The most common kind of stone former has no systemic disease as a cause of stones – ‘idiopathic’ stone former means that. Being most common, their treatments rank highest for all physicians who treat stone formers.
These articles include the treatment trials.
This charming Kitchen Scene by Joachim Beuckelaer (1533 – 1573) is oil on wood panel and hangs in the Louvre.
Fluids
Patient Q&A page about fluids – Underused; we answer questions
How to drink enough water – Tips and day plans
How to get a variety of fluids – Which fluids cause which prevent stones
Fluid prescription for kidney stones – A serious article about how much you need
Does water prevent stones; What’s your bet? – The water trial, evidence fluids work
Web apps and smart bottles – A poll of users and list of what is available
The low flows – People who do not like fluids
ACP Guidelines: Fluids – Defective review that can mislead physicians and patients
Kidney Stone Diet
What is it?
Three Essentials – Out of the welter of the diet, three essential steps that do most of the work if used exactly right
Canary in the mine shaft – Stone forming may signal abnormal risk from diet for kidney, vascular and bone disease
Our diet promotes stones, bone disease and hypertension – What is wrong with what we eat
Something Special Women Do – Women selectively absorb alkali from their food, protecting themselves from acid loads
The kidney stone diet – Less sodium and sugar, more calcium and potassium; control protein and oxalate
The science of the kidney stone diet – The Evidence behind the kidney stone diet
How to eat the kidney stone diet – Resources and links
Recipes for the kidney stone diet – A book of 31 recipes that accord with the diet requirements
Sodium
How to lower diet sodium – How to achieve the kidney stone diet sodium intake
Control your salt for fewer stones and stronger bones – Importance of sodium reduction
Salt – Detailed review of how sodium causes stones, bone disease, and hypertension
Case 3: A success story – How a wife and husband managed low sodium diet and hydration (for him)
Calcium protein and potassium
How to Eat a High Calcium Low Sodium Diet – How to achieve the kidney stone diet calcium intake
Diet protein and potassium – Animal protein hardly raises stone risk unless extreme; veggies lower it
Does too much protein increase stones or damage bones? – Yes for stones, no for bones; how much to eat
Oxalate
Why eat a low oxalate diet? – When do you need to control diet oxalate
How to eat a low oxalate diet – How to control diet oxalate intake; oxalate lists
Sugar
How to wean off sugar – Tips and alternatives
Science and politics of the US diet guidelines – Sugar scandals and the myth of the low fat diet
Against sugar – Gary Taubes’ reporting on the sugar scandal and sugar as poison
Consumer Reports Recommend Low Diet Sodium and Sugar – Experts recommend this
Sugar: The end of our love affair – My personal story about ending sugar addiction
More help
Food Q&A page – Questions answered
Online education course reduces stone risk factors – Preliminary data from online diet education course
Kidney stone prevention course – Online course by Jill Harris to help with diet
Take charge of your kidney stone prevention – Inspirational and practical advice by Jill Harris
Meds
Thiazide diuretics for stone prevention – Types, how they work, how to use them, the trial data links
Citrate to prevent calcium and uric acid stones – The citrate trials
Price of potassium citrate – Ways around the over pricing scandal (check out comments)
How potassium citrate pills work – Deep biology of citrate
Citrate and the Ostwald limit – Highly technical science
Calcium binding by citrate – Highly technical science
Potassium citrate: The contributions of Dr. Charles Pak – Review of classic research papers
ACP Guidelines on Medications – Defective review that can mislead physicians and patients
Diet and Meds Together
Treatment of idiopathic calcium stones – All the trials, and diet, how to use them together: Key article
Chapter 5: Idiopathic calcium stones – A lighter version of the prior article
Chapter 6: Why delay prevention? – Even one stone is enough to begin diagnosis and treatment
An expert rebukes ACP guidelines – Defective guidelines need serious critics like this one
Remedies
The coke treatment is useless – Seemingly without a reason to exist
26 Responses to “Fluids, Diet, and Meds for Common Stones”
Norm Gordon
Your entire website is fascinating.
I’m am so glad to have met you for probably 12 years ago and your knowledge of stones is fantastic.
Fredric L Coe, MD
Thank you, Norm. I hope you are well. Fred