kidney stones

[Guest guest]

My husband passed a big kidney stone, the first in years. It is from

the vegan diet. His stones are oxylate-based and he is supposed to

limit oxylates to 50 mg a day. The fruits and veggies he eats in one

day have at least 1000 mg of oxylates in them, which is now causing

kidney stones. I don't want him to have to quit the diet. Any ideas?

 

Maryann

[Guest guest]

> My husband passed a big kidney stone, the first in years. It is from

> the vegan diet. His stones are oxylate-based and he is supposed to

> limit oxylates to 50 mg a day. The fruits and veggies he eats in one

> day have at least 1000 mg of oxylates in them, which is now causing

> kidney stones. I don't want him to have to quit the diet. Any ideas?

 

Sorry to say that this isn't a medical group, but some might have anecdotal

information to help out. The question of diet and kidney stones it seems

is a bit controversial - why is everything controversial? [sigh} - such as

info below in this link:

http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?NewsID=1945 & Section=VITAMINS

 

If you google on kidney stones diet (or some such) there are some interesting

discussions on it, including one by a character who heard his doc's

opinion that vit C was causing them and heralded that as a great excuse

not to eat his veggies anymore! [ tee hee]. Good luck - sounds as if your

dh has had the problem before, right? Was he always vegan? Just curious.

 

Love, Pat

[Guest guest]

He had kidney stones a lot when we ate vegan before. The doctor put

him on a diet low in calcium/oxylates, and the problem went away. He

didn't have a kidney stones in at least ten years until he started

Eat to Live two weeks ago.

 

He said he's going to increase his water and his magnesium to see if

that helps, as he read that online today.

 

I will lhave him check out the link you provided.

 

Thanks!

 

Maryann

 

, " Pat " <drpatsant

wrote:

> Sorry to say that this isn't a medical group, but some might have

anecdotal

> information to help out. The question of diet and kidney stones it

seems

> is a bit controversial - why is everything controversial? [sigh} -

such as

> info below in this link:

> http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?

NewsID=1945 & Section=VITAMINS

>

> If you google on kidney stones diet (or some such) there are some

interesting

> discussions on it, including one by a character who heard his doc's

> opinion that vit C was causing them and heralded that as a great

excuse

> not to eat his veggies anymore! [ tee hee]. Good luck - sounds as

if your

> dh has had the problem before, right? Was he always vegan? Just

curious.

>

> Love, Pat

[Guest guest]

> He had kidney stones a lot when we ate vegan before. The doctor put

> him on a diet low in calcium/oxylates, and the problem went away. He

> didn't have a kidney stones in at least ten years until he started

> Eat to Live two weeks ago.

 

Oh sheeesh, that is bad news! I'm sorry that it worked out like that (no

pun intended). I didn't know kidney stones developed so quickly, though.

Shows what I know about medicine.

 

> He said he's going to increase his water and his magnesium to see if

> that helps, as he read that online today.

 

Yes, I read that too - especially useful in the summer - the water part

anyway, I don't know about the rest. I was looking in various books I

have about kidney stones and this kind of diet, but didn't have any luck.

Let us know if you find out anything useful, okay?

 

> I will lhave him check out the link you provided.

 

Oh that one more or less said that vit C wasn't the culprit (I think). But

there are lots of other sites. As I say, a google search will do it until

you've read more about kidney stones than anyone wants to know,

including sufferers

 

Best to your dh - and of course to yourself on the diet. Enjoying it?

 

Love, Pat