones that can grow to the circumference of a golf ball have to be surgically removed. The goal is to pass them before they grow or avoid them all together.

According to doctors Roizen and Oz that means you must adhere to a healthy diet consisting of the following:

If you have a kidney stone, eliminate the following kidney stone-promoting foods from your diet immediately:

You may not be able to sell your kidney stone for $15,000, like Gene Simmons of Kiss did on eBay. But if you’re diagnosed with these painful pebbles, you’ll join the ranks of millions of others who suffer from kidney stones. Incidents have

Source: MySanantonio.com

Emily Lockhart

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Emily Lockhart is a certified yoga instructor and personal trainer. She believes that being healthy is a lifestyle choice, not a punishment or temporary fix to attain a desired fitness or body image goal. Anna helps her clients take responsibility for their own health and wellness through her classes and articles on ActiveBeat.

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