Foods to eat and avoid on a low-purine diet
People who have gout, kidney stones, or a similar disorder can often benefit from following a low-purine diet. Purine is a naturally occurring substance, and too much can lead to a buildup of uric acid. In this article, learn which foods to eat and which to avoid to reduce levels of purine in the body.
July 26, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: article, body, kidney-stones, learn-which, naturally-occurring, nutrition, on call diets, reduce-levels, similar-disorder, urology / nephrology
What are the health benefits of strawberries?
Fresh summer strawberries are one of the most popular, refreshing and healthy treats on the planet. Wild strawberries have been popular since ancient Roman times and were used for a wide variety of medicinal purposes such as alleviating inflammation, fever, kidney stones, bad breath, gout and more.Today there are over 600 varieties of strawberries.
January 30, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bad-breath, healthy-treats, kidney-stones, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, over-600, planet, popular-since, roman, the-most, wide-variety
High-protein diets may increase risk of kidney disease
High-protein diets, such as the Dukan diet, are currently a popular alternative to the traditional calorie-counting forms of dieting. But scientists at the University of Granada in Spain have shown through tests in rats that a high-protein diet increases the risk of kidney stones and other renal diseases.Dr.
January 26, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-increases, dukan, increases-the-risk, kidney-stones, on call diets, risk, spain, urology / nephrology
High-protein diets may increase risk of kidney disease
High-protein diets, such as the Dukan diet, are currently a popular alternative to the traditional calorie-counting forms of dieting.
January 26, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet-increases, dukan, granada, increases-the-risk, kidney-stones, nutrition, popular-alternative, renal, risk, spain, the-risk, the-traditional, through-tests, traditional, urology / nephrology
Vitamin C Raises Risk Of Kidney Stones
Men who consume high levels of vitamin C are at twice the risk of kidney stones than men who do not. The new finding does not strongly establish that vitamin C is responsible for the occurrence of kidney stones, however it may make us wonder whether large amounts of vitamin C are harmful to the body. Kidney stones are tiny masses of crystals that can painfully obstruct the urinary tract…
February 6, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, high-levels, kidney-stones, new-finding, nutritional counseling, occurrence, oncalldiets, risk, tiny-masses, twice-the-risk, urinary, urology / nephrology, wonder-whether
Vitamin C Raises Risk Of Kidney Stones
Men who consume high levels of vitamin C are at twice the risk of kidney stones than men who do not. The new finding does not strongly establish that vitamin C is responsible for the occurrence of kidney stones, however it may make us wonder whether large amounts of vitamin C are harmful to the body. Kidney stones are tiny masses of crystals that can painfully obstruct the urinary tract…
February 6, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, high-levels, kidney-stones, new-finding, nutritional counseling, occurrence, oncalldiets, risk, tiny-masses, twice-the-risk, urinary, urology / nephrology, wonder-whether
When Sodium Leaves The Body, It Takes Calcium Along With It, Potentially Depleting Calcium Stores In The Body
The scientific community has always wanted to know why people who eat high-salt diets are prone to developing medical problems such as kidney stones and osteoporosis. Medical researchers at the University of Alberta may have solved this puzzle through their work with animal lab models and cells…
July 26, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, eat-high-salt, kidney-stones, puzzle, such-as-kidney, their-work, university, work
Ban Weight Loss Drug Tied To Kidney, Liver Damage Says Consumer Group
The weight loss drug orlistat (known as Alli and Xenical) should be banned because of increasing evidence that it causes liver damage, kidney stones and pancreatitis, says Public Citizen, a US consumer advocacy group…
April 15, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: banned-because, consumer-advocacy, increasing-evidence, kidney-stones, known-as-alli, nutrition, oncalldiets, public-citizen, xenical