Contents:
- Medical Video: Symptoms of Kidney Disease
- How can kidney stones be formed?
- Your kidney stones can get worse if you eat these foods
- 1. Animal protein
- 2. Sodium / sodium
- 3. Foods that contain oxalate & vitamin C
Medical Video: Symptoms of Kidney Disease
Kidney stones are a condition when hard material that resembles a stone is formed in the kidney. The material comes from the remaining waste substances (calcium, oxalate or phosphorus) in the blood which is filtered by the kidneys which then settles and crystallizes over time. Research has found that certain foods, minerals, and fluids can worsen your kidney stones. Wellwhat foods should be avoided so that your kidney stones don't get worse? Find out in this article.
How can kidney stones be formed?
Naturally, the kidneys cleanse the blood every day by filtering out the waste substances contained in it to then be removed in the form of urine. Sometimes these substances are too much compared to liquids that function as solvents, so they cannot be completely wasted by the body and settle in the kidneys.
Another contributing factor is that the kidneys lack material that prevents crystal deposits from clumping to form rocks.Stone deposits in the kidneys can be caused by food or other health problems.
Kidney stones that can be affected by food are calcium stones and uric acid stones, calcium stones themselves are caused by high levels of calcium in the urine. This type of kidney stone is the most common. High levels of calcium can also be caused by overactive parathyroid glands. While uric acid stones are formed due to high levels of uric acid in the urine caused by high purine foods.
Your kidney stones can get worse if you eat these foods
You don't want it, your kidney stones get worse just because you eat wrong? Before you choose the wrong food, remember carefully, the following foods can worsen your kidney stones.
1. Animal protein
Why should you reduce animal protein? Because animal protein can increase the risk of gout stones in your kidneys. This animal protein contains purine. Purines are compounds found in animal proteins that are "broken" into uric acid in the urine and can cause the formation of uric acid stones in the kidneys.
Foods that contain high purines are beef organs, such as the liver, heart, kidney. For meat, you should avoid veal and smoked pork. While seafood you should avoid is anchovies, sardines, mackerel, cod, herring, shellfish, and shrimp.
Avoid these foods if you really already have the risk of kidney stones. This acid in animal protein can also increase calcium and reduce excretion of citrate in urine, which can lead to increased risk of calcium stones in the kidneys. To prevent recurrence of uric acid stones and calcium stones, limit animal protein to 6 ounces per day.
2. Sodium / sodium
If you don't want your kidney stones to get worse, make sure your high-sodium foods are crossed from your menu list. Why should it be avoided? Because sodium, which is usually found in salt, can increase the risk of calcium stones (oxalate and phosphate substances) by causing your kidneys to release more calcium in the urine.
To limit sodium to 2,300 milligrams per day, avoid high sodium special foods, such as fast food, canned soup, canned vegetables, pickled foods, processed frozen foods, and snacks. Not only that, look for sources of sodium hidden on a list of foods, such as monosodium glutamate, sodium alginate, sodium nitrate or nitrite, baking powder, baking soda and disodium phosphate.
3. Foods that contain oxalate & vitamin C
Limit foods that contain high levels of oxalate in your daily menu, if you are already at risk of developing calcium stones in your kidneys. These high-oxalate foods can increase calcium levels in the urine.
Foods that are high in oxalate are spinach, beets, rhubarb, peanuts, wheat, buckwheat and chocolate. There is also some evidence that vitamin C or ascorbic acid supplements, which dose more than 2,000 mg, can increase stone formation in those who are already at risk for kidney stones.
