Diet of Hypertensive Patients to Prevent Kidney Stones
Researchers recommend the same diet of hypertensive patients to prevent kidney stones
According to an article published in the journal Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology, the same diet that helps prevent high blood pressure also helps reduce the risk of developing kidney stones.
The authors explained that it was known that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, nuts, legumes and whole grains, lowfat dairy products and low in red meat and sweetened beverages is an important pillar for the prevention of high blood pressure. Now they have recommended this regimen to avoid developing kidney stones.
Remember that kidney stones are small, solid masses that appear in these excretory organs or urinary tract, which usually form when the urine has certain types of crystals that come together and result in larger bodies, which can cause great discomfort and pain .
Besides pain, people who have them may also have blood or discolored urine, high temperature and even vomiting.
The truth is that the researchers wanted to study the effect of diet on the prevention of kidney, and it worked on 3,426 people, some of which had already suffered this condition and others who had never developed.
One of the key points turned out to be that participants had adhered to the diet recommended to prevent hypertension, excrete more urine compared with those who ate a greater extent other types of food, and it even took the same amount of liquids.
In addition, the first group showed a higher concentration of citrate in the urine, a substance that inhibits the formation of calcium stones (the most common).
Given these results, the authors concluded that there are several components of everyday products, and vegetables and fruits in particular that seem to inhibit the formation of kidney stones.
Causes and Symptoms of Kidney Stones
Kidney stones are solid accumulations of material formed in the tube system of the kidney. Kidney stones cause problems when they block the flow of urine through or out of the kidney. When the stones move along the ureter, causing pain.
Kidney stones probably caused by a diet high in dairy products. Even when stones are made from calcium, research shows that a diet rich in calcium actually reduces the risk of developing them.
Kidney stones can be composed of a variety of substances. the most common types of kidney stones include:
Calcium stones. Approximately 80% of all kidney stones fall into this category. These stones are composed of either calcium and phosphate, or calcium and oxalate. People with calcium stones may have other diseases that cause them have increased blood levels of calcium. These diseases include primary parathyroidism, sarcoidosis, hyperthyroidism, renal tubular acidosis, multiple myeloma,
Hyperoxaluria, and some cancers. A diet heavy in meat, fish, birds and can cause calcium oxalate stones.
Struvite is the name given to the crystal composed of magnesium ammonium phosphate. (Struvite is also sometimes called ¡° ± triple phosphate due to an ancient misconception that the phosphate ions is bonded to 3 positive ions instead of just magnesium and ammonium.) Struvite crystals are not unusual in normal urine and are usually of no consequence but when present in large quantities, can form stones.