Kidney stones, medically known as nephrolithiasis, are a very painful and very common urological disorder, affecting 60%-70% of population per year. The stones are solid mass that develops from crystals that separate from urine and build up on the inner surfaces of the kidney. Urine usually contains chemicals that prevent stones from forming but sometimes, due to many reasons, they do not work. If the stones are tiny enough, they will travel through the body with urine and pass undetected. Even larger ones usually pass without any medical assistance, but there are various techniques to treat those stones.
In many cases, a kidney stone contains chemicals such as calcium which combines with other chemicals such as phosphate or oxalate. Oxalate are present in spinach, bran flakes, beets, potato chips, french fries, peanut butter, etc. and it is produced as an end product of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) metabolism. Large doses of Vitamin C may increase the amount of oxalate in your urine, increasing the risk of kidney stone formation.
On the other side, if we see all the above foods or vitamin are very important to reduce "oxidative stress" which gives chronic degenerative diseases and can not be avoided (in persons without nephrolithiasis). After reading this, do not make early judgment to avoid all these foods to prevent kidney stone formation. The reason is we all eat food, but how to manage our meals and utilizing its nutrients are not known to most of the population.
For Instance, people or other expert says do not eat bananas if you want to lose fat, and the poor banana becomes culprit of fat gain. It has carbohydrates (energy), fiber, protein, vitamin C, vitamin B6, manganese, potassium, magnesium, copper, biotin and 0.5 gms of fat. And the person will be deficient in all these important nutrients and also without nutrients fat loss becomes more difficult. The idea is to manage the intake of banana, eat before and after workout to feel energetic. Fat loss is to move your asses to the gym and work hard. Avoiding food will make you deficient in certain important nutrient. Likewise, oxalate rich foods (few) are good for health but you should know how to manage this.
Most of the kidney stones occur due to dehydration and infection. In rare cases uric acid stones also occur. In case of acute dehydration, If you are working hard at gym, losing water in the form of sweat and further not recovering your water level, you are prone to develop kidney stones. Chronic dehydration can gift you the kidney stones for sure. Second, infection especially Urinary Tract Infection, may inhibits kidney to perform its basic functions.
Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) is one of the best natural cleaning agents due to its antimicrobial properties. When added to food, the organic acids in vinegar (especially the acetic acid) pass into cell membranes to kill bacteria. Following are the effects of ACV in kidney stones removal:
- ACV contains citric acid which softens and dissolves kidney stones. It acts as an effective internal cleanser that flushes the kidney to remove the formed stones.
- ACV has an alkalizing effect on blood and urine.
- ACV aids the overall digestive process by stimulating the production of HCL. This prevents the formation of new kidney stones.
- ACV has acetic acid and phosphoric acids which completely dissolve or reduce the size of kidney stones, allowing them to pass freely and quickly after symptoms.
- ACV also reduces or eliminates the pain caused by the stones.
- ACV contains malic acid which has certain antibacterial properties that have the potential to cure kidney infections.
- ACV can also be taken for urinary bladder infection in order to prevent the infection from spreading into the kidneys.
- ACV has a pH level of 3.0 and at this level, bacterial growth and multiplication becomes impossible.
With above so many benefits, the unbearable pain of kidney stones can be relieved and also stones removal becomes so easy. ACV can be taken with water alone in a ratio of 1:10 twice or thrice a day to remove kidney stones or immediately when feeling painful nephrolithiasis episodes. Recommended dosage is 15 ml to 20 ml of ACV with 150 ml to 200 ml of water. To prevent re-occurrence drink twice a week. No other medicine is so powerful than ACV which also provide many other healthy benefits for diabetes, heart health, sinus congestion, sore throat, GERD, Skin irritation, warts, liver toxicity, psoriasis, etc.
NOTE: "The management of oxalate food is to drink plenty of water everyday".
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