If you want to prevent the appearance of stones, it is important that you have a rich diet in fruits and vegetables, legumes and that you drink a lot of water, so that in this way you favor renal function.
A stone in the kidney or also called kidney stone, is a hard mass that is formed in the kidney from substances in the urine.
Kidney stones can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as half of the palm of one hand.
Affect more than 10% of the population, especially between 20 and 40 years.
Although hereditary factors can influence, we can help prevent them with some feeding tips and guidelines given by a nutritionist.
Kidney stones often do not cause any symptoms and are eliminated of the body without you noticing. But sometimes, when stones get stuck in the urinary tract and do not come out spontaneously, they can cause a lot of pain and a doctor's attention is needed.
It's very important to become aware of the need to make this change in our diet, before we get infections or renal colic which produces intense pain in the lower back that can radiate to other areas of the body, and may even be accompanied by other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and sweating.
The way to diagnose kidney stones is through radiographs, urographies and ultrasounds which are used to measure the size of the stones and determine their composition.
Kidney stones can be made up of different substances although the most common are those derived from calcium (calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate) and uric acid. It is important to know, since that depends on the remedy we will ingest and the guidelines of the nutritionist.
It is important to note that according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the kidneys are organs related to fear. If this emotion is part of our being and we have a history of kidney stones, we can help prevent them with the help of a therapist or natural therapies.
Calcifications develop at acidic pH almost always , since it favors crystallization. So one of the measures to prevent its appearance will be consuming alkaline foods. In general, we recommend a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, legumes, whole grains and nuts and seeds.
You should watch the following foods that tend to acidify the organism: meats, viscera, seafood, dairy, fried foods, sugary products, salt.
Recommendations:
Drinking water
Remember to drink between 2.5 and three liters of water per day outside meals.
Magnesium salts
Magnesium salts help us prevent the crystallization of stones. For this we can take carbonate or magnesium citrate, one teaspoon per day.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C also prevents the crystallization of stones. These foods are recommended: lemon, pineapple, kiwi, red fruits, garlic, steamed potatoes, pepper ...
Of the red fruits, the most recommended are blueberries, as well as being rich in vitamin C, they help us to prevent urinary tract infections We will take it naturally or in juice.
We can also take vitamin C in the form of tablets.
Medicinal plants
Some medicinal plants act by preventing and undoing the calculations:
- Arenaria and Stonebreaker: with the name already indicate what its function is. They work as diuretics and help to reduce inflammation of the urinary tract. Both plants help prevent the formation of stones.
- Gayuba : This plant is very suitable for all types of bladder problems. It helps us prevent infections by its powerful antiseptic function on the mucosa.
- Nettle : Nettle is a diuretic and depurative plant. Increases the amount of urine and helps to prevent the formation of stones or expel them when they are small.
- Parsley: Allows the expulsion of that grit that then generates pain, is one of the best diuretics that exists because it increases urination The ratio is one teaspoon of dried parsley in a cup of boiling water.
- Dandelion: Stimulating the production of urine par excellence, it is very good in turn to avoid fluid retention or dropsy . The infusion that is made with the dry leaves of the plant.
We will take between one and three infusions a day as a preventive measure, you can mix these medicinal plants if you wish.
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