Many kidney stones are caused by improper diet in our daily lives. Patients with kidney stones know that oxalic acid is the main cause of kidney stones. Therefore, to stay away from kidney stones, we must avoid oxalic acid foods. However, besides foods containing oxalic acid, there are many other foods that can cause kidney stones. Now let's take a look at the dietary taboos for kidney stone patients.
1. Foods containing oxalic acid
In daily life, we should try to eat less foods containing oxalic acid, otherwise it will increase the burden on the kidneys and seriously affect the treatment and recovery of kidney stones.
There are many foods rich in oxalic acid in our daily lives, such as spinach, celery, water chestnut, and lettuce. These foods are undoubtedly fatal to kidney stone patients, so patients should be cautious in their consumption.
In addition, patients should also pay special attention to not eating beans, beets, celery, green peppers, and cilantro, as these foods can also worsen the condition of kidney stones.
2. Forbidden fruits
Patients with kidney stones should pay attention to the fact that not all fruits are suitable for consumption. For example, some fruits containing oxalic acid should not be eaten, such as grapes, dried figs, and stone fruits.
3. Avoid alcohol and tobacco
Patients should also try to drink less alcohol in their daily lives, as excessive drinking can easily induce kidney stones. Drinking alcohol can also interfere with the body's metabolism and disturb the acid-base balance, increasing the chances of developing kidney stones. Therefore, alcohol is also one of the foods that kidney stone patients should avoid.
4. Avoid meat
During the treatment of kidney stones, patients should also eat less meat, such as beef and mutton, as the large amount of protein contained in these foods is also detrimental to the health of patients. In addition, the intake of other meats should also be restricted, especially some animal offal, to avoid increasing the burden on the kidneys.
5. Give up seafood
Avoid consuming animals such as roosters, cows, sheep, dogs, pig's feet, donkeys, turtles, ginseng, deer antler, turtle jelly, donkey-hide gelatin, longan, lychee, bamboo shoots, onions, mushrooms, and all sea products, especially shrimp, crabs, and other seafood.
Friendly reminder: Patients with kidney stones should not drink milk before bedtime because urine output decreases during sleep, and 2-3 hours after drinking milk is the peak period of calcium excretion through the kidneys. If there is a sudden increase in calcium in a short period of time and cannot be excreted, it is easy to form stones. Therefore, kidney stone patients should not drink milk high in calcium before bedtime.
