Kidney Stone Buster is a book written to assist readers in preventing from getting kidney stones. Kidney stone pain is one of the worst physical pain our bodies can go through. It’s excruciating and can lead to trips to the emergency center. It estimated that 1 in 10 people will suffer from having to deal with kidney stones. 50% of kidney stone suffers could have another episode within 5 to 10 years. Kidney stones are often called renal stones and they are made up of solid crystal stones that form from the kidneys. It’s basically waste products made up of acids, salts, and minerals. They look like a small zagged rocks and come in all different shapes and sizes. There are four types: calcium oxalate, uric acids, struvite, and cystine. Some of the symptoms are nausea/vomiting, blood in urine, frequent urination, fever or chills.
Anthony Dat is determined to help readers to prevent them from occurring. He discussed hydration, diet and nutritions, and lifestyle habits. He strongly suggested readers to consume 2.5 - 3 liters (10 to 12 cups) of fluids daily. Your goal is to make your urine a light color. You could also increase drinking citrus juice such as lemon and lime this could help prevent formation of stones. In turn, we need to avoid any drinks that could make us even more dehydrated. He explored the diet aspect and how we need to aim for 1,000-1,200 mg per day of calcium from food only. Theses include salmon, yoghurt, low-fat milk for some suggestions. He gave a list of high oxalate foods such as spinach, beets, almonds, dark chocolate, sweet potatoes. If you do eat them make sure to consume them with a serving of low-fat cheese or something to bind the oxalate. Another important area was salt and how cooking from scratch and limiting processed foods. These were just some of the topics of this book.
I would recommend this excellent book to anyone who is struggling with kidney stones and reoccurring stones. I personally have been dealing with stones for a few years now. I just passed a 7mm roughly about a month a go and that’s my biggest one so far. It also led me to having to have a trip to the ER. I still have three more to pass at some point and one is another 7mm. One of the biggest takeaways was probably learning to limit the amount of salt that’s in every single food. I realized how I also need to increase my water intake and add lemon or lime to try and balance out my body. I also need to increase my servings of vegetables and fruit to 5 like he suggested. This book is one to be reread and studied to try and prevent the dreaded stones from forming.
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