Reducing Kidney Stone Risk

  • How to Prevent Kidney Stones by Lowering Your Sugar Intake

    How to Prevent Kidney Stones by Lowering Your Sugar Intake

    From my personal experience, I can tell you that most of my patients do not understand the role that sugar plays in their kidney stone disease. There are two reasons sugar is a problem. One reason is that too much sugar can leach calcium from the bone and into the…

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  • How to Get More Calcium and Prevent Kidney Stones

    How to Get More Calcium and Prevent Kidney Stones

    Did your doctor tell you to stop all dairy once you formed a stone? If so, you are not alone. Many doctors tell their patients to stop eating foods that contain calcium. The problem with this advice is that eliminating calcium from your diet can lead to stone formation. Most…

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  • Kidney Stones – Fear and Prevention

    Kidney Stones – Fear and Prevention

    Because the pain from a kidney stone is so severe and unpredictable, those who have ever experienced even one stone dread getting another. Patients in my practice tell me over and over again how scared they are of forming another stone. I wanted to learn as much as I could…

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  • 5 ways to prevent kidney stones.

    5 ways to prevent kidney stones.

    Patients ask me every day what they can do to reduce their risk of kidney stones. Here is a list of 5 things you must do if you want to prevent new stones. Learn WHY You Are Forming Kidney Stones Stone analysis, blood, and 24-hour urine tests are key to…

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